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Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:43 am
by Tizer
MHC wrote:Here is a picture, from Anglers Mail Annual 1974 (that memory again Nobby..)
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Anglers mail 1974,hope I've got that one,cheers.
Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 1:50 pm
by MHC
Retro, click on 'upload to tinypic' at bottom of page, when small window opens then click on 'choose file' which gathers it from your desktop or wherever , then click on green 'upload' button then apply to post . Simple.
Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:32 pm
by Retro
I will start by telling you about these magic lakes we called Eggetts.
On our first visit in june 1976 the fisheries consisted of two lakes, one section of dyke and a section of the river Ouse. The accommodation was all on the small lake which was where Jims bungalow was, there were two wooden lodges, one on the lakeside and one on the bank of the river, two nissen huts on the strip of land between the lake and the river and a concrete building which was just for two anglers. The small lake was on dawn to dusk fishing and consisted of bream, roach, rudd and carp in the upper twentys, tench to six pounds plus, chub to six pound and some lovely big eels which if you caught one you gave it to Jim for his supper. The lake was a beautiful place to be with three different types of coloured water lilies which covered part of the lake and an abundance of wild life, I just loved it.
On the embankment behind the lake lodge there was a line of poplar trees which went from the river the whole length of the lake which marked the line of the railway lines that use to cross the river during the war but was long gone, just the concrete foundation of the bridge left on each side of the river. On the other side of the trees running from the river the whole length of the lake was a dyke which was about thirty feet wide and full of tench , Jim had a big pump at one end which pumped out water for the trout farm tanks which run back to the river via a little brook.
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Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:59 pm
by Retro
Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:35 pm
by Tizer
Well done mate,well done for having such a good memoirie and well done for getting the info and pictures on here so QUICKLY ,so pleased you shared them with us.Any more?keep them coming if you don't mind,I would like to find out as much as I can about the place.
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Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:30 pm
by Retro
Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:04 pm
by Retro
Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:08 pm
by CrayCane
Many thanks for sharing these Retro. I stayed in the concrete lodge one year and in a later visit in one of the nissen huts.
It was a lovely place to fish and we greatly envied Jim living in his bungalow by the lake.
Pete
Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:35 pm
by RitchieS
Hi all, recently re-read my well-thumbed copy of Carp Fever as I'm thinking of dusting down my trusty T24's to try to catch a carp this summer. Intrigued by Duncan Kay's mention of Hemingford Grey lakes as I am now relatively local and often walk the dogs along the the lane past those lakes. Even more intrigued by this thread which makes fascinating reading in the knowledge that I have a piece of carp fishing history on my doorstep. Unfortunately the photos are no longer accessible (tinypic?). Is there any way to view them? Perhaps someone could post some original photos.
Re: Jim Eggett's Lakes
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 5:41 pm
by Dave Burr
RitchieS wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:35 pm
Hi all, recently re-read my well-thumbed copy of Carp Fever as I'm thinking of dusting down my trusty T24's to try to catch a carp this summer. Intrigued by Duncan Kay's mention of Hemingford Grey lakes as I am now relatively local and often walk the dogs along the the lane past those lakes. Even more intrigued by this thread which makes fascinating reading in the knowledge that I have a piece of carp fishing history on my doorstep. Unfortunately the photos are no longer accessible (tinypic?). Is there any way to view them? Perhaps someone could post some original photos.
You could try sending a personal message to those that posted them, they may be able to send copies to you. Those that have no details about their status etc are no longer members but, I'm pretty sure Mark still is
Good luck and I hope the T24's bend like they used to.