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o f lakes only a couple o f a c r e s
e a ch, Both behind the own e r s
h o use set behind a face- b r i c k
w all with large e lectr o n i c
g a tes, I used to think of i t a s
D orset’s own Ashley p o o l ,
w ell manicured, And q u i e t
, j u st bliss ,The back lake wa s
t h e one with the l arg er f i s h
s o me lovely mirro rs an d 2
l o t t e ry, n o w I’ m r e a l l y b u z zi n g,
w e l l l e t ’s j u s t s a y I f i sh e d i t
a s m u c h a s I c o u l d, O n a n d o f
for a few years regular but
still never really a proper
campaign, Also with the odd
trip to France thrown in for
good measure which was also
becoming
a d d i c t i v e,
But
s o m e ti m e s t h i n g s D o c h a n g e
l a rge commons, At the tim e o f
f i s hing the owner on ly le t 3
o n at any one time so it w a s
n e ver busy which was a r e a l
t r eat, I did ok catchin g f r o m
t h e off really, I used to th i n k
t o myself for some reaso n t h i s
p l ace likes me as mu ch a s I
l i k ed it, You ever fishe d a
p l ace and you’ve just j e l l e d
w i th it ,Sometimes i t j u s t
c l i cks, This was it fo r me , I ’ m
f o r ever g rateful to Dave f o r
i n troducin g me to thi s l o v e l y
p l ace, After a good few ye a r s
o f fishing it with Dave I m a d e
t h e decision to speak to t h e
o wner myself after which h e
l e t me fish any time on m y
o wn ,I felt like I’d one t h e
And I think to myself how did
that
happen,I
was
now
married with kids and working
long hours and unfortunately
my fishing slowed down but
the urge to still do a proper
campaign on the special lake
w a s a l w a y s s t r o n g i n si d e m y
h e a d, I t w o u l d n e v e r l e a v e m e
,But sometimes other things
in life become priority and
fishing takes a bit of a
backseat I just had to be
p a t i e n t, A f e w y e a r s l a t e r t h e
opportunity came that I could
now do a good amount of time
o n t h e r e, s o f a s t f o r w a r d t o
2 0 0 9 , I ’d b o o k e v e r y T h u r s d a y
till Sunday every week, 3
n i g h t s a w e e k t h r o u g h Ma r c h
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