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FREE LINE / FIELD JOURNAL
ANDREW WESCOTT
FIELD NOTES
I arrived at Wraysbury on Tuesday evening after work and took a walk
around. There wasn t anything showing, so I dropped in a promising
looking swim and had a lead around. After an hour of leading around,
I found a lovely hard spot. The lead went down with a crack, and the
spot was big enough for two rods to be placed.
Using a Ronnie rig coupled with Carp Company Icelandic Red pop-ups
on both rods, the traps were set. I spombed out 2kg of Icelandic Red
boilies along with a kilo of Carp Company pellets mixed with the
matching Advanced Bait Soak.
After a short while, my left hand rod ripped off, and I knew I had hit
into a hard-fighting carp. After a battle, I guided the fish into the net.
I had no idea what weight this fish was going to be until I turned my
head torch on and saw there was a Wraysbury original in the net. I
then weighed the fish and the needle spun round to 42lb 1oz. I was
absolutely buzzing. I put the fish in my retainer and found out that this
is one of the Wraysbury originals named The Broken Lin.
I asked one of the other lake members to take a few photos, and then
I released the Broken Lin back into Wraysbury s gin clear water. I was
buzzing and still am now as I m writing this.
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