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JOHN ANDERSON
f i s h to 210lb! The place jus t b le w m e away ; I d i d n’ t wa n t to g o
h o me. I stayed in contact wi t h S tu a rt a nd t h e c re w.
For the next three seaso ns , I f i s h ed B l ac k wa te r an d Ha l e
Co mmon a lot , havi ng my fa i r s h a re o f b l a n ks b u t s om e
a mazing results all in al l w i t h c o mm o n s to 3 5l b -p l u s a n d
m i rrors to 37lb. I was gett i n g cl o s e r. At t h e b ac k e n d o f 2 01 2 ,
a n amazing opportunity c am e wh en St u ar t G i l l h a m o f fe re d
m e a job, learning to gui d e a t hi s l a ke . I t h i n k I h a d i t a l l
o rganised within three m o n t hs , an d i n Ja n 2 0 1 3, I s e t o f f . I t
was more beautiful than eve r ; th e la ke an d ve g e ta t io n h a d
m atured into a paradi se. I h a d wa r m we lc o m e s f ro m eve ryo n e,
t h e food tasted better tha n I re me mb e re d, a n d t h e fi s h h a d
g rown dramatically. Meeti ng , f i s h i n g a n d wo rk i n g w i t h s o me
a mazing p eople, it was safe to s ay I wa s t h e h a p p i e s t I h a d
ever been.
Then suddenly, eight weeks i n to my t r i p , l i fe ’ s b a l a n c e t ip p e d
a n d showed its other side u p o n h e ar i n g th e n e ws t h at my d a d
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