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ASH GEDEN
o f the dark shapes movi ng dow n t he re . T h e b o t to m i s j u s t o u t
s i ght in that area of marg i n t hey we re p a t ro l l i n g , a n d I c o u l d
j u st make out the cleaner are as am o n g s t t h e b o t to m a s t h ey
gh osted about , clearly feed i n g d ow n th e re .
I was only set up about 5 0 ya rd s away dow n s t re a m, a n d i t
was strange how I had al re ady f i s he d t h e n i gh t i n th e are a
a n d had seen or heard abso lu te ly no th i n g . If i t we re n’ t fo r t h e
fa ct that I’d gone for a mo o c h a l o n g t h e m arg i n t h at m o rn i n g
a t that particular time, I wo u ld h ave b e e n n o n e t h e w i s e r, a n d
t h ey could have quite eas i ly g o n e un n o t i c e d . I s p r i n te d t h e
s h ort distance back to the ro d s , c ra n ke d a l l t h re e o f th e m i n
a n d literal ly cut the stiff hi n g e p o p - u p r i g o f f o n e o f th e ro d s .
U s ing a length of 20lb Amn es i a a n d a s i z e 4 c h o d p at te rn h o o k ,
I t ied up the most si mple b o t to m b a i t ri g , t h e q u i c ke s t t h i n g
I could tie, and equipped i t w i th a 2 0 m m Co m p l ex-T b o i l i e
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