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Hybrid Result For Darren Belton!
Mainline carper, Darren Belton has been in touch following this huge Hybrid result..."On arrival at the lake sunday lunchtime the swim I fancied had just been taken, so I opted to drop in an area on the other side where I'd taken the 45lb Ghostie from a few weeks back. I soon had a few of crushed Hybrid Spombed to the spot followed by my usual Hybrid Mini Micro pop-up Snowman presentation. One rod on either side of the freebies.
The first night passed without event, and after a few hours wandering around, I eventually decided to stay put - topped-up the spot then rested the swim until early evening. At about 5am the next morning a blistering take resulted in a stunning 46lb 12oz mirror! I was already buzzing but the best was still to come!
Midmorning I repeated the previous days activity and recast the hookbaits at 5pm. Six hours later a scratchy take had me in my waders and as it flat rodded me, stripping 50 yards of line in the process I realised this was a special fish. Twice more it went on huge powerful runs and when it finally went in the net my legs were like jelly.
I flicked on the head torch and peered in to the net to be met with the sight of the big common and it looked huge! I quickly went and got John who was fishing a few swims away, and as we hoisted her up on the scales and I knew all my dreams had come true.
At 51lb and 12oz it was a new PB, and my first UK fifty! It still hasn't sunk in! Many thanks to John for the pics, and to Kev and the team at Mainline. Yet again they came up trumps with the awesome Hybrid!"
