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o v er there, I decided to h u m p
m y gear around there, pic k e d
a swim wi th a nice size w e e d
b e d about 35-40 yards ou t t o
t h e left and as I onl y h a d 1
r o d I decided to put o ut s o m e
h a nd rolled paste baits, th e s e
w ere Honey Yucatan a n d
y e llow. The hook bait wa s a
t u tti fruity 18mm boil ie, t h a t
c a m e r o u n d fo r t h e d a y ti c k e t
m o n e y, w h ic h w a s a r o u n d
£ 2 . 5 0 a ro d, I r e m e m b e r h i m
appearing to be a bit fed up
w a l k i n g a ro u n d t o m e s e e i n g
I only had 1 rod and saying
s o m e th i n g a l o n g t h e l i n e s o f
it being a long walk round for
j u st £ 2 . 5 0 ! ! I g o t m y t i c k e t ,
put my fairy liquid bottle top
w as cast just in fron t of t h e
w eed bed. At this ti me th e r e
w as a boilie bait ban in p l a c e,
h e nce the use of paste b a i t
f r ee offerings, but there we r e
a l ot of small carp in the l a k e ;
I ’ m talking fry and ou nces s o I
k n ew the paste bait p ro b a b l y
w ouldn’t last long eno ug h a s
a hook bait, hence the t u t t i
f r uity boilie, which was a b i t
c h eeky, but in my mi nd t h i s
w asn’t doing any harm a s I
w asn’t firing lots int o the l a k e.
A r ea baited, rod out fo r t h e
f i r st time using my Efge e c o
o p tonic bought from D o n s
w i th my wages and di sco u n t ;
I sat on the bankside, n o
c h air just free style. Do n ,
o n i t , wi th t h e n e c e s s a r y b l u e
t a c p u t ty r am m e d i n t o i t , t o
weight it down and I then felt
a l l g o o d f i s hi n g w i t h m y r e d
b o t tl e to p i n p l a c e a n d r e a d y
for some action.
5 m i n u t e s a f t e r Do n l e f t ,
t h e r o d r i p pe d o f f b o t t l e t o p
s m a s h i n g a ga i n s t t h e b o t t o m
of the rod and the optonic
bleeping not very loudly as
they were really quiet, hence
the Les Bamford conversions
that came afterwards.
A n y w a y, c a r p o n a n d i t g a v e
me a good run around the
weed bed. After 10 minutes
battle I have my first double
figure carp on the bank at 10
L B e i g h t o z a n d a n e w P B.
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