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Essex did manage one of the
4 0 ’s e a r l i e r t h a t d a y b u t t o
this day I am not sure what
beast it was. That would
be the only time that year
I managed to wet a line in
Darrow due to the winter
syndicate starting up. I did
not mind though as I still
had my other syndicates to
finish up.
The
next
few
mo n t h s
a b solutely flew by with no rm a l
w ork and Aqua Lilium Cl oth i n g
t a king over as normal fo r t h e
f i r st 4 months of 2025 du e t o
s h ow seas on. The time an d e
o r t that goes into do ing t h e
s h ows is mental, but it’s t h e
b e st time of the year f or m e
a n d although stressful . T h e
s e nse of achievement my s e l f
a n d my brother Steven get o u t
o f it is off the scale.
I t did not stop there eit h e r,
m y relationship with Jai m i e
j u st kept getting better a n d
b e tter, so the decisio n wa s
m ade that I would m ove t o
D i ss perm anently an d on t h e
25th of March I said goodbye
t o m i n e a n d f u d g e ’s l i t t l e
h o u s e i n E s s e x . Fo r t h o s e o f
you who do not know and
w h y w o u l d y o u , F u d g e is m y
c o c k e r sp a n i e l a n d f i s h i n g
companion. (Best spaniel on
the planet).Right enough of
(this is your life), let us get
b a c k t o th e fi sh i n g.
It was now March, and not
only did I move but I also
needed to decide on where I
w o u l d b e f i s h i n g t h i s y e a r. A s
p r e v i o u s l y me n t i o n e d, I h a d
t wo s y n d i c a t e s , o n e i n C l a c t o n
a n d o n e i n C h e l m sf o r d . I m a d e
a choice to drop my Chelmsford
t i c k e t a s I f el t w i t h w o r k t h i s
would just be too far to travel,
a n d I wo u l d j u s t b e c h u c k i n g
m o n e y a w a y.
It was not until Mid-March
I started to get out regularly
again and with that said myself
and Fudge found ourselves
b a c k o v e r o n t h e R e e d L a k e.
A f t e r a q u i c k w a l k r o u n d, w e
f o u n d s o m e fi sh j u s t u n d e r t h e
surface tight up against the
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