Just for grins & giggles, if you could spend a week on any UK venue, with just one other angler past or present,
where would you choose and who with.?
where would you choose and who with.?
In reply to Post #1
Fordwich with my oldest friend again (unfortunately he gave up fishing 30 odd years ago)
Fordwich with my oldest friend again (unfortunately he gave up fishing 30 odd years ago)
Twp people ,two different eras..
Old Manor house with Tom Stone, fishing for those ferals and drinking tea in his garage talking about fishing and WW2
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Paul Oulton,..Old Coppermine RIP ,mate.
Old Manor house with Tom Stone, fishing for those ferals and drinking tea in his garage talking about fishing and WW2
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Paul Oulton,..Old Coppermine RIP ,mate.
Small lake near Curry Rivel with my late dad, what I'd give for one more trip 
In reply to Post #1
I would have loved to have fished Darenth Tip Lake in the late 80s early 90s alongside Terry Dempsey & Tony Moore
Premier bait days
I would have loved to have fished Darenth Tip Lake in the late 80s early 90s alongside Terry Dempsey & Tony Moore
Premier bait days
In reply to Post #2
I was going to say Fordwich, but couldn't decide who with. I keep hinting to Oz to do a vid there, but i think the fish kill has knocked that one on the head.
So Savay with Hutchie. Should finish the liver off......
I was going to say Fordwich, but couldn't decide who with. I keep hinting to Oz to do a vid there, but i think the fish kill has knocked that one on the head.
So Savay with Hutchie. Should finish the liver off......
In reply to Post #5
The Prem era was :chefs kiss:
The Prem era was :chefs kiss:
In reply to Post #2
On the canal near my home with my best mate where like your friend gave up fishing many years ago but fortunately we are still best mates,and there used to be some 30lb carp in that stretch we used to fish.
Forgot to add we done many nights up canal hunting carp even wagging school and spending our time up there,also many nights in summer over at Sutton park fishing for tench and bream in the summer start of the original fishing season and being battered by midges,sitting on our Shakespeare boxes watching quiver tips with starlights in the end,then when it warmed up in morning wade out and fish the whip for roach and perch
On the canal near my home with my best mate where like your friend gave up fishing many years ago but fortunately we are still best mates,and there used to be some 30lb carp in that stretch we used to fish.
Forgot to add we done many nights up canal hunting carp even wagging school and spending our time up there,also many nights in summer over at Sutton park fishing for tench and bream in the summer start of the original fishing season and being battered by midges,sitting on our Shakespeare boxes watching quiver tips with starlights in the end,then when it warmed up in morning wade out and fish the whip for roach and perch
Claudia Darga anywhere she fancied.
In reply to Post #1
An old friend called Ian Martin that I lost touch with many years ago and on absolutely any venue, it really wouldn't make any difference.
An old friend called Ian Martin that I lost touch with many years ago and on absolutely any venue, it really wouldn't make any difference.
In reply to Post #1
My dad on Lafarge Cement works ponds Hope Valley near Sheffield. He passed in 2015. RIP Dad x
My dad on Lafarge Cement works ponds Hope Valley near Sheffield. He passed in 2015. RIP Dad x
In reply to Post #1
I cant do just one person, I'd like to fish the Redmire of the 80/90's with Chris Yates and my mate Bruce.
As much as Redmire is the place of history of carp fishing, it doesn't interest me like it used to.
Bruce and I used to bounce ideas off each other, friendly competition always between us. He'd frequently get more fish than me, but somehow I would catch bigger fish, and there was no reason behind it as rigs and bait we would share.
Sadly since the London Bombings we rarely fish together much now, although we are in the same syndicate.
He has recovered, but has a family life which I no longer do, and our times rarely match.
As for with Chris Yates, do you need any explanation?
I cant do just one person, I'd like to fish the Redmire of the 80/90's with Chris Yates and my mate Bruce.
As much as Redmire is the place of history of carp fishing, it doesn't interest me like it used to.
Bruce and I used to bounce ideas off each other, friendly competition always between us. He'd frequently get more fish than me, but somehow I would catch bigger fish, and there was no reason behind it as rigs and bait we would share.
Sadly since the London Bombings we rarely fish together much now, although we are in the same syndicate.
He has recovered, but has a family life which I no longer do, and our times rarely match.
As for with Chris Yates, do you need any explanation?
In reply to Post #12
For those who know of Chris Yates, no explanation is necessary.
For those that don't no explanation is possible.
and I mean that in a complimentary way.
For those who know of Chris Yates, no explanation is necessary.
For those that don't no explanation is possible.
and I mean that in a complimentary way.
Had a fantastic time at redmire with Len arberry some years ago and with hutchy on his syndicate water but if i could it would be with my dad anywhere.
Ivan Marks on the Welland, Bream fishing.
In reply to Post #15
I met the great man at a show at sandown in the 80s... really was and still is a legend.
I met the great man at a show at sandown in the 80s... really was and still is a legend.
In reply to Post #15
He gave me a 30 minute lesson into bream fishing in a match at saddington res. I'd put 4 in the net. Then he went back to his peg to win the match.
Awesome angler that would catch out of a bucket of water. He would always spend time to help young anglers catch fish.
He gave me a 30 minute lesson into bream fishing in a match at saddington res. I'd put 4 in the net. Then he went back to his peg to win the match.
Awesome angler that would catch out of a bucket of water. He would always spend time to help young anglers catch fish.
Living in Leicestershire, I had the opportunity to go to Marks & Marlow a few times. The anticipation as a teenager as you opened the door, hoping he was in there. When he was, he always seemed to be sat on a box talking to someone. I never saw him serve anyone. They had the latest Daiwa carbon poles in at the time as well, all 10mts of them.
The last time I saw Ivan was not long before he passed away. I was fishing a match on the Loughborough canal and he came wandering along the towpath. He spoke to everyone as he passed them. I wasn't doing very well in the match, but that didn't matter, he made my day.
Good memories.
The last time I saw Ivan was not long before he passed away. I was fishing a match on the Loughborough canal and he came wandering along the towpath. He spoke to everyone as he passed them. I wasn't doing very well in the match, but that didn't matter, he made my day.
Good memories.
In reply to Post #1
Just for nostalgia, Chris Yates and Bob James on Redmire. Even 30 years on I can still remember the first time watching the Redmire episode of Passion in my mates front room on trusty vhs.
Just for nostalgia, Chris Yates and Bob James on Redmire. Even 30 years on I can still remember the first time watching the Redmire episode of Passion in my mates front room on trusty vhs.
In reply to Post #19
Absolutely
Maybe bring John Wilson along just for fun. Imagine the 'sshhhhh' from Chris and Bob when old Wilson set off on one of his little moments...
Absolutely
Maybe bring John Wilson along just for fun. Imagine the 'sshhhhh' from Chris and Bob when old Wilson set off on one of his little moments...
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