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reeds which have turned into
a winterised beige colour
and covered a patch of the
deepest water in the lake,
which was still only about
seven foot deep, but is still
relatively deep in comparison
to the rest of the lake. Small
bags of maggots and a small
washed-out wafter hook bait
of an old tackle box, a light
feeder rod paired with 3lbs
maxima. Walking down to
a swim called the ‘iris’ as I
had seen some activity from
Rudd the following weekend. I
walked to the front of the swim
where there are two islands,
connected by a shallow gravel
bar, and the water the swim
was my tactic as it allowed me
to fish over an attractive food
source, while being able to
move onto showing fish; as I
had not invested any bait onto
a spot, and what bag would
cover the hook point from
the sparse layer of silkweed
I was to present over. The
fish didn’t seem interested in
feeding, or even moving, the
session remained dormant and
so did the following couple of
sessions until April.
The Spark: I had planned
a day’s Rudd fishing on the
lake, so I carried some light
gear; a tub of worms, a half
pint of casters, some size 12
hooks I had scrabbled out
controlled was only about
three to four foot deep, so
the expectation of carp in the
still cold winds as we had a
prolonged winter was very
low. So, to my surprise when
I looked over some bushes
to the left and saw two fish
headfirst on a blatant clear
patch where swans had found
an abundance of naturals and
turned the area inside out,
one of the carp was visibly
larger than the other which
made my legs wobbly upon
spotting it. I quietly stepped
back and grabbed some of the
bait I had with me and put a
handful of casters, some small
pellets, and a couple chopped
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