18 years ago today…

18 years ago today, November 10th 1996. ‘Like a baby whale!’ Possibly one of the most iconic captures and images in carp fishing history, a young Terry Hearn with the legendary Mary from Wraysbury No.1 at a then British record weight of 55lb 13oz. Check out this Carp TV clip where Terry reminisces about the capture – its an evocative, gripping tale that will leave you feeling inspired! http://youtu.be/g_6SAL2ywQE

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Meek Almighty!

Southampton based philanthropist David Meek had been having a run of bad luck recently, but it was all forgotten after slipping the net under one of the Kingdom of Ringwoodshire’s most prized subjects at the weekend. Here David tells a lovely, inspriring tale of how it all came right:

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Lovely Thames common for Tel!

Terry Hearn has had a little break recently from his pursuit of the Ashmead biggun and along with catching some nice barbel from a Thames tributary he caught this cracking 25lb 4oz common from ‘old father’ earlier this week before the draw off will leave his boat high and dry for a month. The Ashmead quest continues now and Tel said he is looking forward to getting back under the […]

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Gaz bags Belgian Behemoth!

Gaz Fareham has been in touch with news of a monstrous old Belgian common which he caught on a return to the Benelux last week. This fish is known to be ancient and highly sought after and was caught from one of the pits Gaz has been writing about in his excellent ‘This is Nowhere’ series in Carpology. The bite came in the middle of a mild, damp night on […]

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Big pit return pays off for Dan!

Dan Kilgour sent us this evocative photo of a beautiful mirror caught last week after returning to the big pit he has been fishing this year. A good bit of early morning observation helped track them down and culminated in a lovely autumnal mirror. Here’s Dan’s story:

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Another Swan Lake thirty for Kev!

Kev ‘Mr Consistent’ Hewitt enjoyed yet another productive session this weekend, landing another Swan Lake jewel. Here’s what Kev had to say: I decided to make a five hour round trip to Bluebells Swan lake this weekend and was rewarded with this 30Lb 4oz mirror. Rig wise I used a rig that has been catching me a good number of big fish over the past couple of years, my own […]

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