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o f the mini point. I scro l l e d
d o wn my Whats App list, fo u n d
Will’s number, and as k e d
w hen the next availab ilit y i s
f o r the 2 swims men ti on e d .
Will, got back to me in sta n tl y
s u ggesting
the
fo llo wi n g
Tu esday and I repli ed th a t ’s
p e rfect, so I paid the £60 v i a
t r ansfer and let Mr F lo w e r
k n ow the date.
Now, I am not nor mall y o n e
f o r making plans as on c e a t
a n y lake they normall y g o
s t r aight out of the wi nd o w.
T his lake is different thou g h ,
b e cause you must bo ok y o u r
s wim in advance yo u k n o w
w hat you’re dealing with.
I planned to fish my l e f t h a nd rod i n the middl e o f t h e
g a p between the two isla n d s ,
a s suming most angl ers ta r g e t
t h e areas close to th e isl a n d s
i n stead. Now this is the s a m e
t a ctic I used on the Ma t c h
P i t in Essex, and it is ho w I
c a ught the Warrior. In my m i n d
I i magine the carp u si ng t h e
i s l ands as markers mean i n g
t h e s p a c e b e t w e e n t h em i s
l i k e a r o a d wa y t o g e t f r o m A
t o B. T h e p l a n w a s a l s o t o f i s h
t h e s a m e w ay A d a m P e n n i n g
did on Sky Lakes many years
ago if you have not seen it
A d a m sc a t t e r s b o i l i e s o v e r
an area of half a tennis court.
The reason for this is these
fish are highly pressured and
fished for every day of their
l i v e s, s o I w an t e d t h e m t o f i n d
single baits, this would mean
that hopefully they would not
r e a l i se t h e y a r e b e i n g f i s h e d
f o r. T h e y m u s t b e s h i t s c a r e d
of seeing a big pile of boilies
l a y i n g th e re o n t h e b o t t o m . I
p l a n n e d t o f i s h t h e r i g h t -h a n d
r o d o v e r sh a l l o w w a t e r o n m y
r i g h t, j u s t l ik e t h e l e f t , b u t
with a loose line due to low
w a te r l e v e l s a n d t r o u b l e s o m e
s wa n s.
Rigs wise I decided I was
not going to use solid bags
and opted for spinner rigs,
the only difference would be I
w o u l d u se t h e m w i t h a w a f t e r
instead of a pop up. I just
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