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  Moulin de Gassas 2024 28-06-2024 The annual visit to Bergerac in France did not get off to a very good start… I had not been feeling well prior to the holiday and had managed to get an appointment with my doctor. (An achievement in itself these days). She had called for an ECG (heart trace) as I had been feeling tired and listless and had dizzy spells. The day before we were due to catch the plane out, I got a call in the afternoon from my GP. “Mr Spreadbury, get yourself to the Emergency Department at Medway Maritime Hospital because there are anomalies on your ECG trace.” “What?.. What does that mean?” Long story short, a few hours before we were due to fly we had to make a decision as to whether we could go or cancel. The doctors, although giving me a ‘fit to fly’ endorsement referred me to a cardiac team for further investigation. This was extremely worrying and put a right ‘damper’ on proceedings I can tell you, but here were once again standing on the banks of the

Moulin de Gassas 2023

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Introduction   I last fished the Moulin back in September of last year and had an extremely average result. Whether it was because the fish were not feeding hard or it was down to my own incompetence I don't know. I did however discover a strategy towards the end of the week that I hoped to employ next time; this is what I'm hoping to do in the next few days.   I found it was possible to walk a rod over the footbridge to the island and drop baits under the tree that overhangs the bank along which the Carp patrol. The margins of the Island are the most consistent spots on the lake and have yielded the most fish for me during previous visits. But I want to add another dimension to the session - not just catch as many fish as I can but try and settle issues around rig design that have bothered me for years. They involve "What is the correct configuration of hook, bait, and kicker to achieve the maximum rate of hookups?" Kickers and line aligners have been around for