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ADAM HONEYSETT
After my result leadi ng up to C h r i st ma s, I wa s d y i n g to get b ac k
o n the bank, so on Boxing D ay I m a d e my way b ac k d ow n to t h e
l a ke for an other three ni ght s. A f ter h av i n g a go o d wa lk a ro u n d ,
I d ecided to go in the swi m I ’d h a d my p rev i o us s u cc es s in . A f te r
2 4 hours, however, I was co nv i n c ed t h e f i sh were n ot i n t h e a re a,
a n d a brief walk down the b a n k co nf i r m e d i t . I m oved q ui ck ly,
b u t over the nex t 24-30 ho u rs , i t j u st d i d n ’t fee l r ig ht w i t h h ig h
p ressure and flat calm cond i t i o n s . I wo ke u p o n my f in a l m o r n i n g
to what felt like a different wo rl d ; a s l i ght b re eze h a d p i cke d u p ,
a n d one of the lads stopped fo r a c h at o n h i s wa lk aro u n d . I h ad
j u st said to him that it fel t go od fo r a b i te th i s m o r n i n g w h en t h e
b o bbin on my right ha nd rod p u l l ed u p ti ght , a n d I h ad a c ra ck in g
s caly 33lb 8oz mirror. What a n i c e way to en d t h e ye ar w i t h my
f i rst UK 50, but to have a 30 , 4 0 a n d 5 0 ove r t h e fe st i ve b re ak
wa s mindblowing.
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