nostalgia...

[OldBoy]

20 hours ago, emmcee said:

There are certainly some still around.

My old syndicate lake had 4 known originals in it when I fished there, all from an original stocking of Leney's. As far as I'm aware they are all still in there, I stopped fishing there 5 yrs ago but I still chat to mates on there and the usual one was caught last year and the most sought after one came out this spring. Some members had been on there years trying to catch one but luckily for me my second fish from the lake was one and the most sort after one at that when I fished there. I had it in 2017 and it was 50yrs old then. It wasn't caught last year but made an appearance this spring so still going strong at 58yrs old. 

Another lake that may well hold some original Leney's is Frensham ponds. 

Amazing fish mate, better than any pale water pigs on so many venues, and no mouth damage too, they are certainly to be respected hopefully will go on in some undiscovered places and be left in peace 👍

[emmcee]

I've just remembered this. I saw a YouTube video done by Kevin Ellis and he was chatting with a fella who breeds Leney's.  If I remember rightly they are true Leney's at that so the blood line still continues. The YouTube channel is "Carp antics tv with Kevin ellis" if anyone is interested and I'm sure if you searched Kevin ellis Leney's on YouTube it will come up. 

 

[framey]

9 hours ago, emmcee said:

I've just remembered this. I saw a YouTube video done by Kevin Ellis and he was chatting with a fella who breeds Leney's.  If I remember rightly they are true Leney's at that so the blood line still continues. The YouTube channel is "Carp antics tv with Kevin ellis" if anyone is interested and I'm sure if you searched Kevin ellis Leney's on YouTube it will come up. 

 

Technically….

they can’t be leneys as he’s been dead for donkeys years

only called leneys because of Donald lol

 

Leneycarp.com

 

[framey]

If the leney carp website is the one he’s got some good provenance there.

 

[emmcee]

1 hour ago, framey said:

If the leney carp website is the one he’s got some good provenance there.

 

Pretty sure that is the fella. He grows them on in a pond in his back garden. Think he lives in Worthing or that way. 

[kevtaylor]

13 hours ago, emmcee said:

Pretty sure that is the fella. He grows them on in a pond in his back garden. Think he lives in Worthing or that way. 

Someone has original leeney blood line in France, is doing some mixes and keeping some pure, Kev's fished there, think it was the first official trip (Fennsmere) or similar.

There is a few in the UK still producing leeneys, and some of the cool UK strains have been saved, shame the Bluebell originals weren't done they were mega.

[emmcee]

3 hours ago, kevtaylor said:

Someone has original leeney blood line in France, is doing some mixes and keeping some pure, Kev's fished there, think it was the first official trip (Fennsmere) or similar.

There is a few in the UK still producing leeneys, and some of the cool UK strains have been saved, shame the Bluebell originals weren't done they were mega.

 If I'm not mistaken,  That bloke who owns the lake in France is mates with the bloke I referred to who breeds the Leney's over here. And yes seen a couple of videos of Kev fishing there. 

I think I've watched all of his videos now on YouTube and in my opinion he's never done a bad one. He has me in stitches a lot of the time. I liked his ones from back in the day, especially the Harrow waltonians ones, its the only ticket that i've got a lake for. 

As for some of the UK strains being saved , the Harrow fish have been bred by VS fisheries and kev does a video with Simon Scott. My old lake has dinton fish, Harrow fish, priory fish and obviously some original Leney's,  a proper mix. Wish I'd kept that ticket as well now incase I got back in to carp fishing.