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L u cky enough, you do no t h a v e
t o use the platform anym o r e
t o put your rods as there i s a
p e rfect little space do wn t h e
s i de which makes it easier f o r
a better li ne lay. I sl acke n e d
r i ght off and put the lin e i n t h e
c l i p, I must admit I did th i n k
t h at has got to go surel y a n d I
s l i pped back up the bank o u t
vibrating disco, to be honest
it took a second to register
w h a t wa s h a p p e n i n g b e f o r e
t h e Us a i n B o l t i n m e k i c k e d
i n . On c e b a c k i n m y s w i m , I
was greeted by the sound of
m y r i g h t h a nd D e l k i m ( w h i c h
was the platform rod) crying
o u t a s t h e a n g r y f i sh d o n e t h e
off . I
o f site.
By now Steven had retur n e d
f r om his walk ro und a n d
d e cided to go in the swi m
n e xt door but as no o ne e l se
w as coming down that n i g h t
h e could still fish do wn i n t o
t h e bottom right corner. T h i s
m eant we could still h a v e
a little bit of a social as w e
h a d not fished together f o r
a while. Once the bivvy w a s
u p , I reached into my b a g
f o r my receiver and put i t i n
m y pocket , I then walked t h e
1 8 yards into the nex t sw i m
w hile holding 2 cans o f c o l d
a mber nectar. No so on er h a d
I passed Steven a can, m y
p o cket was having its o w n
p i c k e d t he r o d u p a n d
t i g h te n e d t he d r a g o n m y
t r u s t y 5 0 0 0 T, w h a t e v e r w a s
o n t h e e n d fe l t a h a l f d e c e n t
size and already had stripped
3 0 y a r d s o f l i n e. S t e v e n w a s
already next to me by this
point laughing saying blimey
t h a t d i d n o t t a k e l o n g di d i t .
W h i l e h e wa s g r a b b i n g t h e
net the fish kited left into the
c o rn e r wh i c h w a s n o t i d e a l
as a lily bed separates my
s wi m f ro m t h e s w i m i n t h e
c o rn e r. I l o we r e d t h e t i p d o w n
u n d e r t h e w at e r a n d p u t o n a
considerable amount of side
strain, lucky enough the carp
c a m e w i t h m e a n d a l t ho u g h
I f e l t t h e to u c h i n g t h e l i l y
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