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B y t h e t i m e I ’d p i c k e d u p
the rod the line was kiting
along the surface and the
f i s h c o n t i n u e d t o t a k e l i n e,
fighting like an absolute
beast for around 5 minutes or
so before finally giving up and
allowing itself to be netted.
I t w a s a v e r y w e l c o m e, l o w 2 0
m i r r o r, o n e o f t h e V S f i s h e r i e s
s t o c k i e s b u t I d i d n ’t c a r e a s I
was off the mark. The first is
always the hardest and I had
mine laying in my net – Ecton
v i r g i n i t y, v e r y m u c h b r o k e n .
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I took a few self takes of the
stockie and slipped it back, I
was so chuffed to have caught
m y f i r s t f i s h f r o m t h e f i s h e r y,
all the self-imposed pressure
to catch a carp had been
lifted. A wonderful bankside
f e e l i n g. A f t e r s l i p p i n g t h e
stockie back it was clear that
the fish where still in the
area but had moved further
down the bank to where I
had found them on my very
first walkaround. This group
of fish where developing a
