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g o od watercraft an d so l i d,
p a tient angling it was poss i b l e
t o just tur n up with every o n e
e l se and c atch the bigges t i n
t h e lake.
Perhaps
inevitably,
th a t
s e ssion lit the fire o f a
p a ssionate affair with th e
c o mplex, one that h as s e e n
m e return many times o v e r
t h e last few years. I h ave o n l y
f i s hed Sandmartin lake a f e w
t i mes as I always get d ra w n
t o the neighbouring S wan, b u t
somehow I have been visited
b y t h e g i a n t c o m m o n , Ti l l y,
o n n o l e s s th a n 3 o c c a s i o n s ,
a st a t i s t i c t ha t , i f y o u k n e w
t h e l a k e, t h e p r e s s u r e a n d t h e
s t o c k i s u t t e r l y b r a i n f r a z z l i n g.
One of those captures came
while I was on my own and
saw me juggling the huge fifty
plus beast for solo self takes t h a t w a s q u i t e a m o m e n t!
Swan lake next door is the
one that really captures my
imagination and is where I
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