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GREG SADLER
a n d no one around to lo o k a f te r t h e g e a r, I h a d l i t t l e c h o i c e
b u t to be more cons ervative w i th t h e f re e o f fe ri n g s. T h e t h i rd
t wenty of the session arrive d a t 5 . 0 0 p m f ro m t h e r igh t h a n d
ro d, another lovely golden co mm o n o f 2 0 l b s exa c t ly ( h o n e s t ) ,
a n d I somehow managed to g et a g o o d s e lf i e o n s o m e r i c ke t y o l d
c a mera that I’d begged of f s o m eo n e . T h re e m o re f i s h a rr ive d
t h at day: an 18lb mirror to t h e ri gh t h a n d ro d a n d a c o u p l e
o f low doubles to the left h an d ro d , en d i n g a t ru ly wo n d e rf u l
d ay of carp fishing. A peace f u l n i gh t’ s sl e ep wa s n e e d e d a f te r
s u ch a mad day, and stran ge ly e n o u gh th a t’ s wh a t I g o t ! An
e a rly wakeup call from th e la s t f i sh o f t h e s e s s i o n – a n u p p e r
d o uble mirror on the righ t – b ro u gh t t he s e s s i o n to i t s e n d ,
a n d, unsurprisingly, the two - ho ur d r ive h o m e to E s sex wa s a
ve ry happy one.
I kept these visits going ri gh t t h ro u gh th a t l ove ly s u mm e r
a n d enjoyed some more gre at c ap tu re s a n d m any m e m o ra b l e
evenings sat on the straigh t b a n k so ci a l i z i n g w i t h t h e l i ke s
o f Alan Yo ung and Phil Ba ke r to n am e b u t j u s t a c o u p l e . I ’ m
n o t quite sure how I man a g ed i t , an d a fa di n g m e mo ry i s n’ t
h e lping here, but I acquire d a g u es t ti cke t fo r my B ru m m i e
c a rp catching mate Russ B ra dl ey. We ha d m e t d u ri n g t h e
p revious summer, and he ha d c o me d ow n fo r a d ri n k i n g s es s i o n
i n Essex, followed by a two - n i gh te r at t he l a ke s . Wa n t i n g to
e n sure that Russ was able to c a tc h du r i n g h i s v i s i t , I d on n e d
my elegant neopren e outf i t an d fo l lowe d t h e u s u a l ro u t i n e .
T h e water temperature th a t d ay c e rt ai n ly c l e are d t he h e a d ,
a s I was suffering from on e aw f ul s e lf - i n f li c te d h a n g ove r. G o d
k n ows how we managed the t wo - ho ur d rive s o u t h , b u t we d i d ,
a n d after drying out in th e a f te r n o o n s u n , I s l e p t fo r t h re e
h o urs before even managi ng to c a s t a ro d !
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