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EXCLUSIVE
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
I
first set foot on t h e
Bluebell com plex i n
2014 but I can’t h e l p
but feel I was a l i t t l e
l a te to the party. What I wo u l d
h a ve given to have been o n
t h e complex during an ea r l i e r
e r a and given mysel f t h e
o p portunity to fish fo r t h e
l i k es of the iconic Benso n a n d
t h e Creature.
I turned up to my first t ri p
r a ther blind; I didn’t hav e a
c l ue which lake was wh i c h
o r what they contain ed. A l l I
k n ew is that I had seen ple n t y
o f big carp featuring in C a r p
Ta lk Magazine from across t h e
complex. It was actually a very
last-minute plan to make the
t wo - a n d - a - h a l f - h o u r j o u r n e y
f r o m S w i n d o n t o O u n d l e. I w a s
at work on a Saturday in June
a n d I w a s f l i c k i n g t h o u g h Ca r p
Ta l k w h e n I s a w a p i c t u r e o f a
5 0 L b m i rr o r c a l l e d D a v e f r o m
B l u e b e l l . My v a n w a s a l r e a d y
loaded and I had planned on
going elsewhere but I just
though F***k it, lets go to
Bluebell and see what its all
about.
Inevitably the complex was
busy turning up on a Saturday
e v e n i n g. I h a d f a n c i e d s t a r t i n g
o n S w a n wh i c h t u r n e d o u t t o
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