HAPPY DAYS SHAUN HARRISON

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Long-time carp angler Shaun Harrison shows us how a slight adjustment to his rig accounted fo r a lovely scaly common

Harrison h a s lxCn o n the itrp li~hing cirltuit for bull long

S h a u n lime HHI h~s pkkcd Uf) a wcthh of experience Ion~ the Wt)middot l ie hs acrounttltl for hundreds of 301b cnrp unl h iwtcr from homi md ~hrod but ifs hb ~kill vf ~bulldbullptin~ to ~~~r VIIcr thu ~fUtJtes him fmm the crod Ju~t IXlttuc hcs hccn th~middotrc

md done it dcx-oint m~~ul thu he knows it all and Shaun will be thebull first to admit thigt I mtel him on the b-nk~ of a tricmiddotky liulc f)l)nd in 1uninghu n)hirc a nd dl~Ocr how a

friend nmiddotmindcltl him of thebull uJ~mtagcs of k_J)ing m Ofgtcmiddotn mind

1e lxlttl lihi llf this IVnlttCrc pond O tl and off for the llst few )tl~ rntinly in winte-r 11 hs sullaquondcrcd Mnbullrnl old scaly lrrior_ to more th~u1 201b u1d tbull)gt tuUil now it ht~ becm rtlu h ely t~l)y llc)wce r ri~ l)rt-~un

SClIU~ tltt hwc p u 1 them 0 11

their guard tnd Ive lud tO go l~otck 10 t he d tH ing

bo1rd _l)$ Shwn The water know n

a- The Inner Stnt1urn i m cn(icnt balltt pit d ug Orit_lintll ) (M

the ~il1) s iruucd

SHAUNS LEAD SETmiddotUP

neltt dvor ll ltt c l)nttll x(middotludltd I)Vnd full ()f c htracttr H~d hbtory St~J)ilbull8

w iiiOwllo urukrwatcr gtnrg~ a nd ill) llbullllies p rovide idcbulll haven~) fcbullr our qotJT)bull 11urc uc mudd)bull brown - tile drinks lt-ading to the wattmiddot6 ~ltIJtc a nd ~mll opc ninRS in btCWctbulln dHmiddot snags that cr~Hc thlt~c cndo-cd littk swim~gt

Each one si n~s )Ou the opbullion of ctstin~ tOIrltb a lish-ho lding ~bullrea

HI vL-itcd middotnc Inner Slnctu m t few

W(Ck hack for a shOIt dty S(-SiO il

lth a good friend Dtbulle lld lt relll) opcmed tll ) mind Afltr the few r~~~~ of qu~eli t) fis hing hcrc I ~ ht~inning 10 take thi- lgtlu~middot for grantcd lnititll)bull it W lj nice rdati cly prtttictahlc fhh inJ - Ill) usual sc-lfmiddottiltd comb imiddotlinks with boilic hook lnib would lh IYgt do the

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HOW TO PREVENT PVA GLOBULES

I b ~ llowcvcr more rteellll)bull theyve lxi-011c

lt could be the I o~middotslllmiddotmiddotdctr water or

blatant tpproach

middot~middot~ the1 somethibullS 10 lthangc

and after lxing lhrashcd by l)nmiddotc who mul~lged four llltih tO my bltnk I rcthobullght my urucgy ltlte(ully for this $CSSion he t-xpltirS while tying up 1 few rigs for the dy

The MobullldtymiddotmOnliJlS sunshine $himmcrs on ihe sutf~lce ltnld springlimc l(livity i well in evidence with frogs doucd around the weed beds TI1cre was a frot fifflt thing hut the sun hts burnt il ~) in no tirnc at tll IVe opted flt)r 3 swim thu

catches the lirst rays of the dbully md 1hcrcfore wam1s up the quickest lts a narrow b~y full of overhang ing goodness 11e) will ltOntinue to do this canopies 111d beds o f si lkwc(-d and eventually the spot will become

middotNevenheless there tre some hard clem and hard Youll notice how lille SpltgtLgt in between these wlt-edy umiddoteas the siJt h~s been become- il looks th-t make J)r~nting a btit easy likes 1 handcmfted spot that youe Ive acctbullmtely pl~ccd one hook bait etetted roucself Shntn says while halfwt) up the steep shelf h sh~llov pointing u the area wmer and the other on the edge of the With the baits in posili011 we drop-off Th~t way I cm kill two birds sit back s ipping te~ hoping 10 be with one stone interrupted by a belting run While

