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EXCLUSIVE
Dad Was Getting Worr i e d :
B y the next morning, Dad w a s
s t arting to feel the pressu r e.
M um had caught, I’d cau g h t .
I ’d also just landed the big g e s t
f i s h of the trip and Dad s t i l l
h a dn’t had one! He kept try i n g
a n d eventually, at aro u n d
9 : 30am, his alarm fi n a l l y
s o unded. He landed a lo v e l y
a n d sp o d d i n g. I a l s o m a d e
notes about what I found in
t h e d i f f e r e n t a r e a s , Ya t e l e y i s
s o m e wh e r e I d e f i n i t e l y w a n t
to keep coming back to, so
everything I learn now could
h e l p m e o n a f u t u r e s e ss i o n .
E v e n w h e n I ’m n o t c a t c h i n g, I
l o v e l e a r n i n g.
Son of Black Spot: At around
l i t tle fully scaled mirro r. T h e n
h e admitted something. W h i l e
I ’d been asleep, he’d chan g e d
o v er to solid bags... MY s o l i d
b a gs! He’d been steali ng t h e
b a gs I’d made whil e I w a s
a s leep! He might be a g o o d
t e acher, but apparentl y t h e
s t udent is starting to te a c h
h i m a few things no w.
Doing My Homewo rk: T h e
f i s hing slowed down du r i n g
t h e day, but I didn’t w a n t
t o waste the oppo rtu nity o f
b e ing at Yateley. I got t h e
r o ds out and spent so me t i m e
p r actising in differen t swi m s .
I used the lead to feel th e
l a kebed, looked for dif fe r e n t
s p ots and practised my cas ti n g
7pm, we sat down for our
tea. Mum was cooking and
w e we r e a l l t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e
s e s si o n w h e n s u d d e n l y. . . T h e
r o d a b s o l u t e l y s c r e a m e d o f f,
D i n n e r wo u l d h a v e t o w a i t ! I
grabbed the rod and was into
another carp. After another
g r e a t f i g h t w e s l i p p e d t he n e t
underneath a beautiful oldl o o k i n g f i s h . We s o o n f o u n d
o u t t h i s w a s n ’t j u st a n y c a r p
e i t h e r. I t wa s a n o t h e r k n o w n
Ya t e l e y f i s h . . . T h e S o n o f B l a c k
S p o t . A t 2 7 . 5 l b, i t w a s a n o t h e r
incredible carp to add to the
s e s si o n . F i r s t L u m p y a t 3 5 .8 l b
a n d n o w S o n o f B l a c k Sp o t a t
2 7 . 5 l b. I c o u l d n ’t b e l i e v e t h e
s e s si o n I wa s h a v i n g, W h i l e
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