Free Line 109 — October 2026 - Flipbook - Page 205
GRAHAM
ALEX
PAUL HANSON
STEVE
STEVENS
BENNETT
BRIGGS
Anyway, back to the session… After we’d weighed, photographed and put
it back, we went back to our respective swims and got some much-needed
kip. The next night passed without any excitement, but at first light, the same
rod was away and a small, gnarly, old-looking common was soon in the net.
I did some self-takes with it and let Nikk catch up on some much-needed
zeds, as he’d been plagued with line bites from bream and chub all night.
That turned out to be the last carp caught, and despite returning a couple
more times throughout the season, they’d gone. I did lose something on an
end-of-season trip, which snagged me in a underwater tree. Although it felt
massive it didn’t fight like a carp; it was probably a cat.
I was still only able to give the river a night or two a month, which is a bit
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