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NATHAN HIGHLEY
s o mething that works, I stu c k wi t h i t a n d re a p e d the re wa rd s .
I went back over to Colney fo r t h e au t um n b u t n eve r fe l t cl o s e
to anything, and the f irst ye ar at B awb u rgh c a m e to a c l o s e .
T h e winter is a waste of t i me , I l e ar n e d , af te r s p e a k i n g w i t h
f r i ends who’ve fished it fo r q u i te a fe w ye ar s . I m ove d h o u s e
i n November, so the winte r fo r m e wa s p re t t y m u c h a w r i te o f f. I did however manag e a fe w n i gh ts o n s o me d ay t i c ke t
l a kes, but every time I tur n e d u p , t h e we at h e r s e e me d a ga i n s t
m e, so I didn’t really fish f ro m Ja n u ar y u n ti l M a rch .
Bawbrugh has a two-we ek c l o s e i n M a rc h , a n d th e d ay i t
re opened couldn’t come q u i ck ly e n o u gh fo r m e . A l l t h e
excitement and anticipati o n s o o n wo re o f f wh e n i t c a me to
M ay, and I was yet to put a f i s h o n t h e b a n k . T h i s ye a r wa s a
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