11le hard ~pots that Im targeting doing so Shtu11 talks me throu14h bullrcnt yobullr obvious gravel areas that the water temperuturc and Metcheck scrctm lt)Ut dtngcr and make your rig forecaSt that he has printed off stick out like a sore thumb middotrhcyrc I m p-trticularly interested in the formed b) consistebullnly feeding on thc ~Iter tempcrnturc tnd conditions area lt-arefully Before I lewc I will Carps feeding habits nOSt definitely make a consdou~ effort to feed these change with the weather and time of 3rCIS With bait )ear According tltgt the forecast were

Vhcn I first looked there ~s going to rece ive light winds today all SOrtS of bouom debris such as tnd 1 weathcr wJrning is in tgtlace silkwecd s ilt 111d chod coveritg the for tomorrow Xemiddotrc in the lull be(ore spots However one 1g-inc(( the the storm at the moment The water ~ulgts oonfid(nt--c they fed regultrly tcmpcruure is cold 44F to be Jgtrecisc t11d cllt-nned il themselves When a which is e nough for t bite in my fish fcttls it will sift through all the opinion Ar)lhing below 391 and Id be fragbullnents of weed and detritus ridding worried he explains vhile cheltking what they don t want and digesthlg the the tempcrulurc gauge

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~hnm thtll nltttIHbullIhc fiN line b1ttmiddot o( the dt) hKh tAu- hi hmn llK- ~htql hnhhtn I() hultkk-t c k z

thlt-) middotre nlO S m tht cc)ld alcr- hich ftit h1m CCN1fickbulltkC~

n hour fXll otnd l(ht

ronllmpbcin~ hJI cu ti( haun deride tu dtHil unlmiddot ulthc nxb hontmiddotr_11tc fhh 40Uid he f-tdbullnJil in lhlmiddot nul)tln hcll(C th- pcNthc hncr he rectmiddothtbulld hemiddot bulldiu hi ri)t hich fCIture UilJ)fc lgt) bullbullun hunklcn)tth

and lwl) ruhhcr tuhln)C he-middot it short ith 1n undcbullmiddot~rm flll l

l ht ll 1)1l f(lll fl-fl lilt il41U eltJ

I hufte ltthlnk In Ill) nhn)t her Im ~uno tlmt th middot UJl htw httt)mc olr) ofbrin kmiddot huuklcn~th A ll

AlloJk~ oy~

Pbull

1)-ttgtgt fdlto uppltbull hrJick-ll~luk links h cuukJ be the dif(middotnmiddotm fttl

rolour or 1hc- a) 1hu ll) tr--r Ihe (()1tOOr Uitt-r Ihe (I root I C decidcd to ch~n~tmiddot

-ltgtne lhin~t that I ltltbull m u~ tth

ltM ~igtPkr m11crtal i Ult a P h1 or ~ringer 10 minulllbulltbull tlll)lltbull ruu ll 3li0 nltMicc that Im a (~an n( thin~

hen) n1hins a J ltmiddotad~middotr nuterlal 1t ~ -1 ~Me md dcxbull-n t u bullt thmiddotl-11 Hanks and gt~ I ltmiddot~ lik~middot lctdlOf m lluorocnhun luld lo cn-ul- thu h kl)l tlu~h on the ltkc hcd nld nu chc OOillc)tfll I llonirgt h hllo ~ tlun tmd dont IXJChcr -l r~i~ht4tllnJt tlum 1 lmt oaick or aw-i hc )HU -~middotn thu $113ight l 1 n d cr tuur tuhinJC llttth

10 mimic rhc bulluhlrJI cllmiddottrihl cm 1hc bouom makinH it a uKonjlt(UOU ao possible

-The ruhtnt ~~Igt() t(t ~ b1t hkc

a fl)in buk l~ad lttmiddotn )OO tta the rubins illtrnd hat up elk line pinnins ltampo n dltmiddot hnal 41KHI

of)OUr line he r~gt a another

liJwr ~~~~ hnn ltJ)IIlJt to hl (ett

bulln1idpo1iult1 of~ ttl~omiddot

Wh n huriu~omiddot- m~ ahmn hi~ lc1d M-tmiddoturgt j the ftet llut htbull inmiddotc inJt a afetyltlip )Cent

