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k n ow it as Somerley , A
b e autiful 20 Acre gravel p i t ,
K n own for carp bigger th a n I
c o uld of possibly imagi n e d,
l o t s of 20s with a hand fu l o f
3 0 s ,if I’m correct in say i n g
a l so a good head of very la r g e
c r ucian carp ,This was m y
f i r st taste of a proper big c a r p
w ater, It was a bit daun ti n g
tench with the odd double
figured carp thrown in . They
say effort equals reward and
t h e r e a t l a s t a m i r r o r o f 2 2 . l b,
If my memory is correct and
the photos taken by the late
S h a u n B a x t e r, M y f i r s t 2 0
yehhhhh, It was like turning
on a switch after the first one
they
s e a me d
to
follow
b u t very e xciting and a b i t o f
n e rves also thrown in , I
s t r uggled at first, It too k m e a
w hile
to
find
my
feet,
E v entually I was startin g to
g e t to grip s with it , Sti ll u s i n g
r i chworths tutti fruit bo i l i e s ,
B ut eventually movi ng on t o
m ainline Active 8, wo w w h a t
a bait,I lost a few reg ularl y t o
s t art with, very frustratin g, I t
w as my inexperience that w a s
c o sting me fish but I k e p t
p l ugging away, So I wa s
a c tually after my first 20 th a t
w as my aim, As time pas s e d
l e arning from my m ista k e s
w atching and talking to s o m e
o f the regulars I sta r t e d
c a tching slowly at first ma i n l y
r e g u l a r l y a l o ng w i t h t h e t e n c h
, Whatever I was doing was
working or was it just a
c o n f i d e n c e t h i n g I ’ m n o t s u r e,
But now I wanted a 30, Of
c o u r se I d i d, I t t o o k a f e w
more years to catch that
e l u si v e f i s h a n d b e c o m e p a r t
o f t h a t s p e c i a l c l u b, I t s e e m e d
i t wa s n e v e r g o i n g t o h a p p e n ,
But back then there was fewer
of them, A friend by the name
o f D a n n y s a i d t o m e o n e d a y,
I t w i l l c o m e, A n d w h e n y o u
have your first one your catch
another and sure enough he
w a s r i g h t , My f i r s t 3 0 a m i r r o r
c a l l e d Fo l d o v e r t o p t a i l w a s
f o l l o we d 2 w e e k s l a t e r b y a
mirror called CND a fish made
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