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NATHAN HIGHLEY
I n the back of my head wa s a f i s h ca l le d T h re e S ca le, wh i c h
l ives in Lodge. It’s a very la rg e c a r p th a t g o e s b e t we e n 4 1 l b
a n d 44lb. It’s a real chara cte r an d h as l o a d s o f b a t t l e s ca rs
d own its flanks. It really wa s a c arp t h at g o t th e j u i c e s f l ow i n g .
Co lney sw itched off in Ju n e, a n d I d e ci de d to m ove ove r to
L o dge to see if I could temp t a co up le f ro m t h ere . I f i s h e d i t
f rom the middle of June un ti l t h e e n d o f Se p te m b er. T h e f i s h i n g
was unbel ievable, and I to t a le d 1 9 f i s h u p to j u s t ove r 2 6.
S o me people can go a who le s e a so n i f n o t m o re w i t h ou t a f i s h
o n there, so to have that a mo u n t wa s a ma s s ive a c h i eve m en t .
A l l the time I fished on the re t h o u gh , I n eve r fe l t l i ke c o mi n g
c l ose to catching the big’u n , a s g e ne ra lly i t g e t s c a u gh t f ro m
t h e margins, and all my ca p t u re s ca m e f ro m o p en wa te r.
The temptation to catch c ar p wa s to o mu c h , a n d a f ter f i n d i n g
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