Funnily enough the fish Rod Walker is holding on page 106 in the winter chapter is a fish I put a post up elsewhere of this last week and titled it something like 'One of my hairy moments from my past'.Bobby Marlene wrote:I just read the chapter on winter fishing (while sitting in the sun in the garden, this autumn is really nice) and it is so inspiring, I cannot wait until I can try it and sit at the frozen water. Really good book. Bobby
It was a great time to be carp angling. So different to what I see to-day. There were still no hair or bolt rigs when I caught that fish (yet it seemed we all had the hair to be able to tie one). That fish actually ended up being a bit of a pet of mine over the years being the first one I knowingly re-caught and then a few times more whilst trying to catch its mates, but a fabulous fish all the same.
Rod's capture was a couple of years before mine and the fish was still growing. It never got a lot bigger though despite being caught for a further 20 years or so.