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JAMIE GIBBS
BIRTHDAY
COMMON
I t was the weeken d befo re my b i rt hd ay, a n d d r iv i n g to th e
l a ke straight from work di d n’ t l e ave me m u ch ti me to f i n d a ny
s i gns of fish before dark. I kn e w th a t a c o ld n o rt h e rly wa s d u e
s o jumped into a swim th at wa s o n t h e b a c k o f i t , kn ow i n g I
h a d a chance when it shi f te d a ro u n d . Hav i n g q u i c k ly fo u n d
t wo spots that I had fished be fo re , I S p o m b e d o u t ab o u t 50
f reebies tight over each th e n ca s t o ut t wo Ro n n i e s b a i te d w i th
1 5 mm Balistic B pop-ups.
Nothing happened overn i gh t , b ut i n t he mo rn i n g , th ere we re
a few shows either side o f m e, s o i t lo o ke d e n co u rag i n g . M i d
a f ternoon, I reeled in, rep la c e d th e b ai ts a n d re c a s t b a c k i n to
p l ace but decided on no mo re f re eb i e s , a s I wa s co n f i d e n t t h e re
were plenty still out there .
At about 11.30pm, I was wo ke n by a s l ow t a ke o n my ri gh t
h a nd rod, and the fish fou n d s o m e we ed , wh i c h gave m e t i m e
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