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a n y dangerous snags a n d
o v erhanging tree branc h e s
t h at were extending in to t h e
w ater and i gave it th e b u t t ;
n o t realizi ng that the C arp i n
H ainault had very soft mo u t h s ,
a s it was a deep silted bot t o m
t y pe lake bed in 95% of ar e a s
a n d so they had no hard gr a v e l
t y pe aggregates to pick u p i n
t o u g h e n th e i r m o u t h s u p . T h e
carp is now in front of me in
the margins giving deep boils
a n d v o r t e x e s. O c c a s i o n a l l y i t ’s
back fin paddle would break
t h e su rf a c e. I t w a s a g o o d sized carp and I instinctively
k n e w i t wo u l d p r o b a b ly b e
a n e w P B, b u t I d i d n ’t r e l a x
o f f f ro m t h e p r e s s u r e I w a s
t h eir mouths when feedi ng a n d e x e rt i n g o n i t . I t t h e n h i t t h e
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