-After )tlt- Cf (oltJl anStlln~ 1tbull Jcamt noc to jump un eh~middot huld AoOn ~nd thtt doinJt ~m(bullthinJt ltllfllbullrtmiddotru tm Cbullddl you more 4-arp I) ltbullul )ttrn botsicdl) ~lkJH )UUI tltitIU 10 1111

owr th e tubin~ frcdy ~huuld 11 fhlt become tcthcr((l md brtbulllk ch~middotllntbull 11 uhrHgtt(c md cl -tmiddotnith hemiddot )ltgt lt i-11 ti3)S ccntitlto droll the rmiddotuJ hiJe pb)ing -a r h If chtmiddot iller rdttiHtlr ~gtnag fl(-e I prefer 10 l1lin 11

Things arc slo 10 haun dttidt 10 go in C3rch of~c fhh lct R me 10 nund the rod~ tie chn1) ~

couple of tnO to gain a hc11n K-

of the bkc but no fuh anmiddot n id~obullfU 11 ~n_ (()tnpk1el) ltkOid o f carp 10d comidcrin~ that thert are n-cwe rhampn Z0 in here its a bit o( Jlll)Ctf) l ie I(Wtll w-ich -a puzzk--d IonS on hi (uc md ltltClde eo tl) a himiddot it pop-urgt t e la~t r~middot~n l11h i onte aA-tin l)laubulld on one of chc dctn area- in hche~obulln the weed

Ao the ~gtun dbJ)[)eu~ ~nd wen eXJgtC-ricncint nih-un Jgterf~ 1 Condicions w ith plc-nly of doud (tl~or md the (l((acion~ l [gt01 of rain crtbull forltttllo don th- inttor fttkct~ 100 bcclu~ th- lcmJgte~tur~obull h~ drur)JliCI a (( degttt

At La)t 1h- rod n(lr the ~na~~ np off rcsulli~ in a om-middotlontr luunmiddot nct to 1he rod and tltOOn ha it thar of an ~2ltk-- If imporunt 10 inuntdiatd Mnmiddotr the figth m a) frtgttn the lt~-naS$ and no1 giC them an 1111h uth~of be )--mt ll be a~kinH (or trouhtc

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~hnm thtll nltttIHbullIhc fiN line b1ttmiddot o( the dt) hKh tAu- hi hmn llK- ~htql hnhhtn I() hultkk-t c k z

thlt-) middotre nlO S m tht cc)ld alcr- hich ftit h1m CCN1fickbulltkC~

n hour fXll otnd l(ht

ronllmpbcin~ hJI cu ti( haun deride tu dtHil unlmiddot ulthc nxb hontmiddotr_11tc fhh 40Uid he f-tdbullnJil in lhlmiddot nul)tln hcll(C th- pcNthc hncr he rectmiddothtbulld hemiddot bulldiu hi ri)t hich fCIture UilJ)fc lgt) bullbullun hunklcn)tth

and lwl) ruhhcr tuhln)C he-middot it short ith 1n undcbullmiddot~rm flll l

l ht ll 1)1l f(lll fl-fl lilt il41U eltJ

I hufte ltthlnk In Ill) nhn)t her Im ~uno tlmt th middot UJl htw httt)mc olr) ofbrin kmiddot huuklcn~th A ll

AlloJk~ oy~

Pbull

1)-ttgtgt fdlto uppltbull hrJick-ll~luk links h cuukJ be the dif(middotnmiddotm fttl

rolour or 1hc- a) 1hu ll) tr--r Ihe (()1tOOr Uitt-r Ihe (I root I C decidcd to ch~n~tmiddot

-ltgtne lhin~t that I ltltbull m u~ tth

ltM ~igtPkr m11crtal i Ult a P h1 or ~ringer 10 minulllbulltbull tlll)lltbull ruu ll 3li0 nltMicc that Im a (~an n( thin~

hen) n1hins a J ltmiddotad~middotr nuterlal 1t ~ -1 ~Me md dcxbull-n t u bullt thmiddotl-11 Hanks and gt~ I ltmiddot~ lik~middot lctdlOf m lluorocnhun luld lo cn-ul- thu h kl)l tlu~h on the ltkc hcd nld nu chc OOillc)tfll I llonirgt h hllo ~ tlun tmd dont IXJChcr -l r~i~ht4tllnJt tlum 1 lmt oaick or aw-i hc )HU -~middotn thu $113ight l 1 n d cr tuur tuhinJC llttth

