Carp-Talk - 25 March 2015

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 e Sky Sports cameras were

rolling as 20 female anglers

descended on Linch Hill Fishery in

Oxfordshire for the  rst social

weekend of the uno cial UK Ladies

Carp Team.

IN THE KNOW

ON THE ’STOW

Ladies who Linch

 e 48-hour event, which will

be aired on Tight Lines soon and

featured Carp-Talk’s very own Bev

Cli ord, took place on Willow Lake

and saw two  sh banked, both of

them personal bests. Samantha

Roberts in peg  ve kicked o

proceedings with a 34¾lb mirror,

shortly before  eresa Biggs landed

a 35lb leather o peg seven.

 eresa’s  sh is thought to be the

only leather in Willow.

Event organiser Miranda Brown

told Carp-Talk: “What a great bunch

of ladies who turned out for the

event; we had everything from

builders and railway engineers to

international project managers and

Walthamstow

Reservoirs’ famous Big Common put

in an appearance to Lithuanian carpenter Aidas

Samsonas, who tempted the much-sought-after resident during a day

session on the No. 3 Reservoir. Aidas, who lives in Romford, north-

east London, has been  shing the Walthamstow complex for the past

three years, landing a number of twenties and thirties in that time, but

this was his  rst UK forty, having tipped the scales at 42¼lb (above).

Aidas told Carp-Talk: “Some people have been  shing for this  sh

for 10 or 15 years, so I am very privileged to have caught it. I owe a lot

to my friend Alfredas Macenka, who has been  shing Walthamstow for

a long time, and I always speak to him for some advice before every

session. After spending Monday and Tuesday on the No. 2 and

catching nothing but bream, he suggested I  shed on the No. 3 and

tried to catch the Big Common, so when I returned on the  ursday,

that’s where I headed.

“ ere was a cold north-easterly wind blowing on the day of the

session. I decided to  sh in the middle of the lake, casting towards a

plateau at around 40 metres.  e take came at around 4pm and the

 sh took a good 15 minutes to land, but when it went in the net, I was

very happy. A few di erent anglers turned up in my swim and

con rmed to me that it was the Big Common. It was fantastic.”

 e  sh fell for a 16mm Clam pop-up  shed on a 360 chod rig, the

 rst time Aidas had used the presentation.

 eresa Biggs

had the biggest

of the weekend

at 35lb

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LATE NEWS...

An opportunist

session on Colchester Angling

Preservation Society’s Snake Pit in Rowhedge, Essex, resulted in the

capture of the lake’s most prized resident, the Snake Pit Common at

51lb (above) for Greg Owens.

He said: “I arrived at the lake to buy an unhooking mat from a local

angler and while I was there I saw  sh roll at 95 yards range on a spot

that I knew well. I got a couple of rods out of the car and cast to the

spot with two DT Bait Developments washed-out pink Howler pop-ups

on. I didn’t have to wait long before the buzzer had sounded and I was

leaning into a lump. After a tough battle, I landed her at 51lb exactly.

What a result!”

school teachers.  e weekend got o

to a fantastic start, with two personal

bests broken within the  rst few

hours, so a big well done to Samantha

and  eresa.

“Sky Sports turned up on

Saturday and conducted interviews

with some of the team, and then on

the evening we had a barbecue, which

was a massive success, and all the

ladies got on like a house on  re, as if

we’d known each other a lifetime.

“ e next step for the team is to

take on a team of guys in a pairs

match, which will become an annual

event. More information about this

event will be advertised shortly.  e

long-term plan for this team is to

challenge a few teams in the UK

before hopefully taking on other

ladies teams in Europe.  e support

has been overwhelming, our

Facebook page received 1000 likes

in the  rst three days, so a big

thanks to everyone who has backed

us so far.”

CHARMED! CHARMED!

SNAKE PIT COMMON

51 LB

42 ¼

POUNDER

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