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Our annual (or perhaps now biannual) trip to The North Pole for the Christmas fish-off - Me, Steve & Dylan - the sixth trip - could this be my year to win? Horrible conditions; windy, raining and worst of all - the trout weren't feeding. It was really hard work!
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By midday we'd managed one each - wet through - next fish wins. By about 2pm it was time to quit. Steve & Dyl decided to have a coffee in the lodge before heading home - I thought I'd give it ten more minutes fishing - and a bonus second trout in extra time - finally won one!
Scorecard | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | -- | -- |
Brian | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 10 |
Dylan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | 4 | -- | 1 | -- | 13 |
Steve | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | 1 | -- | 13 |