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PAUL BENNET
BENNETT
w i th a further three p ouch e s o f c h o p s ove r t h e two ma rg i n
ro ds before cooking my te a – ho m e ma d e b u rg e rs f ro m my
d a ughter – lovely! Sudden ly my l ef t h an d ro d gave o u t a s e r i e s
o f bleeps from the Delkim . I th o u gh t I wa s away b u t wa s l e f t
d i sappointed. Pike, I was t h i n ki n g , as t hi s h a p p e n ed a c o u p l e
m ore times with the same o utc o m e.
Anyway back in the bivv y, i t wa s s tove o n a n d th e bu rg e rs
were cooking away nicely. I re ce ive d a s i n gl e b l e e p o n my r i gh t
h a nd rod, which then melte d away wi t h a f u l l - b l ow n t ake . I t
s o on became apparent tha t I wa s a tt a ch e d to d e c e n t f i s h , a s i t
to ok 30 yards of lin e off a t i gh t c lu tc h a n d p owe red o f f d ow n
t h e reed-fringed margin a s I s tr u g gl ed to p u t t h e b ra ke s o n .
T h is continued for what se em e d li ke a n ag e .
Eventual ly I started to g et t he u p p e r h an d, a n d w i th s te a dy
p ressure, I began to win th e b a tt l e. A f te r s eve ra l m o re p owe rf u l
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