Stealph wrote :
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"Determination (to carry on fishing the same swim)"
I carried on fishing the swim instead of moving because i know from many years of fishing the Lower Severn during the Autumn and Winter that if you can find a snag swim you will usually find barbel (especially in low water conditions).
The luck part came in again in that i found such a swim on my first visit to a new stretch.
Cheers,
Pat