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Good evening gents...Well my good mate Norm the poacher rang me yesterday to ask if wanted a session at Catterick complex....[^][^]this was new to me and was well chuffed when l saw the lakes..[^][^]..this morning dawned frosty and foggy with not a whiff of wind...and as usual good ol Norm arrived on time...7.15ish..[
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For the short trip to the complex around 11 miles....< Be a good venue for a fun fishin >...we picked the match lake which was nearest the car..[
]..arrived and as per usual l decided on the tiny feeder rig...3lb ml..to a 2lb hl...with a barbless 18......we set up swims next to each other..so a good chinwag wasnt a shout athon..lol lol..
[^][^][^]....Norm decided to get his pole out..which l am sure is attached to him....[
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As for bait l had a few red maggots which Norm kindly bought me...corn and some meat.....
We started around 8ish....very foggy and frosty still...[
]...but as 8.15 came along my tip flew round and a nice common carp came to my net which was around the pound mark <another 3 points to my list...[
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]..< l jokingly said 2lb to Norm > dont think he was impressed as he was stuggling to get a bite...which is very unusual with the pole...
l had the odd bite in the next 2 hours but nothing worth hitting...then at around 11ish...as l was pouring my coffee...l looked round to find my tip going like the clappers...[
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]...played this fish carefully as l had changed to a lb bottom to try and get more bites...and up she came a lovely TENCH...my first since the late 80s....[
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]...and another 3 points to the race...this fish was also around the pound mark....[
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]...that really made my day....and the sunshine to go with it...sunshine and tench...[
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By this time Norm had foul hooked a carp but it got off at the net.....lots of..[}
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].....then at last a carp for Norm..a few casts later....
So we decided for a walk round to see if anybody else was catching...as quite a few had turned up....one of the lads on the other side was a friend of Norms...< lingos the same ...so they knew each other..>...he was catching on corn and red maggot.....[^] so in the end Norm said fancy moving round to the other side...relunctantly l agreed and glad we did.....
Soon as Norms pole float hit the water....it was gone[^][^]...that next 4 hours he got a bite a chuck...and a fish a chuck...[
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l couldnt get a sniff on the tip so l got the dreaded pole out...[
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Some damn reason l cant get the hang of it.....it really gives me the willies....always get tangles always get annoyed with myself..[}
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I tried it out for 20mins or so, but couldnt get a bite..whatever depth l went.....[}
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So the tip came out again and l moved again to where Norms mate was....and l got a pastie carp every 10mins or so...in the end l had 10 pastie carp.....plus the tench and the common.....l was pleased to get some fish ..[
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] on such a wonderful warm March day...l had 3 layers of clothing on this morning...including my army romper suit...boiled lobster l was...[
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So it came to Norms netful....he counted them....63 pastie carp to half a pound....around 20lb +...[
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Well that was our day at Catterick complex...its situated in the village of the same name........Come to think about it it would be a good venue for a fishin...WHAT YE THINK NORM..!!! would the owner appreciated 20 + mds on his lakes....
Cheers mate.....thanks again for taking me....
MOOKSTER...[^][^][^][^]....MDS SIMPLY THE BEST....
