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o f his tail which was wo rry i n g
a s it looked like an o tter!
I could see this B ig u n
s mashing through the wee d o n
h i s way to the reed so qui c k l y
r e placed the rig and min u t e s
l a ter the rod was away, B u t
i n stead of him follo wi ng t h e
p l an like the other fish d i d
a n d exit into the main l a k e,
h e smashed his way thro u g h
t h e reeds parallel to the b a n k
w here no fish could pass a n d
t h e hooklink broke!
Jamie had joined me earlier
when I had the carrot and had
watched things unfold from a
tree and neither of us could
speak, I’d literally had my guts
pulled out and felt sick as there
was tackle left in his mouth
again! I got home in a terrible
mood the missus said why can’t
you catch it? Jamie caught
it! We got into an argument,
and she said just admit it you
haven’t got it anymore... you
never catch anything !
A woman’s scorn, talk ab o u t
k i ck a man when he’s do wn !
Inside I just thought one day
you will eat your words! This
j u st m a d e m e m o r e d e t e r m i n e d
t h a n e v e r t o p r o v e h e r w r o n g.
The next day I just carried
o n b a i ti n g b u t d i d n ’t f i sh f o r
a we e k . T h e h o t w e a t h e r w a s
terrible and the water was
disappearing
rapidly
only
a b o u t t w o f ee t d e e p a l l o v e r,
t h e p o n d we e d w a s t h i c k e r
t h a n e v e r, a n d t h e f i s h j u s t
stayed in the middle of it as
the margins were too shallow
for them to swim in.
June came and went not a
single chance ! I watched the
fish spawn again and saw the
B i g u n , i t wa s l o o k i n g g o o d .
One night I saw the Otter go
across the lake and follow the
stream bed and this made me
m o r e a n x i o u s t h a n e v e r, t h e se
f i s h w e re o n b o r r o w e d t i m e ! I
d e c i d e d to i n c r e a s e t h e b a i t t o
3 kilos a day and get the Big
u n ’s c o n f i d e n c e b a c k , b a i t i n g
a swim in the middle part of
t h e l a k e. T h i s s e e m e d t o w o r k
and soon had the area visited
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