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SI ASH
LLEWELLYN
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to be what I can only desc r i b e as a ‘ ch a ra cte r f i s h’, a m i rro r
o f around 10lbs in weight , o n ly o ne f i n , an d h e l o o ke d a s o l d
t h e hills! He must have seen s o me ba t t le s i n h i s l i fe , p o o r l a d .
O ne of the lads nicknamed h i m N e mo a f te r th a t c a p t u re , as h e
h a d never been seen before . B u t n o n e th e le s s I t h o u gh t h e wa s
p retty cool, and more imp o r t an t ly, I wa s o f f th e m ark .
After I’d managed to sort bo th ro d s o u t a n d g et t h em b a c k
o n the spots, my dad and Cl eo de c i d ed i t wa s h o m e t i m e , s o
t h ey climbed back in his o ld e s ta te an d h ea d e d h o me . G a z a n d
I were left to sit and enjoy a fe w c o ld b ee r s , t a k in g i n t h e s h ow
M other Nature was puttin g o n b e fo re u s . At t h i s p o i n t , my
ra ndy old mate decided to sh ow m e a fe w o f t h e g i rl s h e wa s
t a lking to on Tinder. One g i rl i n p art i c ul ar wa s l o c a l a n d ve ry
ke en to see him. He told me t ha t sh e h ad b e e n o u t p ar t y i n g i n
( o h, they ’ve decided to wo rk n ow ). Ta lk a b o u t l a s t k n o c k i n g s .
L i fting into the take, the He ar n Cl as s i c to o k o n a s a t i s f y i n g
c u rve, and from the off it fe lt a g o o d f i sh . I le d t h e s l ow, h eav y
weight to the net like a do g o n a le ad , a n d i n i t we n t … ove r i n
l e ss than a few minutes. I p e e re d i n to th e n e t to se e my p ri z e ,
a n d what a prize it was – d ee p i n f ra me an d d a rk i n c o l o u r
w i th a smattering of scale s al o n g i ts f l an k – s a fe to s ay i t wa s
a proper one. After securi n g t h e n e t , I we n t ove r an d l e t G a z
k n ow the good news, so he c am e ove r a n d he l p e d m e pre p t h e
m at and camera ready for t he p h o to s h o o t . U p o n p l a c in g th e
c a rp on the mat , we had no o t h er o p t i o n b u t to s t an d i n awe o f
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