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ASH GEDEN
a couple more fast paced ch a rg e s u p an d d ow n t h e ma rg i n a l
s h elf, I managed to bundl e i t i n to t he n et . T h e ri g h a d t a ke n
h o ld so well there was no way i t wa s g et t i n g away w i t h i t t h a t
t i me! To get a bite from t h e T h a me s i s a ri gh t re s u l t , a s i t i s
a ny day, but despite havi ng f i s h ed t he r ive r s e r i o us ly fo r t h e
c a rp for over ten years now, b ra ce s re al ly h ave n’ t h a p p e n e d
t h at often for me, so I was a b so lu te ly m ad e u p fo r t h e e f fo r t I
h a d put into the area. It re al ly ma ke s i t a ll wo r thwh i l e wh e n
a plan comes together tha t c o u l d h ave go ne e i t h e r way. Af te r
m aking sure the ghostie wa s s a fe ly re cove ri n g an d sec u re d
te mporarily in the landing n e t a f te r u n h o o k i n g i t i n t h e wa te r,
I went about getting a fresh r i g an d p o p - up s o r te d a n d g o t t h e
ro d back out on the margi n al a re a fo l lowe d by a n o t h e r th re e
p o uches of bait spread aro u n d i t . I t wo u ld b e l i gh t i n a b o u t
a n hour now, and as the m o rn i n g s o n g c ho r u s s t arte d as d aw n
c a me round, that feeling o f s o me t hi ng ve ry s p e c i a l ab ou t to
h a ppen just completely ove r wh el m ed my se n s e s .
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