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w eekends might not be so b a d
a f t er all.
A pril arri ved and I fin a l l y
s t arted to put a few fish on t h e
b a nk. My body was start i n g
t o get used to the dail y p a c k
u p and work and I fell in t o a
n i ce groove with it al l. I wa s
g e nerally flitting betw e e n
2 swims at either e nd of t h e
to get one of the grown on 30s
t o o i n th e s h a p e o f M y a , a f t e r
a s t ri n g o f 2 8 s . T h e w e a t h e r
was rapidly reaching summer
like proportions and it was
clear that an early spawning
was well on the cards. By
the begging of May the first
l o t o f s p a wn i n g s t a r t e d . N o w
usually I leave the lakes well
l a ke, depending on where t h e
a c tive fish seemed to b e. I
r a rely had a blank nigh t a n d
t h at made the required e f f o r t
m uch easier. I finally mana g e d
a l o n e a r o u n d t h i s t i m e. T h e
carp can be really moody
a b o u t f e e d i ng a n d t h e f i s h i n g
b e c o m e s v e r y s k e t c h y. T h e
l a k e d o e sn ’t c l o s e d u r i n g
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