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b e st laid plans of mice a n d
m en and all that) so that wa s
t h at. To be honest I wa s n ’t
d i sappointed, the fish we r e
i n front of the Lazy and p r e b a it or no pre-bait I’ m 1 0 0 %
a l ways setting up where I ’ v e
s e en them.
The decision being mad e I
w as eager to get back to th e
s wi m u n d e r a l i k e l y l o o k i n g
bush, It would’ve been rude
not to. Then the house went
u p , a b e e r w a s c r a c k e d, a n d I
sat back to relax.
By the time all this was
done it was getting on for
half six and if I’m honest the
fish activity had stopped. I
w a sn ’t c o n c e r n e d h o w e v e r,
L a zy and set up, so I m a d e
m y good b yes to the angl e r i n
s h itty and got round the r e a
b i t lively. I wasted no tim e i n
g e tting the leading ro d o u t to
f i n d some spots, and qui c k l y
f o und a gravel patch fi t f o r
t w o rods out in front o f m e a t
1 1 .5 wraps, smashin g!! Tw o
r o ds were quickly kn ocked u p
w i th the same spring tac t i c s
a s before, mainline b ri g h t
y e llow pi neapple p op u p ’s
s o aked in pineapp le G O O
a t tached to Ronnie’s, ag a i n
a scattering of homemad e r’s
a c companied the rigs and t h e
t r aps were set. I also put o u t
a third rod sneakil y tuc k e d
a way down to the right o f t h e
as morning bites seemed to
b e t h e r u l e so f a r o n t h i s l a k e
and with my pal catching
a few that very morning I
went into the evening full of
anticipation. By 10pm I was
in the sack drifting off to the
land of nod.
6 h o u rs l a t e r I w a s w o k e n
by the beautiful sound of my
D e l k i m i n f o rm i n g m e w i t h a n
a m o u n t o f ur g e n c y t h a t o n e
of my rods on the gravel spot
w a s r o a r i n g o f f d o w n t h e l a k e.
I wa s o u t m y b a g i n a f l a s h b u t
struggling to get my trainers
o n ( th e m u d w a s l e s s m u d d y,
but still muddy), it felt like
an eternity of me hopping on
one leg with one trainer on
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