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o u r swims for the nig ht. E v e n
after midnight the temperature
w as still incredibl y wa r m .
A t around 1:30am, o ne of m y
a l arms bur st into life. I ju m p e d
o u t of bed and wa s stra i g h t
i n to another powerful fi sh .
I was absolutely ex hau s t e d
b y this point and ev en sta r t e d
f e eling sick and thro wi n g
experience explain every little
detail, and I can’t wait to try
it myself. Later we headed
over to Scott Lloyd’s surface
fishing
demonstration.Scott
was helping all the youngsters
catch carp from the surface.
The fish were a little further out
than I could comfortably cast,
so he kindly cast the rod for me
u p while playing it. My d a d
t h ought it was hilario us a n d
c o uldn’t stop laughing, b u t
t h ere was no way I was gi v i n g
u p . I’d waited too l ong f o r
t h is weekend to lose a f i s h .
E v entually another beau t i f u l
2 6 lb mirror found its way i n t o
t h e net.
Learning From The Best:
The next morning we wound
the rods in so we could enjoy
everything the show had to
offer. One of my favourite parts
was watching Tom Maker, who
demonstrated his spinner rig
and showed everyone how he
fishes it with worms on top.
It was fascinating watching
someone
with
so
much
before firing out a few handfuls
of floaters. Within minutes I
was hooked into another fish.
My first ever surface-caught
carp from Linear. A lovely 16lb
linear. I couldn’t stop smiling.
I’d now caught fish from both
B1 and B2!
A We e k e n d B e y o n d M y
D re a m s : T h e f i s h j u s t k e p t
c o m i n g o v e r t h e r e st o f t h e
weekend.By the time the
e v e n t f i n i s h e d I ’d l a n d e d a n
i n c r e d i b l e n i ne c a r p f o r a t o t a l
w e i g h t o f 2 2 9. 2 l b.
To f i n i s h t h e w e e k e n d w i t h
229.2lb and be crowned the
F i s h N S h o w 2 0 2 6 Ch a m p i o n
was
something
I
never
imagined
would
happen.
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