Well, made up for the blank today, a nice 11lb'er on tens elastic and 3lb
line, through the weeds and onward, but i refused to give in and landed it
(after about 10 mins or so). All in all a nice day.
Hope your luck was equal.

"Gandalf" wrote in message
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Many thanks Midnight, I am guessing you are a younger man and firing
blanks could have more than one meaning.Sometimes I wish I had been.VBG

Total washout, after fighting to this swim I had only seen from the other
side of the lake I found out it was over grown with trees on the sides and
above. I lost two hooks before I even got a bait in the water and the swim
was an even 3 foot deep in all the places I could cast using a 12 foot
match rod. After an hour I moved but the swim that was second choice would
have meant fishing in close as a swim on the adjacent bank was occupied so
it would be unfair to cramp his style with many swims open so I went round
the corner and only had a few small roach, gudgeon and bream. The "no
blank" record holds good though. The guy who had the swim I left free had
an 18.5 lb carp and I was so damn pleased for him.

Even so it was nice quiet day out.

--
Gandalf


"The Midnight Rider" wrote in message
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All the best for '52' gandalf old boy, and hope you get a good session
for the day.
And Derek, message from the wife "*&^%$£ you *&^%$£ dare mr." hehe.
p.s. my first blank today for many weeks, the wife is still laughing
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. she says its justice for the other night.

"Gandalf" wrote in message
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Hi Derek,