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both swims, Harry decided to
go in Lazy Mans, and I went
l e f t i n t o Tu r b i n e s . I c o u l d
see straight away the area
straight away in the deeper
trough around 6.5 wraps
slightly to my right, the other
rod took a bit more finding as
this was 10.5 wraps to my left
off the island to the left hand
that was, I had a proper dead
a r s e b y t h e e n d o f t h e d a y, l e t
me tell you.
Around 2 hours had passed
b y n o w, a n d d u e t o a v i s i t ,
the night before to the local
c u r r y h o u s e. I h a d a r u m b l e i n
the jungle and needed to go,
so I reeled in and went to the
f i s h e r y l o d g e h i d d e n b e hi n d a
side of a bush.
Happy with the two spo t s I
h a d found, in went my buz z e r s
a n d I clipped a soli d ba g o n
e a ch rod. Nothing fancy a t
a l l just an inline drop o ff l e a d
w i th a 4” Super Nova brai d e d
h o ok link and a size 6 E . S . P
g r ipper. Bait wise, I wen t wi t h
a washed out pink No rth e r n
s p ecial barrel wafte r.
The rods went ou t wi t h
m i nimal fuss, and I sat o n t h e
e d ge of t he railway slee p e r
t h at made up the edge o f t h e
s wim. I didn’t bother tak i n g
a chair. I bet your think i n g
w hy didn’t you take a ch a i r ?
B e cause, I’m a blood y i d i o t
t h at’s why! What a mis t a k e
b e a u t i f u l h e d g e r o w.
N o w, u p u n t i l t h i s p o i n t ,
I had not seen any pictures
of the carp, all I knew was
t h a t i t h e l d a r o u n d 1 1 5 f i sh
t h a t we r e h a n d -p i c k e d . T h e
s t r a i n s we r e L e n e y ’s , Su tt o n s ,
and Dinkesbuehl, along with
o t h e rs . T h e se h a v e n o w g r o w n
on with an average weight of
2 4 l b to 3 0 l b a n d a t l e a s t 2 0
x 3 0 l b p l u s , a l so a t l e a s t t w o
carp tipping the scales past
t h e 4 0 l b b a r r i e r.
So, as you can imagine
plenty to go at, anyway by
this point I am shuffling my
way to the entrance to the
lodge and things are starting
to get a little desperate in
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