It was a cool day, grey and overcast, but with little wind. I was in the square reed bay, as I am convinced there are massive carp here. But not much luck so far...
Absolutely nothing happened for hours on end, but in the evening I finally got something massive on the line. It dragged me across the bay at a slow plodding pace (as the bigger ones often do), only to spit the hook just as I was getting excited. Gutting.
An hour later the ledger alarm finally went off (it seems like months since it even bleeped) and I had a big carp on the end, that gave the fight of a life time. At one point I was running along the bank trying to keep it on. Very exciting, then it got dark and it was all over.
