So I trundled along to a local carp fishery this afternoon on a mission to find some carp poles.
These things are made of carbon fibre and apparently worth up to 150 quid each.
Two hours of grubbing about in zero viz (and I mean fingertips on the mask and I can's see them zero viz) and I've got three out of five of the poles I was looking for. Baffled about not finding one and the fishery owner isn't 100% sure of where the other was lost so I may have been searching the wrong spot.
Anyway, in return for my efforts the fishery owner is going to give me permission to shoot over his land, another 18 acres, which he assures me is full of wood pigeons and magpies. He's also going to get me to thin out his duck population. Anyone got a good recipe for crispy duck?.
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