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b e fore the magical 16th o f Ju n e
w here normally I woul d lik e t o
d o the opening of t he sea s o n
o n the local canals and riv e r s
i n and around Hertford b u t
n o t this year. I had my h e a r t
s e t on some of the beau ti e s i n
m y local syndicate,
I ’d had so much do wn ti m e
f r om fishing the last few y e a rs
was 98 percent that evening
and due to be a full moon the
f o l l o wi n g, s o I h a d t o g e t o u t .
I had got myself prepared
beforehand and was fishing
o u t o f m y wo r k v a n . I m a n a g e d
t o g e t i n t h e sw i m w h e r e I
had been baiting got my rods
o u t a n d w e nt a b o u t s e t t i n g
u p f o r t h e e v e n i n g. I t w a s a
i wanted t o make the mo s t o f
i t and try and get a few on t h e
b a nk and get the bug back f o r
m y fishing.
I had done a bit of a prebaiting leading up to this
small window to start my
summer
campaign
highly
r i s k i n g w h e n i t ’s a b u s y t i m e
of the year on the water and I
could never guarantee I could
get in that swim and onto my
b a i t e d s p o t s b u t t h a t ’s f i s h i n g
t h e s e d a y i s n ’t . A n y w a y, I
set out on a mission to get
amongst the carp for the first
time in what seemed like long
w e l l o v e r d u e t i m e.
I t was a Monday nigh t o n
t h e 9th of June the m o o n
beautiful summer evening
t h e t r a p s wh e r e se t a n d I s a t
back and admire the beautiful
surroundings and thought to
myself god I’ve missed this
and it was just what I needed.
Ti m e w e n t b y I m a d e m y s e l f
some lovely chicken salad
w ra p s, a n d it w a s g e t t i n g t o
around dusk, so I decided to
get plotted up in my van on
the bed chair and banged the
iPad on. As I was nodding off
f o r th e n i g h t , I w a s a w o k e n
b y t h e so u n d o f t h e r i g h t h a n d b u z z e r t e a r i n g o f f. T h a t
w a s t h e m o n e y s p o t o ve r i n
the weediest part of the lake
next to the snag where I had
been baiting I jumped up and
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