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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
BOBBY
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
COOTE
u p ped his pace and cleare d m e s o m e s p a ce . As t h e f i s h we n t
i n to the net , we reco gnise d i t a s o n e th a t we c al l ed t h e B l a c k
M i rror. It was a fish Mark wa n te d to c a tc h b u t a rep e a t fo r
m e. My pictures from my p rev i o us c a p t ure we re n’ t g re a t , s o
M ark did some proper on e s fo r me . We a l so g o t s o m e p i c s o f
t h e classic looking commo n b efo re s l i p p i n g t h e m b a c k . M a rk
g o t his rods out and mana g e d o n e, a s d i d I, a n d a bi g s n o t t y
b ream, but the spot seeme d to h ave q u i ete n e d ri gh t o f f .
We carried on doing the o d d eve n i n g a f te r wo rk , a lways
c a tching something betwe en u s . A s we we n t o n e eve n in g , M a rk
h a d me curling up laughin g … He h a d c a u gh t o n e o f t h e k n ow n
n i ce commons in the lake, t h e Fri e n dly Co m m o n . T h e e d g e o f
t h e lake is like a bowl, an d i t g e t s c ove re d i n re a l ly s l i p p e ry
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