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EXCLUSIVE
I lifted the sparsel y sca l e d
m i rror up for a coupl e of s e l f
t a kes before slipping the f i s h
b a ck. It’s always ni ce to g e t
o f f the mark and with t h a t
b o th rods went out with o u t
a n y drama s.
After a great start, it was time
t o sit back and make a cup p a .
N o sooner had I po ured t h e
b o iling water into the ther m o s
a message pinged u p on m y
p h one. It was Fento n, ow n e r
o f a bait company. Th is wa s
n o t anything out the o rdin a r y
a s I am part of the Team a n d
w e often have a go od c h a t
w anting to know what I a m
u p to. As I started to rea d t h e
t e xt it explained that Fen t o n
h a d felt he had taken this b a i t
c o mpany as far has he co u l d,
a n d it was time to sel l up a n d
m ove on to pastures new. H e
a l so continued to say t h a t
n o thing would change, a n d
t h e new owner woul d b e i n
c o ntact soon. Although I wa s
g u tted for Fenton, I also f u l l y
u n derstood that the deci s i o n
he took must of broke him as
it was his dream to own a little
p i e c e o f f i s h i n g h i s t o r y. I j u s t
want to take this opportunity
t o t h a n k Fe n t o n f o r a l l h i s
s u p p o r t o v e r t h e l a st f e w y e a r s
a n d g o o d l u c k f o r t h e f u t u r e.
No sooner had I put my
phone down the same rod was
away again, this time there
w a s n o d r o p b a c k j u s t a si n g l e
bleep and I could see the 15lb
mono lifting out of the water
as I made a grab for the rod.
N o ti m e t o w a s t e, I s t a r t e d
to walk back up the bank as
I could see the reeds starting
t o m o v e a s th e a n g r y c a r p w a s
m a k i n g i t s e s c a p e. F i n a l l y,
a n d w i t h so m e p e r s u a s i o n t h e
f i s h c a m e w i t h m e, a n d t h e
f i g h t w a s g a m e o n . A l t ho u g h
still a long way out, whatever
I was attached to was heavy
and as I continued to play the
f i s h i t st a y e d d e e p . I f y o u c a n
remember me saying earlier
the lake is deep and this fish
had no objection to staying
d e e p . We w e r e s t u c k i n a
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