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CRAIG
STEVE
BOBBY
DICK
McEVOY
GAYNER
BRIGGS
COOTE
• Let someone know wh ere yo u ’re g o i n g a n d l i ke ly t i m e
to return.
• Get your tackle s e c uri t y m a rke d i n c a s e th e wo rs t
happens.
• Never fish alone! A lways f i s h i n p a i r s o r m o re .
• Always fish with th e b ro l ly fa ci ng t h e ro d s i n c l o s e
proximity.
• If people seem to b e h an g i n g a b o u t , s t a r t h av i n g a
conversation with you r m ate , so th a t t h ey c an h e a r, a l o n g
the lines of, “Yeah the b oys are co mi n g d ow n i n a b i t .”
This will make them th i n k t wi c e .
• If it looks do dgy t h en m ove o n… N o c a rp i s wo r th
putting yourself in da n g er.
Edges: Here are a coup le m o re t i p s an d t ri c ks fo r yo u a l l
o n the canal that I hop e wi l l he l p yo u l an d a m o n s te r o f yo u r
own… Fish with a white ho o kb a i t . I d o n’ t kn ow why, b u t wh i te
s e ems to catch a hell of a l o t o f m ara ud i n g c a n a l c a rp . M ayb e
i t ’ s because of the amo un t o f b re ad th a t p e op l e t h row to t h e
d u cks or off the boats? W h o k n ows ? B u t it i s m o re t h a n a
c o incidence! Next is to fi s h t h ro u gh t he n i gh t … Ye s , I k n ow
t h is can s eem dangerous, b u t i f yo u fo l low th e s a fe t y ti p s
d e scribed it will reduce the d a n ge r c o n s i d e ra b ly ! I h ave fo u n d
o n canals, especially some o f t h e mo re p re s s u re d o nes , t h a t
t h e carp have switched to fe ed i n g a t n i gh t . T h ey m ay h ave
l e arnt that there is d anger i n t h e d ay, b u t wh e n n igh t fa l l s i t ’ s
s a fe to go on the munch… o r s o th ey th o u gh t !
FR E ELINE 95
