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RYAN McGREGOR
fo r the 360 without the ne e d to i n c l ud e k i c ke rs e tc.
As darkness fell and the w i n d s t ar t i n g to di e o f f , t h e l e f t h a n d
ro d screamed off, and afte r an eve n tf u l f i gh t , wh i ch e n d e d u p
w i ping my other two rods o u t , t he f i s h wa s s a fe ly i n t h e n et .
N o t the biggest in the lake , b u t a we lc o m e co n f i d enc e b o o s t
g o ing into the morning. T h e s c al e s we n t ro u n d to 1 8 l b – n o t
t h e biggest , but very welc o m e. Wi th al l my ro d s w i p e d o u t , I
d e cided to change them al l ove r to t he 1 2 mm wh i te No rt h ern
S p ecial. With all three rod s b ac k o ut a nd a n o t h e r two S p o m b s
o f bait over the spots, the tra p s we re s et , a nd f i rs t l i gh t s e e m ed
p romising for another bi te .
J ust as I started to go b a c k to s le e p , t he r i gh t h an d ro d
s c reamed off, but this time i t h ad he a de d s t ra i gh t fo r th e ke l p ,
a n d within a matter of mi n ute s, t h e ho o k h a d p u l l e d. W h i l s t
i t was frustrating, it was p le a si n g to t h e s e e t h e c h a n g e to t h e
white pop-up seemed to have wo rke d. Wi t h th e ro d b a c k o n
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