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MARK FOSTER
te ch low diameter line and Ko d ex h ave s ti l l m a n a g ed to re t a i n
g o od knot strength. It is i d ea l fo r s ur fa ce f i s h i n g o n l o n g
l e ngths using a surface co n tro l le r se t -u p . T h i s p a i re d w i t h a
s i ze 10 Kodex Genomic Wi d e G a p e ho o k an d o n e o f t h e Ko d ex
c o ntroller floats is a deadly co mb i n a ti o n .
A f ter casting out my f loat b eyo n d t he fe ed i n g a re a a n d s l owly
re trieving it onto or near to t h e f re eb i e b a i ts , w i t h i n s ec o n d s
re sulted with a fish on. Wi t h a n i n te n se b at t le I f i n a l ly m a n ag e
to slip the net under a cra ck i n g Ca rp j u s t ove r 30 l b .
I t felt like job done, but w i t h t h e h un g e r fo r m o re. I n o t i c ed a
l o t of fizzing in the left ha n d m arg i n , o f th e o t h er a re a wh i c h
I had been throwin g sma l l l i t tl e pva b a g s o f M o n s te r b a i t s
p e llet covered in the Kodex Ec to p l a sm , eve ry 1 0m i n for th e
l a st half hour. This bring s me o n to my n ex t s t a l k in g me t h o d
a s mentioned a little earli er.
M y second fishing metho d wa s p o i s e d to go o n my s e c o n d ro d .
T h is being a small chod r i g o n a s ti f f bo o m s ec t i o n w i t h a
1 5 mm Monster baits Ice p o p u p b o i l i e n o r ma l ly, b u t I d o u s e
a l l of their range of baits. T h i s i s a tt a ch e d to a 2 o z l e ad o n a
Ko dex lead clip system.
I could see carp movi ng in a n d o u t o f t h i s ma rg i n a n d n ot i c ed
a cracking large carp givi ng away a fe ed i n g p a t ro l . A s s o o n
a s it had moved out again , I p l ac e d my r i g o n to p o f t h e a re a
b e ing visited frequently by th i s u n i t .
2 0 minutes later, BANG, I wa s o f f aga i n . T h i s t i me re s u l t i n g
w i th the carp I had been wa tc hi ng an d wh at a f i s h we i gh i n g i n
a t 41lb 4oz. This time it wa s mi s s i o n ac c o m pl i s h e d, w i t h t i m e
t i cking away far and all my cl o t he s we t i nc l u d i n g my s p a re s . I t
was time to chuck my gear i n to t h e va n a nd he a d h o me b u z z i n g
a l l the way.
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