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EXCLUSIVE
BLUEBELL
DAYS
I started looking at t h e
f a mous Bluebell co mpl ex i n
2 0 22. I’d long be en aw a r e
o f the calibre of fish i t h a d
p r oduced - certainly som e o f
t h e best looking fish you co u l d
f i nd anywhere, they al wa y s
l o oked
immaculat e
wh i c h
w as one of the key elem e n t s
t h at drew me in. Th e lis t o f
p r erequisites that I need to
f i s h a water might surp r i s e
s o me; at the very to p o f t h a t
is
condition,
speci fic a l l y
m ouths. If the fish don ’t ti c k
t h is box then I simp ly w o n ’t
f i s h there. A very close sec o n d
i s the general look of the f i s h ;
a g ain if the fish doesn’t ex c i t e
me by how it looks then I am
n o t i n t e r e s t ed i n c a t c h i n g i t ,
no matter how big it is.
The Bluebell fish had it all
- t h e y w e re i m m a c u l a te a l l
o v e r, t h e y l o o k e d i n c r ed i b l e
a n d t h e y w er e b i g t o o . B e i n g
accessible on a day ticket
made it quite a rarity - fish of
that prestige normally being
t h e m a i n st a y o f e x c l u s i v e
s y n d i c a te s . T h e c o m p l e x h a s
been one of the most popular
day ticket complexes in the
UK for the last 30 years.
T h e o r i g i n a l o w n e r, To n y
B r i d g e f o o t w h o i s s a d ly n o
longer with us, created a
stunning complex of 5 lakes,
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