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h a nd rod. I unprofessi on a l l y
t h rew my laptop to the s i d e
w hile mumbling someth i n g
l i k e, I’ve got a take. I picked t h e
r o d up an d was immed ia t e l y
m et by a solid weight on t h e
o t her end and I knew insta n t l y
I was into a decent fish.
The fish kited along th e e d g e
o f the left-hand island an d a t
s u r e i t w a s t h e m e g a sc a l y
i t w a s e n o ug h t o m a k e m e
a b s o l u t e l y s h i t m y s e l f. T h e
r e s t o f t h e b a t t l e w a s t e r r if y i n g
and with every flick of line off
i t s d o r sa l f i n h a d m e p r a y i n g
t o t h e c a r p g o d s p l e a s e, p l e a s e
let me land this. The fish by
now was starting to weaken
a n d t h e l e a de r w a s s p e n d i n g
t h is point I was wo rried th e
f i s h would try and get aro u n d
t h e mini point that separa t e d
t h e M25 to the lay-by wh i c h
f o r a second, I thou ght t h i s
w as going to be achi eve d . I
h a d the Torrix bent righ t o v e r
a n d right at the last min u t e
w hatever was on the e n d
t u rned and started to c o m e
t o wards me.
My legs were shaki ng b y
n o w as when the fish tur n e d,
I caught a quick look at w h a t
I was playing, the carp ha d a
m assive set of should ers a n d
I could just make out 2 h u g e
s c ales on the left-hand s i d e
n e ar the gill plate.
Although I was no t a 1 0 0 %
more time visibly out of the
w a te r b e f o r e a l l o f s u d d e n
this beautiful plated mirror
was on its side glistening
i n th e s u n l i g h t . I q u i c k l y
l o we r e d t h e n e t i n t o t h e a b y s s
a n d s l o wl y p e r s u a d e d h e r
o v e r th e d r a w c o r d, s h e w a s
y e s s ss s s s s ss s s s s s s ss s s s s g e t
in!
By this point I was 99.9999%
sure it was the fish I had
craved all of them months back
h o we v e r, I g r a b b e d m y p h o n e
a n d s c r o l l e d f o r t h e p i c t u r e.
I lifted the net and all was
c o n f i r m e d, y e s b l o o d y y e s , I
whispered under my breath.
I t wa s a s w e l t e r i n g d a y
s o t h e r e w a s n o t i me t o
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