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wasn’t easy. Certainly not
disheartened I vowed to return
again at some point for another
go. My friends on Mallard had
managed a handful of bites so
they had definitely made the
right decision.
Session 3: My third trip
was definitely a memorable
one. It was a spontaneous trip
I found a lot of fish showing
in the gardens swims on
Swan. A good south westerly
blowing into the weedy part of
the lake I bucketed my swim
in the third garden swim to
give myself some room from
the guy in gardens 1. This was
a good opportunity. The fish
were showing constantly in
last minute decision after the
forthcoming week of work I
wasn’t necessarily needed so
I offered my wages to the man
running the job and offered to
take the next week off fishing.
All my paid tickets had a close
season in April and May so
I took the chance to travel
back to big fish dream of the
bluebell complex.
That weekend was a bank
holiday so I decided to travel
on the Monday to avoid the
almost certain carnage of day
ticket bank holiday. On arrival
it’s was very quiet. There had
been a mass exodus and the
opportunity to angle and try
get on a few fish arose.
close in thick Canadian pond
weed so instead of plumbing
for a spot I lengthened my
hooklinks considerably with
bright yellow pop ups foamed
them up and fished in the weed
with singles. I settled in for
the night and sat on my hands.
I woke up to a melting run in
the early hours as light was just
starting to break and a good ten
minute battle commenced and
I bundled a chunky common
into the net. I was so chuffed
with the result of catching from
Swan. Although I’d not done
much time I knew every fish
was hard earned from there. It
was a real fist clenched “YES”
moment.
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