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ROBIN DIX
a clear spot , you had to re me mb e r exa ct ly wh e re i t wa s . Ch e s t
waders were an absolute mu s t , wa di ng o ut a s fa r yo u c o u l d
i n to the lake before launchi n g yo u r ri g o u t i n to th e z o n e s t h a t
t h e carp considered to be s a fe .
When I logically thought about pop-ups, I couldn’t see how
they would not work. Due to the variations of the bottom,
your free bait could be sitting on a tree stump, so it would
be natural for the carp to find them at various heights in
the swim.
When I fished it , I used my o n ly s e t o f Sh i m a n o s w it h t h e
f i ghting drag, which did a t le a st h ave a sl i gh t ly b i g g e r s p o o l
t h an my Cardinal 57 , thou gh du e to t h e wa d i n g , c a s ti n g a n d
d ropping in sandy water as I b ai te d u p , t h e l i fe o f t h e s e re e l s
was not very long. I manage d to g e t a b lo c k o f a l u m i n i u m , a n d
S teve Neville turned up an a e r i al sys te m, s o I wa s a b l e to u s e
M onkey climbers even tho ugh my ro d s we re 2 0- 3 0 ya rd s o u t
i n the lake. The rest o f my ki t wa s p re tt y s tra i gh t fo r wa rd : 1 2f t
2 . 75tc Boron rods, 1 2lb Ab u te st li n e , 2 o z r u n n i n g l e ad s a n d
1 2 lb Abu test hooklink wi t h a s i ze 9 O wn e r.
I took a day off work midwe ek an d ma d e my way ove r to t h e
l a ke. The mist was still ove r t he l ake wh en I g o t th e re , a n d
a s I walked passed the Be ac h sw i m, a f i sh c ra s h ed ou t i n t h e
m i ddle of the lake. I made my way ro u n d to a sw i m ca l l e d t h e
Pe rch and set up my two ro d s , wa di ng o u t a n d c a s ti ng to t h e
ro ugh area I had seen the f i sh s h ow. A c o u p l e o f h o u rs h a d
g o ne by when out of the b l ue , my r i gh t ha d ro d ro a re d o f f . I
l o oked out into the lake a n d c o u l d s ee a f i s h b o i l in g o n t h e
s u rface. This was the trou b le wi t h t h e t re e s t u mp s – ge t t i n g
s n agged was very easy and a c o m mo n t h i n g to h a p p e n .
I walked out to the fi sh, f i n di n g a p a th th ro u gh th e s t u mp s .
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