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the shank to just cover that
visible hook shape. Using the
same bait on the same spot the
carp sill seemed interested but
a bit more wary as the spot had
doubled in size within a day
or two. I managed another fish
that session, again another
leathery stocky. But after a
couple hours of seeing no fish
out of bounds rope. I looked
out with my polaroids and to
my surprise about eight fish
coming out of a bush to my
right and again only a couple
of feet out, so I went back into
the iris and grabbed my kit and
carried it to the back of a swim
called ‘policeman’s’. I baited
and waited until I saw signs
on the spot I decided to look
around the corner, a swim that
controlled the shallower end
of the lake and only a small
patch of water next to the
of fish there again, plumes of
Gunsmoke silt kicked up and
sheets of bubbles simmered
at the surface, and I knew it
was time to fish. I casted out
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