6 Carp-Talk Log on to http://www.carptalk-online.co.uk Shop at http://www.gifts4anglers.co.uk Weekly news FREE to your desktop http://www.carptalkxtra.co.ukNEWS
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A 48-hour session on a
Northamptonshire
syndicate water saw
Darren Connor from
Rowley Regis, West
Midlands, bank this 43lb
common (right). e
43-year-old supervisor
told Carp-Talk: “I turned up
late on Friday and most of
the pegs had gone, so I
ended up in a swim I didn’t
fancy. Nothing happened that night or Saturday morning. en my good
friend Duncan came around for a cuppa and as we were talking he told me
he’d seen a sh show earlier that seemed to be in front of my peg. I reeled in
my middle rod and recast to open water. Nothing happened until Sunday
morning when Duncan returned for another cuppa. Just then my middle
rod bleeped once and the bobbin fell o the line, which went tight then
slack. I hit into what I thought would be nothing, but it turned out to be a
heavy lump plodding up and down the lake. It put up a hell of a ght and
at-rodded me a few times, but 20 minutes later she was in the net.”
HD Snail & Insect boilies did the trick for Darren, who shed close to a
weedbed at 80 yards range where he baited with half a kilo of free o erings
mixed with particles and chilli hemp. He o ered a pop-up on a 360 rig tied
with a size 4 JRC curved hook, a 25lb hooklink and a 4½oz distance lead.A Linear Gold Ticket, a shing holiday for two at e Graviers in
France and a year membership to the famous Guys syndicate are
amongst the ra e prizes at the nal Fish with the Stars event this
summer. e popular charity fundraiser, held at Linear Fisheries in
support of Motor Neurone Disease Association, will come to a close
after this year’s 10-12th August event having raised thousands of
pounds for the charity during its existence. To celebrate the success of
the event, a number of fantastic ra e prizes have
been arranged this year, and with just 250 tickets
available, chances of winning are high.
Ra e tickets can only be purchased online
this year. Interested parties should head to the
http://www.justgiving.com website and search for ‘Anita
Solan’, or just scan the QR Code with your
smartphone. Each ticket will cost £20 and the
donation will go straight to the MNDA.FIVE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK ISSUE 809
Lee Horspool made it on to the front
cover with a 40lb 7oz mirror, taken
during an 18-hour session on an East
Anglia syndicate. David Emson beat
the lake record and upped his
personal best to 44lb 14oz with the
capture of a common from Twynersh
Fishing Complex in Surrey. Leon
Bartropp tempted a 44¾lb common
while shing a 48-hour stint on a
Home Counties pit, and Chris
Titchmarsh bagged a PB and lake
record from Combley Main Lake in
the form of a 42lb 14oz mirror.
Amongst the features, Danny
Fairbrass was shing with PVA sticks
at Yateley’s Sandhurst Lake.10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
ISSUE 553
A lovely 35lb 9oz mirror from Roach
Pit caught by Paul Barron made it on
to the front cover of this issue. Also
in the magazine was a 39¼lb
lake-record common from an
undisclosed lake, banked by Simon
Nagle. Terry Hearn was on target
again, having bagged the 41lb Brute
from Pingewood Lagoon. Wayne
Stevenson’s rst trip of the year to
the famous Withy Pool in
Bedfordshire yielded a 39lb mirror
known as Scaly. Dave Bishop upped
his personal best to 35½lb with the
capture of a sh known as Swanny
from Stanwick Lake Fisheries’ Elsons
Lake.FIVE YEARS AGO THIS FIVE YEARS AGO THIS FIVE YEARS AGO THIS 15 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
ISSUE 297
Simon Aston and Roger Smith had
a productive nal week of the
season on Savay Lake. Simon took
sh of 38½lb, 33lb, 27lb and 23lb,
while Roger had sh weighing
36½lb, 29½lb and 20lb. James
Woods netted mirrors of 40¾lb and
31lb 10oz from a stillwater in the
Bristol area, while Mark Ryder
equalled the number of thirties in a
session on Chad Lakes when he
took three to 35lb. Tony Botterill
topped a ve- sh catch on a
Hampshire stillwater with a 30lb
10oz common, and Terry Barber
slipped his net under a 30¼lb
leather during a session on
Paddlesworth Lake.20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
ISSUE 41
A three- sh catch topped by a
41½lb mirror was the reward for
Maurice Reeve when he spent 48
hours on a Bedfordshire clay pit.
Michael Hook found success during
a day session on a Hampshire lake
when he slipped his net under a
33lb mirror. John Rose took a 32lb
10oz mirror during a three-night
session on a private Surrey pond.
Andy Fensome got his hands on a
31lb 10oz mirror during a stint on
Withy Pool in Bedfordshire, and a
30lb 10oz mirror topped a ve- sh
catch on a Hampshire stillwater for
Lee Wood eld.FISH WITH THE STARS
RAFFLE TICKETS ON SALE
: “I turned upended up in a swim I didn’t
fancy. Nothing happened that night or Saturday morning. en my goodNEWS
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Rick Austin from Deeping St James,
Lincolnshire, caught this 47lb 14oz
common (left) during a 48-hour
session on a Nene Valley syndicate
water. e 48-year-old electrical
technician told Carp-Talk: “I’ve shed
through most of the winter, about
twice a month, but the last sh I
banked from this venue was in
September. I got to the lake on
Friday morning and, after a walk
around, I spotted a sh roll out in the
centre. I got set up and saw a further
eight sh roll throughout the day. At
3pm the next day the margin rod
tore o . After a 15-minute battle I
managed to get her in the net at the
rst attempt.”
Rick used Mainline Cell and
Activ-8 boilies and shed on a clear
spot at the foot of the marginal shelf,
baiting with 70 mixed 15mm free
o erings. He presented a uorescent
pink pop-up blow-back style on a size
6 Gardner Covert Mugga hook, a
15lb Jellywire hooklink and a 3oz
square pear lead. Tackle also included
a 12ft 3½lb Hutchinson Inspiration
rod and a Basia 45QD reel loaded
with 15lb Sensor line.Nene
Valley
chunk
1ST47 LB
14 OZ
at was the week that was FORTY FROM UNFANCIED SWIM
43 LB
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