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b i t e, b u t i t n e v e r c a m e. H a d
I over baited? Had someone
e l s e b a i t e d t h i s s w i m ? We r e
the fish on the naturals? Who
knows, I should have had
a n o t h e r o n e b u t d i d n ’t .
The second day of the
session was much the same as
the first, the south westerly
winds battered my end of
the pit, the conditions were
a carp anglers dream. I had
fish showing and rolling close
to my banker spot again but
for some reason they seemed
reluctant to come any closer
than 30 yards away or so, but
t h a t w a s c l o s e e n o u g h f o r m e.
I knew I was in with a shout
if I just repeated the process
with the banker rod – large
solid bag and a sprinkling
of bait over the top with
the other two going out on
German wafter rigs. All day it
l o o k e d a m a z i n g, l i k e I s h o u l d
get a bite at any moment, but
i t j u s t s i m p l y n e v e r c a m e, I
was beginning to question
everything now: Why am I not
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getting bites? I went to sleep
on the second night dreaming
of uses for cuckoo meat,
potential cuckoo recipes and
seriously
questioning
my
a p p r o a c h t o t h e l a k e. S h o u l d
I change something and if
s o , w h a t ? B a i t , r i g, l i n e l a y –
s o m e t h i n g w a s w r o n g.
That third morning came
around rather quickly and I
was again staring at three
motionless rods wondering
just how I had ruined such
a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y, i t w a s
around 530am and looked
perfect for a bite when the
banker rod decided to enter
the game – beep, beep, beep
and the bobbin was jammed
tight up against the alarm,
I grabbed the rod expecting
it to run for the cover of the
i s l a n d, m u c h t h e s a m e a s t h e
previous fish had but this one
was different.
This fish just plodded about
s l o w l y, n o t r e a l l y f i g h t i n g b u t
just kind of waddling about
and staying deep. It was
