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c h ildren rifling thro ugh m y
g e ar in the bivvy, just comp l e t e
m adness around me!! P e o p l e
s h outing come on mate g e t
i t in, we want to go ho m e !!
E v entually to the delig h t o f
t h e crowd or onlookers a n d
h e cklers, someone put the n e t
u n der the fish on the ed g e o f
a weed bed and final ly t h e
there were bits of my tackle
that had disappeared due to
u n w a n t e d v i s i t o r s i n m y b i v v y,
l i t tl e g i t s !! To h a v e c a u g h t t h a t
c a r p wa s a m a z i n g b u t b y t h e
third capture it was a bizarre
feeling and experience that
affects my attitude to catching
a carp more than once to this
day! I try to avoid it as much
o r deal for the carp and m e
w as over. There in the bo t t o m
o f the net lay the big g i rl
a g ain!!! Third catch o f he r i n
f o ur weeks. Someone wei g h e d
h e r after unhooking h er, s h e
c a me in this time just un d e r
3 3 LB I think, and b eca u s e
o f the length of battl e a n d
h o t conditions, I ch ose t o
t a ke pictures, and she w a s
r e turned straight away. A l l
I could hear in my head wa s
t h e roar a nd applause of t h e
g a thered crowd and was l e f t
w i th a double-edged sword o f a
f e eling of liking the attent i o n ,
b u t liking more the fact i t wa s
a l l over, and the peace h a d
a r rived in my swim. Altho u g h
a s p o s si b l e b u t a s w e a l l k n o w
i t ’s n o t a n e a s y t h i n g t o a v o i d .
I th i n k a r e c a p t u r e i s a d r e a m
taken from someone else and
i f I c a n a v o i d t h a t , t o m e i t ’s a
g o o d t h i n g.
A s f o r t h e H a i n a u l t To r c h
m a n , d i d h e f i n d t h e Ye t i ? Wa s
h e l o o k i n g f o r t h e Ye t i ?
D i d a n y o ne e l s e s e e t h i s
strange creature after me?
W h o k n o w s, b u t i t w a s
definitely fun and interesting!!
T h e c h i l dh o o d d r e a m o f
catching the ‘Great White
Shark’, disappeared over the
years, but I did get to go on
a S h a r k d i v e w h i l e i n So u t h
A f r i c a , a n d w o w, w h a t a n
amazing experience it was!!
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