The man who could better the Bishop is Skeff. He could well catch Single Scale from Ashmead on cane and it is a mid 50 at least.Julian wrote:Definitely the last traditionally caught UK record carp...........so far............ you never know, in the future someone else may catch a record UK carp, or at least a carp bigger than the bishop by using similar tackle and methods.
On this day 34 years ago...
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I was thinking along similar lines - and those carp are true British carp grown on from a very small size or even spawned in there.Snape wrote:The man who could better the Bishop is Skeff. He could well catch Single Scale from Ashmead on cane and it is a mid 50 at least.Julian wrote:Definitely the last traditionally caught UK record carp...........so far............ you never know, in the future someone else may catch a record UK carp, or at least a carp bigger than the bishop by using similar tackle and methods.
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