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EXCLUSIVE
Exceptional Swan mirror
n a ture reserve, I do get a r a w
k i ck out of competing aga i n s t
t h e masses.
On our first trip, I wa l k e d
and
looked,
walk ed
and
l o oked and then did m o r e
o f the same across all f i v e
l a kes. Eventually I settled o n
a weedy corner of Sandma r t i n
l a ke where a fish had j u s t
r o lled. I s at and studie d t h e
w ater, seeing a bit o f fi zz i n g
a n d then another fish a l i t t l e
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l a t e r. We m o v e d i n t o t h e a r e a
and fished for 48 hours during
w h i c h I w a s t r e a t e d t o s ev e r a l
spectacular fish which were
capped by the biggest in the
l a k e, t h e m a g n i f i c e n t c o m m o n
c a l l e d Ti l l y. To h a v e p u l l e d
off such a result for what was
our very first Carp Academy
f i l m wa s a t r e m e n d o u s r u s h
and the feeling I got for
having gambled and won was
i m m e n s e. It p r o v e d t h a t w i t h
