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of darkness, all 2.5ft of it. At spot and you are in 3ft of solid
l e a s t I w o u l d n ’t h a v e t o w a k e w e e d a n d i n 2 . 5 f t o f w a t e r, i t ’s
up at 3:30 am to flick it back hard to feel for a drop. The
o u t t o t h e i s l a n d, a s i t w i l l r o d w o u l d n o w h a v e t o s i m p l y
a l r e a d y b e t h e r e.
wait until 3:30 am before I
Around midnight that night, had enough light to get the
the island rod let out a few rod back onto its spot.
bleeps, just enough to get my
After slipping the smallest
attention. The once slack line carp in the lake back and
was now tight and the bobbin laying down on the bed chair
was pinned tight up against the f o r a k i p , I r e m e m b e r t h i n k i n g
blank, the fish had instantly “If that Cuckoo starts, now
weeded itself up and seemed – I’m going full commando
t o b e j u s t h o l d i n g u p t i g h t . I t o n i t ” l u c k i l y e n o u g h f o r m e,
d i d n ’t t a k e m u c h e f f o r t t o g e t t h e C u c k o o c l e a r l y f e l t s o r r y
the fish out of the weed and for me and remained silent,
when I saw the fish for the allowing me to drift off only
f i r s t t i m e, I c o u l d s e e w h y – i t t o b e w o k e n i n a f e w h o u r s ’
was about 8lbs and not what time to recast the island rod
w e c a m e t o E c t o n f o r, - n o w, ( a n d t h e n g e t b a c k t o s l e e p ) .
I l o v e m y f o o d, b u t n o b o d y T h e 3 : 3 0 a m a l a r m c a l l c a m e,
w a n t s a m i d n i g h t p a s t y, d o a n d I b e g r u d g i n g l y g o t u p
t h e y. I t w a s u n h o o k e d i n t h e a n d r e c a s t t h e i s l a n d r o d,
n e t a n d r e t u r n e d w i t h o u t t h a n k f u l l y i t l a n d e d p e r f e c t l y.
leaving the water but the real I was shattered and needed a
kick in the balls was the fact few more hours of sleep.
t h a t r o d c o u l d n ’t b e r e p l a c e d
I woke up around 8:00 am
in darkness, it needed some on the last morning of the
light to get it perfect and session. I looked out of the
b a n g o n t h e m o n e y, m i s s t h e b i v v y a t t h r e e m o t i o n l e s s r o d s ,
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