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OV ERNIGHT
TONIK
Fo r the past 10 years o r s o
I had wor ked for mysel f a n d
t h is had given me the l ux u r y
o f being able to pretty m u c h
p i ck and choose when I w e n t
f i s hing and for ho w l o n g.
M idweek sessions o f 2-3 d a y s
w ere the norm and th e y ’d
b e en successful seasons in m y
e y es. This all changed at t h e
e n d of 2024 when I decide d t o
r e join the rat race fo r a m o r e
s t able income - at least f o r
a while, to allow me to w o r k
o n relaunching Sharp Tac k l e
i n 2025. This meant I wa s
either to become a weekend
w a rr i o r a n d h a v e t o f a c e t h e
rush to get to the lake on a
Friday as early as possible to
secure a decent swim or do
m i d we e k o v e r n i g h t e r s . A t 5 2 ,
w i t h d o d g y h i p a n d e x p an d e d
g u t I wa s n ’t s u r e I ’d h a v e t h e
c o m m i t m e n t a n d d i s c ip l i n e
for overnighters but I really
d i d n ’t f a n c y w e e k e n d s . Ti m e
to dig deep. I used to be a very
mobile angler in my fitter days
so the overnighters would
f o rc e m e t o b e m o r e m o b i l e i f
n e e d b e. O n e t h i n g t h a t m a d e
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