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GREG SADLER
t h at those weed beds held wa s i n c re di b le – s o m u c h warm e r
t h an the actual water te mp e ra tu re – a n d u n s u rp r i s i ngly, I
c o uld just make out the bac k o f a la rg e f i s h wh o p ro c e e d e d to
s t ay ‘laid up’ for most of t h e day th a t fo l lowe d .
I returned to the spots fo r t he f i r s t do s i n g o f b ait . T h i s
c o nsisted of a mixture of t i g er s , c o n d en s e d m i l k a n d h a lve d
b a its (ano ther sign that n o t hi n g i s eve r n e w i n th is mo d e rn
c u lt carping era). With no s li c i n g to o l s ava i la b l e b a c k i n t h o s e
d ays, it was simply a task o f s qu e e zi n g t he Cl u b M ix b a i t s i n
h a lf and fishing a couple o f b a la n c ed t i ge rs ove r t h e to p . O n
re turning to my swim, I d r i ed o f f , se t u p fo r t h e eve n i n g a n d
a t tempted to remove the si l t f ro m b eh i n d my to e n a i l s w i t h my
r i g scissors! My diary note f ro m t h at d ay s t a te s ‘ co n d i t i o n s
l o ok good’ and after such a m am m o th un d e r t a k i n g , s ure ly, I
h a d to catch?
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