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i n their jar were the win n e r,
b u t all fis h were returned t o
t h eir natural low water fi l l e d
h o me. Catch and rel ease wa s
o b viously in my DNA eve n a t
t h at very young age in my f i r s t
a n gling journey, ob vio u sl y
t h is a was natural respo n s e
a n d not nurtured.
My grandfather on my father’s
struggle my arse off trying
to learn and muddle through
t h e s e t u p , l et a l o n e c a t c h i n g
a n y t h i n g !! I c e r t a i n l y t h e n
r e a l i ze d t h i s w a s n ’t c a t c h i n g
stickle-backs in the river with
my hands. After a couple of
fishless experiences using
bread pinches and having no
clue about balancing my set up
s i de was the only fi sh er m a n
i n my family and he at ti m e s
h a d mentioned he wo uld t a k e
m e and teach me ho w to f i s h ,
b u t disappointingly he n e v e r
f o l lowed through with t h i s
o f fer, for whatever rea so n ,
w hich as a child l ongi ng to
g e t my first experience o n t h e
b a nk was upsetting; h owe v e r
w hat it did make me rea l i z e
w as that if I was to actu a l l y
g o ing to go and learn ab o u t
f i s hing it was down to m e
t o go it alone........ So arm e d
w i th a cheap 6ft rod, reel a n d
e n d tackle (all included f r o m
Woolworths), I pers uaded m y
m um to take me to the R i v e r
L e a, where I conti nued to
with lead shot, along with not
k n o wi n g a b o u t t h e d i f f e r e n t
t y p e s o f ri v e r f i s h a n d h o w
they interacted at different
depths and their preferred
areas of their habitat........I
then stumbled across an
equalizing bait advantage
when it came to not having
a clue – the bait in question
w a s m a g g o t s ! So w i t h a
newly acquired quill float; the
s t u b b y t y p e, n o t t h e c l a s s i c
pointed painted and glazed
q u i l l , th i s o ne w a s u n p a i n t e d
w h i t e a n d cr u d e l y c h o p p e d
at both ends, where a rubber
float band was attached to
t h e b o tt o m , a l e a d s h o t p u t o n
j u st e n o u g h t o g e t t h e f l o a t
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