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  1. nostalgia...

    in UK Carp Fishing

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    Also ,if you travel into the hallowed county/country on the old A30 ,that's along Jeff Rowes ,old night club ,you will see a string of deep quarries ,some of which were stocked by Peter Mohan ,CAA  and Cypry the Carp Author ,some of those quarries held fish from his time distributing carp all around that area .. wether age and predation killed those remaining fish off,I don't know...however ,unbelievable as it is ,my long term fishing mate at the time ,bought and lives in ex quarry managers house,right next to a deep pit ,and that does hold decent History fish ,although its margins are steep and the depths still have remains of tools and crib hut..

     

    It's fascinating history ,I can confirm also that there are still places around that hold those special Leneys  ,100%...

     

  3. End of Nash Bait

    in UK Bait and Bait Making

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    I also used to make my own for a very long time ,I lost count of how many companies I used to use ,flavour ,dips etc ..

    It was good fun at the time,now I use a local bait firm ,I just phone them up ,and pick it up straight from the rollers/factory ...gave my bait making stuff to my son..!

     

    I still got a bag of 20mm citruz I use for hookbaits only in winter..

     

    I reckon the whole carp industry could suffer a downturn ,I'm not being horrible but it's constant wheel reinvention and upping the tc of rods..unnecessarily..for example to make sales,for sales sake ..but Nash ,does have kudos for various trends or tackle innovation, like scope,oval brolly ,titans etc ...on past times

     

    But then Chris Manifold took the innovation a whole lot further..

  4. nostalgia...

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted · Edited by Roughtor

    I used to fish a fantastic little complex ,it was rumoured to have been stocked by Surrey trout farm /Donald leney..

    Anyway I got in contact with Chris Ball ( RIP)  ,who a member of my family got to know,and asked about this place ,'was there any recorded stocking from Mr Leney '..he couldn't help me ,and said Chris Yates might know as he had the stocking records ,turns out Mark Walsingham had them due to ,at the time the Bernithian Court was being sorted out ,Redmire..and there was no mention of that stocking ..The original owner was said to have mentioned that's where his Carp came from in the mid to lake 70s ..

     

    I was fortunate to have done very well on this place ,multiple captures and repeats,and kept lots of 35mm self takes. 

    Now it's been sadly sold and turned into yet another grim tourist venue ,known as Stone Rush,if you look at the aerial view on maps ,the bigger first lake in the valley ,the last 'orrid'lodge by the inflo ,was my favourite swim ..all the fish did look like Redmire fish ...who knows..?

  5. nostalgia...

    in UK Carp Fishing

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    Apparently, as said above ,as Roman armies travelled they needed to be fed ,and brought carp with then to stock ,grow on and harvest ..

     

    The famous Pant y Lynn, lake high up in the mountains ,still have wild carp ,maybe with the significant danubian notch ..

     

    Here in the westcountry I found a small pool ,and caught a carp that had all the hereditary features of small wildies ,including that notch, it was unlike any feral carp I'd caught previously..it also fought like the devil incarnate !

  7. nostalgia...

    in UK Carp Fishing

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    Gerry Savage ,also a noted winter pioneer ,his famous Carp in the snow pic ,and 100 doubles in a season on PYM,also a follower of the early HNV theory ,Fred Wilton etc. 

     

    ( I fished a couple of times with Gerry ,he passed on the LP...B ,philosophy which I still use to this day )

     

     

  9. nostalgia...

    in UK Carp Fishing

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    I'm really interested in the history of carp angling and angling in general ..

     

    One of the best books I have read regarding nostalgia is by Mike Winter ,who is Skeffs / Mark Walsinghams mentor, the book is called Along Fisherman's paths ,it's all about his ( mikes ) angling journey, and the beginning of the Devon Carp Catchers club ,and the Golden scale club..its one of my favourite books now,especially as I've fished some of these old pools ..

     

  17. New purchases

    in UK Carp Fishing

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    One good thing about these jake rakes is that if you get snagged badly, the prongs are made to 'give ' a little ,so it's easier to get back ,and the prongs can be bent back into position easily ..

     

    It's part of the design..I use mine  fair bit 

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