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BARY OCONNOR
ASH GEDEN
fo rty-five minutes in when o u t o f th e b lu e I h a d a b e l t i n g ru n
t h at had the alarm scream i n g . I t wa s o n th e ro d b a i te d w i t h
a Creamy toffee boilie. As I wa s p lay i ng i t , yo u c ou l d s ee th e
swirls in the water as it twi s te d an d t urn e d to tr y a n d eva d e
c a pture. Eventually I got t he b e tte r o f i t , a n d i n to t h e n e t i t
went . It was a lump of a c o mm o n – a d e f i ni te th i rt y. O n t h e
s c ales it settled at 34lb 8o z. W h at a s t ar t . P ho to s d o n e an d o u t
went the rod on the spot aga i n a n d a fe w m o re S p o m bs o f m i x .
About an hour later my o t h e r ro d b ai te d w i th a B a nof fe e
b o ilie was away, and ano th e r b a t tl e c o mm en c ed . T h i s o n e wa s
o n a mission as it pulled an d t ug g e d to avo i d t h e n e t . T h e b e n d
i n my Free Spirit two and a h a lf p o u n d te s t c u rve ro d wa s
te lling me this wasn’t a sm al l c a r p . A s i t ro l l ed , I c o u l d s e e i t
was another good fish. Th e b at t le wa s wo n an d t h e c a rp wa s
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