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JAMIE GIBBS
i t easily enough, luckily p ul l i ng t h ro u gh wi t h l i t t l e tro u b l e . I t
s u rfaced 20 yards out , so i t wa s sa fe to s ay i t wa s a c a rp an d
n o t a tench. There were two b a l ls o f we ed c o m i n g i n , o n e on t h e
l e ad and o ne on the fish, so I wa lke d b a c kwa rd s , m a i n t a i n i n g
p ressure to keep the mome n t um , wh i c h wo rke d , a s t h e t wo
b a lls of weed went into th e n e t . Trevo r, wh o wa s u p to h i s
waist in the water clearin g t he we ed o u t o f t h e n e t , s to p p e d ,
l o oked at me and said, “It’s a 4 0 ! ” I n d i s b e li ef , I s o rte d o u t t h e
s c ales and brand new Cabr i o M o n s te r U n h o o k i n g M a t wh i l e h e
u n hooked it . The scales se t tl e d o n 4 1 lb 1 2 o z .
After a few photos, the f i s h wa s re tu rn e d, a n d i t gl i d e d b ac k
i n to the depths. The rest o f th e s es s i o n wa s u n eve n t f u l , b u t i n
3 0 years of carp fishing, it ’s t he f i r s t t i me I ’ve b e e n o u t on t h e
b a nk for my birthday, so it wa s a ve ry s p e ci al mo me n t i n d ee d .
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