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JOHN ANDERSON
I ’ m not one for blaming any t h i n g bu t mys el f , b u t I h ad c h a n g e d
n o thing! All I could think o f t ha t wa s d i f fe re n t t hat ye a r wa s
t h e bait I’d used for more th a n 2 0 ye ar s wa s d e f i n ite ly n o t
t h e same. The texture was d r i e r, an d t ha t cl a s s i c s t rawb e rry
s mell was way different . T he c o m p a ny h ad re c e n t ly ch a n g e d
s t ructure, and with about si x we eks u n ti l B l a c k wa ter c l o s e d ,
I had to do something. A f te r s o m e c o n s i d e ra t i o n , 2 0kg o f
M ainline Cell was delivere d, a n d I c au gh t i n s t a n t ly. I n t h a t
l a st few weeks before they s p aw n ed a nd we c l o s e d i t , I to o k
s i x fish to 35lb 10oz.
So by mid September last ye ar, t h e n ew se a s o n h a d n’t c o m e
q u ickly enough. With confi d e n ce i n a b a i t a ga i n , my en t h u s i a s m
was through the roof afte r c yc li n g to t he la ke s eve ra l t i m es
d u ring that summer closure . F i r s t s es s i o n , an d w i t h i n th re e
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