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MICHAEL BOND
O n the scales she went 4 3 l b 1 2 o z, sl i gh tly d ow n i n we i gh t
f rom her normal mid to u p p e r 4 0 , b u t I re a l ly co u l d n’ t h ave
c a red less – she was mine! S h e h a d a s c al e m i s s i n g o n t he to p
o f the wrist of her tail, whi c h ha d b e e n m i s si n g a wh i l e , a s yo u
c o uld clearly see the whiti sh m a rk a bo ut s i z e o f a s t a m p wh e n
s h e was swimming abo ut i n t h e p i t . I t wa s th e e a s i e s t way to
i d entify her from distance wh i ls t o u t f i sh s p o t t i n g . T h e h o o k
h o ld and missing scale we re b o t h t re ate d w i t h p ro p ol i s b e fo re
s h e was released, but not b efo re t h e o b l i ga to r y wa te r s h o t s
were taken. She looked im me n s e sw i mm i n g b a c k o f f i n to t h e
d e pths of the Blue L agoon t ha t mo rn i n g . Ca tc h i n g ta rg e t f i s h
h a s always been a do uble-e d ge d swo rd fo r m e, a s by t h e t i m e
I normally catch my desire d f i s h , I h ave fa ll en i n l ove w i t h t h e
l a ke that I’m fishing and d o n’ t wa n t to l eave ! S tran g e re a l ly,
b u t it was time for a new la ke …
FR E ELINE 93
