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s i milar thoughts, and be f o r e
l o ng I watched as h e sta r te d
t o break camp. Arou nd t h e
l a ke, a fair few others w e re
u p and about, too, o n t h e
s e arch fo r differe nt sw i m s
a n d angles of attack.Th e f i s h
w ere clearly holdin g up i n
t h e central part of the l a k e,
t h at much was abu nda n t l y
to complete a set or a personal
quest?
To b e h o n es t , I ’ m s u r e a f e w
o f t h e s wi m s w e r e p r i v y t o
s i m i l a r l i n e s o f e n q u i r y, a s i t
had got to the point, and I’m
sure the other anglers would
a g r e e, w h e t h e r i t w a s y o u r
target or not, where everyone
j u st wa n t e d t o k n o w, f o r s u r e,
c l ear, but with a lot of ang l i n g
p r essure from both sides, t h e y
c l early weren’t letting t h e i r
r e spective guards down, a n d
h a ving watched the hu m a n
t r affic gather pace, I was n o w
i n creasingly confident t h a t
a t some point the fi sh m i g h t
m ove to a quieter area!
That evening a friend a n d I
w ere discussing a few of t h e
d i fferent fish in the l ake, a n d
D arren’s was (as ever) th e m a i n
t o pic. Being a very elu s i v e
f i s h, talk always hi nged o n
s i milar threads; was it sti l l i n
t h ere? Had it been seen? I f i t
h a d, who knew? Were s o m e
o f the more seasoned he a d s
k e eping it quiet in a n atte m p t
whether it was still in there a n d I d o n ’t t h i n k t h e y ’d c a r e
w h o t h e c a p t o r m a y b e. . .
C h a r l i e, wh o h a d b e e n o n t h e
l a k e f o r a n u m b e r o f y e a r s n o w,
a n d k n e w th e a r e a o f t h e l a k e I
w a s f i s h i n g, s u g g e s t e d t h a t i f
the fish were in the area, then
you would normally expect
t o s t a r t s e ei n g so m e s h o w s
around eleven o’clock of an
e v e n i n g. Wa t c h i n g p a t i e n t l y
for any signs of activity that
n i g h t , i t c a n ’t h a v e b e e n
much
more
than
fifteen
minutes past the alleged
w i t c h i n g h o u r, w h e n a s m a l l
f i s h s h o we d r i g h t o v e r t he t o p
o f m y r i g h t- h a n d r o d . T h e r e
w e re a n o t h e r t w o sh o w s i n
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