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like I had hooked a train.
It dived through the thick
floating weed beds and kited
around snags but eventually
got him in the bottom of my
net, I rested the rod on the
floor and went to the brolly to
turn the stove off but halfway
I hear my other alarm roaring
in the background, the same
stuff ensued, dancing through
weed beds, and a surface
battle under the rod tip. I had
two lovely leathery mirrors
in my net but needed to get
those two rods out asap.
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Luckily, I had marker elastic
on my line so I could send the
rigs back out without having
to wrap up after checking the
hook point and changing the
hook bait. I got the rods back
out and walked to my mate’s
bivvy to get some pics for me.
I got some pics and sent them
on their way. I had to pack up
shortly after but was happy
with my result that weekend.
I was busy now until June with
exams so not much fishing got
done in that time, except from
the odd session after work. I
