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MOORLAND FISHERIES ROBIN “RIG-SHY” EDEN’S RECORD BREAKING WEEK 21ST AUGUST 2010 Hi everyone. Well I’ve known Robin for a few years now and new he was a special angler with all of the necessary skills and a fantastic amount of water-craft but, even so, I was not prepared for the week that I have just had the honour to watch. Before I get on to Robin’s stat’s let me first say a well done to Len Young who came out for a 48 hour session to wish Robin happy 40th birthday and managed to bank 10 carp [8 of which were thirty plus] including “The Pipe-Smoker” common at 44.10 lb. Brilliant angling and well done mate. Now on to Robin’s facts and figures. His catch totalled up to 1743.04 lb of fish in less than a full week’s fishing. He arrived on Friday morning and spent the day socialising and walking the lake. He then set up in Pampas, having found some fish in the weed, and even then he offered the swim to Bob, who was staying until Wednesday, and was more than happy to find another swim to fish. He started fishing before breakfast Saturday morning and had landed 2 fish almost immediately. He continued to catch fairly regularly until Monday morning when he informed me that he hadn’t had a bite since 2am and felt that the fish had moved away. Another short walk and he found them again in front of The Oaks and down the Southern arm, again in among the weed beds where I had caught from the previous week. He didn’t fish for a good part of Tuesday as he drove down to Lyon airport to collect Len and this trip was repeated on Friday evening to take Len back. Unfortunately I was unable to join in with fishing with my good friends as my family were also holidaying with us and I don’t get to see my two elder daughters often enough as it is. Robin remained in The Oaks for the rest of the week and carefully fed and caught regularly. I believe that he used around 20 kg of Infinity Baits boilies during the week. Here are his totals for the week:- 52 fish in total including 4 catfish of 25.00 lb, 35.00 lb, 35.14 lb & 49.08 lb. 48 carp which included 35 over 30.00 lb of which 20 were over 35.00 lb and 7 were over 40.00 lb. He landed 1 double, 4 low twenties and 8 upper twenties and the thirties and above are listed below. LOW THIRTIES 32.04 lb, 31.08 lb, 30.00 lb, 31.08 lb, 34.10 lb, 33.02 lb, 30.14 lb, 30.08 lb, 32.06 lb, 31.08 lb, 34.12 lb, 32.00 lb, 32.10 lb, 34.00 lb, 34.08 lb. UPPER THIRTIES 36.12 lb, 37.10 lb, 35.08 lb, 35.06 lb, 39.14 lb, 36.10 lb, 39.02 lb, 35.14 lb, 37.02 lb, 38.00 lb, 37.14 lb, 36.00 lb, 36.12 lb. FORTIES 46.00 lb mirror [“Chunky”] 41.00 lb common [new forty] 40.04 lb mirror [new forty] 40.06 lb common [new forty] 40.14 lb mirror [new forty] 44.08 lb common [“Nelson” at best ever weight and Robin’s 50th fish of the week] 47.06 lb mirror [“Benign” at best ever weight] Simply by reading the weights of Robin’s fish it would seem safe to suggest that we should expect to see 10 of his thirties become forties for the autumn once they start on the proper pre-winter feeding spell. I think that we should also be prepared to see some of the recently un-caught, known fish such as “Clover”, “The Unknown” and “The Hoover” join “Waddle” and “The Long Common” in the fifties club. All of the fish seem to be holding fantastic weights for mid-summer and it seems that it is the amount of food holding in amongst the weed beds [masses of bloodworm in the roots and thousands of snails on the stems] which is producing the free protein, body-building “supplement” which is maintaining weight and condition for these fish. I don’t want to wish my life away but Lord only knows what next spring holds in store for us. Keith

We didn't spot it at the drain down but with 7 of us all catching fish and check weighing them [plus all the mud] it obviously slipped past.

Hi Dan Thanks mate. Bob hasn't had any more yet but the fact that his 42.00 was the leather which we thought was dead has made this a very special week. Both his fish and my common were not banked at all last year so how weird is that? Keith Look forward to seeing you again mate.

I know this is going to sound like "blowing my own trumpet" but I can't resist adding this post. [and I have paid for the advertising lol] With 7 anglers set up on our lake we had nobody fishing the Southern Arm. With some patches of weed showing and red hot, still conditions I was convinced that the fish would be "drinking in" the oxygen being given off by the weed. By Monday, still no-one wanted to move so I decided to do a short session half way down the arm. I set up in "Leaning Tree" and cast over the weed to fish in the far bank clearings under the forest trees. I fished 1.5 ounce running rigs with no tubing nor leaders and used Tiger Line fluoro main line with a Ghost/braid combi hook link. My bait was Infinity Baits Caviar and Black Pepper and I put about 100 freebies over each rod. To cut a long story short, in 42 hours I managed to land 10 carp weighing:- 31.03 lb, 31.12 lb, 33.15 lb, 34.00 lb, 35.01 lb, 35.08 lb, 36.10 lb, 37.05 lb, 37.08 lb [all mirrors] and one common of 51.02 lb. [new PB common]

Combi with a very short hinge section tied in very supple material.

Sorry to jump in here late but none of the leaders [leadcore nor safe zone] follow the lake bed as the sales blurb suggests. They are simply not heavy enough and are too stiff. The other misleading thing is the name. "Safezone" is named as it was suggested that it makes an area close to the bait which appears safe to the fish. It doesn't mean that it protects the fish by making the rig safe.

It's good to be able to say well done again fellas. Good pic's

Funnily enough Nick I think it may even relate to our background. Originally being from a background as an engineering draughtsman I tend to think about the mechanics of each rig.