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DEREK STRITTON
RANDOM
THOUGHTS
Rob has been kind eno ugh to give m e a s e c o n d c h a n c e to
re call some of my early t h o ugh ts fo l low i n g o n f ro m m a ny
ye ars of carp fishing and my l a st “ o l d s c ho o l” p i e ce , s o b e fo re
I forget what I want to say, wh i c h c a n b e a p ro b l e m a t my a g e,
I ’ d better get on with it!
One of the stories I ofte n te ll a b o u t my ve ry e arly d ays o f
t rying to catch carp from th e va r i o u s p o n d s i n E p p i n g Fo re s t i s
a b out the time I spent at a p la c e my f r i e n ds a n d I c a m e to c al l
G o ldings Hill inner pond. T h e o ute r p o n d i s s t i l l t h e re , s to c ke d
w i th fish, and available to d ay. I kn ow n o t h i n g o f th e i n n e r
p o nd now, but then, it wa s a s ma ll , ove rg row n fo re s t p o n d ,
o n e of the most haunting p l ac e s I eve r f i s h e d . We co nv i n c e d
o u rselves it contained car p o f m o n s te r p ro p o r t i o n s . I f i s h e d
t h ere every Friday night t hro u gh o u t a n e n ti re s u m me r b e fo re
eventually getting a run! It t u r n ed o ut to b e a n e wt o f h u g e
s i ze! It was so big that wh en I v i e we d i t t h a t n i ght i n th e
to rchlight , it was like a pre hi s to ri c m o n s te r !
FR E ELINE 2 9
