This is the Old Boy, with his largest snapper to date: a 12lb model teased out of the sort of thick, drudgerous soup that can only be created with salmon berley. The fishing had slackened off a bit at this spot, and the younger generation left to try some other ledges. Dad stayed faithful to the berley, as stubborn as a traffic inspector riding donkey, and prospered. It was the biggest fish of the trip, and his personal best aside from a 15lber he speared back in the days when the Beatles were still happy to admit they were smaller than Jesus. Aficionados will notice the Baitrunner 6500B in the bottom of the shot: these reels will be around long after mankind is extinguished, and ants or Justin Beiber rule the world.
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