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b a ttle was incredibl e with t h e
c a rp fighting for what see m e d
l i k e a good 10-15 min u t e s
b e fore it s howed any si gn s o f
s l owing down.
Eventually
though
the
b a ttle was won and I nette d a
s t unning common of 32lb a n d
o u nces, this fish h ad s o m e
s e rious attitude and fo r a s
l o ng as I was holding h e r u p
f o r the pictures her dorsa l f i n
n e ver collapsed once.
The fish was later i denti f i e d
a s Neptune, a name gi ven a f te r
i t became entangled wit h a
r a ke durin g lake de-weed i n g.
The new rigs were set u p
q u ickly, both rods retur n e d
t o the water, and a f te r
a p ologisin g for the abru pt c a l l
d r op, I resumed my m ee t i n g
w i th my colleague. Time w a s
n o w well into the af tern o o n
w hen Jaimie and her yo un g e s t
O l i came o ver to see me an d a s
y o u can imagine I was eage r t o
s h ow them what I had cau g h t .
S h e said Well done and m a d e
h e rself at home on my b e d
chair while Oli came at me
with a hundred questions lol.
They had been with me for
a r o u n d 3 0 mi n u t e s w h e n t h e
l e f t- h a n d r o d w a s a w a y ag a i n ,
I l i f te d t h e r o d a n d c o n t a c t e d
yet another carp. This one like
t h e f i r st k i t e d l e f t b e f o r e a l l o f
a sudden, I had that dreadful
sensation of a hook pull. I was
gutted as I wanted Jaimie to
s e e wh a t a l l t h e f u s s i s a b o u t ,
o h we l l y o u c a n n o t w i n t h e m
all and I put the rod back out
on the spot.
A n h o u r h a d p a ss e d, an d i t
w a s t i m e f o r J a i m i e a n d Ol i
to leave me to it as Oli had
a s c h o o l d i s c o t h a t e v e n i n g,
so I waved them off and sat
back as I had some emails to
send. No sooner had I put the
l a p to p o n t h e r i g h t - h a n d r o d
w a s a wa y, I s a w t h e f i s h b a i l
w a v e o f t h e sp o t a n d I k n e w
it was another good fish. I
grabbed the rod and was met
by a solid pressure followed
j u st a s q u i c k l y b y a f e e l i n g
o f d i s a p p o i n t m e n t ( s h ii i i i i t )
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