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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
PAUL
PHILLIPS
WILKINSON
GAYNER
I was just getting out of th e la ke , an d t h e l e f t h an d ro d wa s
away! WTF? I could hear Gra ha m s ay i ng to S tu d , “ B l i m ey ! ” O n c e
a gain, I was back in the la ke d o i n g b a tt l e wi th ye t a n o t h e r o f
Wormleybury ’s jewels. Af te r a n o t h er h a rd fi gh t , I s aw i t ro l l
fo r the first time, and wi th o u t any d o ub t I kn e w wha t I h a d o n .
I t was the awesome Mo on sc a le , wh i c h wa s a n ex t re m ely ra re
v i sitor to the bank. Once o n t h e s c a le s , s h e pu l l e d t h e n e e d l e
a round to 28lb 14oz, whic h i s t he b i g g e st I h ave k now n h e r to
b e , and this was only her f i f t h c a p tu re a t t h e t i m e . S t u d a n d
G raham were both congratu l at i n g m e o n my b ra c e , wh ic h wa s
a l l inside of 40 minutes. T h e re st o f th e s es s i o n p a s s e d w i t h o u t
a ny further action, but tha t d i d n’ t b o th e r m e i n the s l i gh te s t .
O ver the next two months, I ma n ag e d a n o t he r f ive f is h , a c o u p l e
o f repeats and a new comm o n o f 2 5 lb - p lu s , wh i c h wa s a n o t h e r
o riginal from original stoc k th a t I ch r i s te n ed B u b b l e , a n d s h e
weighed in at 23lbs.
I re t u r n e d i n m i d -S e p t e m b e r a f t e r h av i n g a l i t t l e b re a k , a n d
o n my f i r s t s e s s i o n b a c k , a g a i n f i s h i n g f ro m t h e S t i l e s w i m ,
I m a n a g e d t o b a n k a f i s h t h a t I k n e w a s B r i a n’ s F i s h a t ove r
2 6 b s . B a c k a t t h e l a ke t h e fo l l o w i n g we e k a n d a f t e r a g o o d
l o o k a ro u n d , I n o t i c e d t h e c o n ke r t re e b o b b i n g u p a n d d o w n !
I s h o t ro u n d t h e l a ke i n t o t h e wo o d s a n d a s s i l e n t a s I c o u l d
b e c l i m b e d u p t h e t r u n k o f t h e t re e t h a t s l o p e d o u t ove r t h e
l a ke . L i g h t l eve l s o f t h e wa t e r we re n o t g re a t , b u t o n c e a b ove
t h e b ra n c h t h a t d ra p e s o u t i n t o t h e l a ke , I s aw a c o u p l e o f
f i s h r u b b i n g t h e m s e lve s u p o n t h e b ra n c h . , h e n c e w hy we
c a l l t h a t s w i m t h e C o n ke r. I f t h e f i s h we re t h e re , t h a t b ra n c h
a lways m ove d .
So with my home set up a n d ro d s o ut fo r t he we e ke n d, i t wa s
p e rfect , and what more co ul d I a s k fo r? W i t h my c o nf i d e n c e
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