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JAMES BUCKLER
a spot wit h minimal casts . I t q ui ck ly b ec a m e c l e a r t h a t t h i s
wouldn’t be the case, as th e l a ke wa s ex t re m ely we e dy.
Eventual ly I managed to f i nd a c le a r s p o t a t ra n g e , n o b i g ge r
t h an a bivvy, which felt a s t h o u gh i t wa s c ove re d by a th i c k
l ayer of silt . Three rods we n t o n to t h e a re a a r me d w i t h Re d
A mo pop-ups tipped with fa ke c o r n . I b ega n w i t h a li gh t b a i ti n g
a p proach, as I knew the l ake wa s f i sh i n g s l ow, s o I j u s t p u t
o u t eight spombs of Red A m o 1 0 mm b o i l i es m i xe d 50 / 5 0 w i th
Co mplex-T, corn and Frenzi e d He mp .
The night went by uneve n tf u l ly, an d as I wa tc h e d t h e o t h er
a n glers on the lake, I notic e d th a t ve r y l i t tl e b a i t wa s g o i n g i n
a t all. After watching the f i s h p e r fo r m i n g a d o l p h i n s h ow o u t
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