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WAYNE IZZATT
a p plication and the rods a ll we n t o ut a s p e rfe c t ly a s I c o u l d
h ave hoped for, and it felt re al ly n i c e to b e c a rp f i s h i n g a ga i n
a s opposed to what felt li ke a b at t le a ga i n s t a c u rs e o n t h e
o t her pit . The afternoon tu r n e d i n to eve n i n g , an d th e s u n s e t
was enjoyed with a thick c u t o f s te ak a n d wa s h ed d ow n w i t h
t h e complimentary bottle o f Ho b g o b l i n G o l d or two of c o u rs e …
everything felt really nice !
The silence of the sprin g n i gh t wa s o c c as i o n al ly s h a t te re d
by the sound of a carp cra sh i n g o n t h e s u rfa c e . T h ey s e e m e d
to be all over the pit , and th e exc i te me n t g re w as I a n t i c i p a te d
t h e morning bite time. 5am a rr ive d, a n d I s tr u c k u p t h e s tove
fo r its usual marathon run s o f c o f fe e o n t ap fo r t he n ex t t wo
h ours and sat myself up to wa tc h my p i e c e o f wa te r. Ca rp b e ga n
ro lling just around 1 5 ya rd s p a s t my s p o t t h a t wa s t i gh t to
t h e end of the island. Do I re ca s t o n th e m a n d ri s k s p o o k i n g
t h em and move off the bai t o r d o I s i t t i gh t? I p o n d e re d , b u t
d e cided keeping my hands o f f my ro d s wa s t h e b es t id e a . I h a d
my daughter’s new Jack Ru s se l l p u p py n a m e d Pe a b o dy w i t h
m e, and she was more tha n e n o u gh to ke ep my h a n d s b u sy as
s h e tried every trick in the b o o k to s li p o ut o f my s i gh t a n d
c o mmit a bloody murder u p o n o n e o f t h e ba by go s l i n g s t h a t
ke pt waddling past the bac k o f my b iv v y. A s t h e m o rn i n g ro l l ed
o n by, the shows stopp ed, an d I wa s b e g i n n in g to th i n k I h a d
m ade the wrong decision by n o t c a st i n g a li t t l e f u rt h er to t h e
ro lls. Then, around 11 am, I s t ar te d g et t i n g ve ry s u b tl e li n e rs
o n the banker rod closest to th e s h ows , t he t y p e o f l i n e rs t h a t
s u ggested tails just pickin g u p t he l ea d er a s t h ey fe d o n t h e
s p ot , or so I hoped.
I pulled off another foot o f li n e f ro m my t i gh t cl u tc h to b ow
t h e line down a little more, as I d i d n’ t wa n t a ti gh t l i n e s p o o k i n g
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