10 mimic rhc bulluhlrJI cllmiddottrihl cm 1hc bouom makinH it a uKonjlt(UOU ao possible

-The ruhtnt ~~Igt() t(t ~ b1t hkc

a fl)in buk l~ad lttmiddotn )OO tta the rubins illtrnd hat up elk line pinnins ltampo n dltmiddot hnal 41KHI

of)OUr line he r~gt a another

liJwr ~~~~ hnn ltJ)IIlJt to hl (ett

bulln1idpo1iult1 of~ ttl~omiddot

Wh n huriu~omiddot- m~ ahmn hi~ lc1d M-tmiddoturgt j the ftet llut htbull inmiddotc inJt a afetyltlip )Cent

-After )tlt- Cf (oltJl anStlln~ 1tbull Jcamt noc to jump un eh~middot huld AoOn ~nd thtt doinJt ~m(bullthinJt ltllfllbullrtmiddotru tm Cbullddl you more 4-arp I) ltbullul )ttrn botsicdl) ~lkJH )UUI tltitIU 10 1111

owr th e tubin~ frcdy ~huuld 11 fhlt become tcthcr((l md brtbulllk ch~middotllntbull 11 uhrHgtt(c md cl -tmiddotnith hemiddot )ltgt lt i-11 ti3)S ccntitlto droll the rmiddotuJ hiJe pb)ing -a r h If chtmiddot iller rdttiHtlr ~gtnag fl(-e I prefer 10 l1lin 11

Things arc slo 10 haun dttidt 10 go in C3rch of~c fhh lct R me 10 nund the rod~ tie chn1) ~

couple of tnO to gain a hc11n K-

of the bkc but no fuh anmiddot n id~obullfU 11 ~n_ (()tnpk1el) ltkOid o f carp 10d comidcrin~ that thert are n-cwe rhampn Z0 in here its a bit o( Jlll)Ctf) l ie I(Wtll w-ich -a puzzk--d IonS on hi (uc md ltltClde eo tl) a himiddot it pop-urgt t e la~t r~middot~n l11h i onte aA-tin l)laubulld on one of chc dctn area- in hche~obulln the weed

Ao the ~gtun dbJ)[)eu~ ~nd wen eXJgtC-ricncint nih-un Jgterf~ 1 Condicions w ith plc-nly of doud (tl~or md the (l((acion~ l [gt01 of rain crtbull forltttllo don th- inttor fttkct~ 100 bcclu~ th- lcmJgte~tur~obull h~ drur)JliCI a (( degttt

At La)t 1h- rod n(lr the ~na~~ np off rcsulli~ in a om-middotlontr luunmiddot nct to 1he rod and tltOOn ha it thar of an ~2ltk-- If imporunt 10 inuntdiatd Mnmiddotr the figth m a) frtgttn the lt~-naS$ and no1 giC them an 1111h uth~of be )--mt ll be a~kinH (or trouhtc

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lt miglu be onc o( those reuy rommon I on juot maket the golden flank ~hmn OlllnlJlb

f h-e mhwtc~ Itier 1 1-~tlc-

-ltt(ect common 1 In llu 01

nd loolu to be In excess o t Olb lt~ ~~ lovely du-k fhh ailed in the middltmiddot of the ouom lip 1hc hoo-1-middotn~th

1anjte h~ pud d11dends A shOb Jre ukmiddotn ~nd if raquon n_tuntt--d to home hing Shun 11mc to reflect

11 the triCk) da) fhhing -----~ bullle h~d 10 Ork (nr thu flh

l1ey M-tln Oil cd~- u thl moment and Clllt tnldc~und why ltc did rt(eive he~wy flood bull few wccks lruk and lllh~n cold wucr uin~ in m~y hwe owed them dOI fithcr that or half (them h3C C(apcd ~ccrthelcss middote still m~nas~-d to has one for the lln(TI bull tnd pn-ct) 00 too lts a ~ o1d r~h ~b1) m-er 10 )e2~ rage and look OJcking ly rig teration ddinild) tultxd 10 fool that

sh so lc JgttOcltl1hat it i~ possible 10 lCh an old d~ new lrick~

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