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ED TYMAN
mysterious case of the cut - o f fs wa s c l ea r. Wow ! S o I h ad l o s t
fo ur fish with nothing to s h ow fo r my ef fo rt s b e ca u s e I d i d n’ t
d o the basics first time ro u n d !
Now don’t get me wrong ; th e f i s h we re d e fi n i te ly p a t ro l l i n g
t h e far margin away from th e n o i s e a n d d i st u rb a n c e o f t h e i r
h u nters on the other sid e , bu t n ow I u n d e rs to o d th i s o n e
o bvious feature, I could ma ke a s i t u at i o n a l c h a n g e b a s e d
o n fact . I took my b eloved X- li n e o f f th e s p o o l s a nd p u t o n a
t a pered mainline that gave m e so me ex t ra p ro te c t i o n . T h i s
was attached to the tough es t le a d er I co ul d g e t away w i t h ,
a n d bow tight lines and tigh t cl u tc he s w i t h d ro p o f f l e ad s wa s
n ow very much the order o f t h e d ay. I to l d mys e l f as s o o n a s
I got a bite I needed to be o n i t , wa lk b ac k u p t h e fa i rly s te e p
b a nk and get the fish to ri s e q u i ck ly. Fro m t h e re I h a d a m u c h
b e tter chance at lan di ng t h e f i s h.
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