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worm onto the spot once the
carp had drifted off. I used this
opportunity to place a freelined
worm onto the spot and lay
the rod just to the side of the
bush, but the tip flush with
the bank as the spot was only
about three of foot off the edge.
Two of the longest minutes
passes and the slack-Ish line
coming back. I eventually got
the courage to get the rod
back out as they were feeding
confidently on the spot, a
freeline worm was lowered in,
the rod placed upside down
on the floor, I had just took my
hands off the rod and it darted
across the front of the swim so
viciously I had to open the bail
slowly went tight and then the
tip hurled round, a firm lift of
the rod was all it took, and I
was into my first carp of the
season, the battle ensued with
lots of head shakes, close calls
with bushes and branches, but
eventually it shuffled into the
net. I jogged over to the next
swim to ask for matey to take
some pics for me. I had a couple
pics taken and slipped it back,
it was one of the stockys they
put in January time and was
about 15lbs, again quite a
leathery fish. I let the swim rest
for a couple hours, periodically
peaking over the bush to see a
carp or two and to slip them
a bit of bait to keep them
arm otherwise the line would
have snapped, I clicked the
anti-reverse on and flipped the
bail arm back over and regain
contact with the fish, the fish
had gone round the corner and
under the out of bounds rope
and had started battling on
the surface. My line creaked
as it was gently pulled through
the underwater branches and
weed beds, the battle after
the initial run was quite bleak
with a couple head shakes and
I swooped the net underneath,
but it didn’t fit, in threw the
rod onto the side, and curled
the carp into the net. The net
had ripped, and this carp was
huge, I wrapped the carp in my
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