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b y me unzipping the retai n e r.
I t seemed like forever a s I
u n rolled the landing net m e s h
t o reveal what id caugh t. A l l
I heard was the guy b eh i n d
t h e camera go, f**kin g h e l l
t h at is stunning, as I slid t h e
n e t out from under her. T h e
r e tainer was then zipped b a c k
u p before I hooked o n t h e
before she confidently swam
a w a y t h e l a st i m a g e b e i n g h e r
beautiful large tail.
A g a i n , I s h o o k t h e a n g l e r ’s
hand and please forgive me
I d o n ’t r e m e m b e r y o u r n a m e
and thanked him for his help.
I had to sit for 5 minutes just
to take in what had happened
b e f o r e t y i n g o n a n e w r i g.
w heel of fortune, I l ifted h e r
o f f the deck and the n e e d l e
s p un round to 42lb d ead. N o t
a 40lber unfortuna tel y a s I
s t i ll had to take off the sl i n g,
b u t it really did not ma t t e r
s h e was it, the one I wan t e d
a n d first fish as well. T h e
p h otographs were captu r e d
d u ring the process of bath i n g
h e r thoroughly, while I qui e t l y
e x pressed my gratitude for th e
m emory. I quickly zipped h e r
b a ck up in the retain er a n d
r e turned her to the wat e r ’s
e d ge, no sooner had I b e e n
c r adling her in my arms i t wa s
a l r eady time to say go od b y e.
T he retainer was op e n e d,
a n d I had one last l oo k at h e r
I pierced another Natrafish
wafter and threaded it onto the
b a i t f l o ss , b ur n t t h e e n d s , a n d
placed the rig on the floor next
to my distant stick. I only got
to six when I was away again,
this time I looked up to see the
r i g h t- h a n d r o d t a k i n g o n a n
a l a r m i n g c u r v e. I d r o p p e d t h e
r o d I w a s wr a p p i n g a n d m a d e
a d a s h d o w n t o t h e o t h e r r o d,
a l t h o u g h I w as o n a t i g h t d r a g
t h e f i s h wa s s t i l l a b l e t o t a k e
l i n e. A g a i n , I p i c k e d u p t h e
r o d i n q u e s ti o n a n d w a s m e t
b y w h a t se e m e d l i k e a n o t h e r
heavy fish, (Blimey what I have
stepped in I thought to myself)
but I did not care whatever it
was I wanted more lol. The
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