RIP

Paved the way for carp angling as we know it.

The go to pages of Carpworld

In reply to Post #1
That's very sad to hear. His Carpworld articles made a huge impact on me and as for the line aligner rig.....an absolute game changer and second only to the hair rig imo in terms of its impact.

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Blimey, another one gone, condolences to the familes, RIP.

There's not many anglers I'd put up there as a Legend. But Jim Gibbinson was one of them. Up there with the likes of Walker and Huchinson. One of the first anglers to purposefully set out to catch carp in the Winter going back as far as the late 60's. And who hasn't used his famous line aligner rig in some form or other. Used to love his " let us talk " articles in the earlier addition of Carpworld. The man talked some sense. Rest easy Mr Gibbinson, your legacy will live on..

So sad, an exceptional writer and talked a lot of sense. He wouldn't follow anyone else, took his own path and was a better angler for doing so. My favourite writer by a long way and not just on carp but other species too. RIP

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The old school carp angling Facebook page has some lovely photos of him from back in the day with some lovely perch and pike.

Influenced so many of us. Gravel Pit Carp was a bible.

RIP Jim.

RIP ....Jim...

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That sums it up perfectly for me.
One of the few well known anglers I would have liked to have met and spent some time with.

Sad news indeed RIP Jim

Sad news. He was a great writer.

RIP Jim

One of the greats. RIP Jim

To Jim used to have one of his books gravel pit carping

A real Kent legend. A real icon, to real carp anglers. A man who was not afraid to say it how it was.

One of my hero's as a kid. Rest easy now Jim.

I've missed his writing for some time.

What a legend - someone who knew exactly what carp fishing was all about and was not afraid to say what it wasn't about.

Many years ago, he confirmed something that I had been thinking about myself for a while - that "Merit & Enjoyment can't be measured in Pounds & Ounces ... "

RIP

Sad news.... his big water carp book was my bible whilst fishing a big pit from 1989- 2004 and i have still got that book. Condolences to his family and friends.

I wouldnt be carp fishing without him.
For sure my biggest influence and biggest hero in carp fishing or fishing in general.
Had the honor to meet him in person at carp fairs in Germany in the 90ies where I translated his talks.
What a modest, highly intelligent and enthusiastic man and carp fisher. A real role model especially compared to what kind of people are hoarding the waters right now.

Condolescences to his family and rest in peace Mr. Gibbinson.

RIP Jim, another of the greatest influences on my angling journey gone. Obviously condolences to all his family and loved ones.

A true great and I loved his approach he was all about catching by stealth - a great thinker, brilliant writer and angler.

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Rest in peace Mr line aligner. Thanks for your teachings and common sense

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I don't usually post on topics like this but i'm making an exception for this one. A remarkable man and angler, had a massive influence on how i fished back in the day (and often do these days)

One article in particular stuck in my mind - it was all about rig disguise, subtlety, not letting your quarry know it was being fished for. Soft braid hooklinks, pinning mainline to the floor, setting up quietly and so on.

Recently i've been making the effort to line align my rigs "properly" rather than use a kicker, will carry on doing so as a bit of a tribute to the great man.

Very sad news. Rest in peace Jim.

R I P Sir.
Very few people have had the same impact on carp fishing.
A man with few equals in my opinion.

One of my early angling heroes an exceptional writer the rods he designed were very very good and an absolute gent . R .I.P Jim

Sad news, he was a huge influence for me in the 80's/90's, as I'm sure he was to many others too. Great angler & writer. RIP.

A nice clip of Jim in a philosophical mood...

LINKY POO™ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9YQ3RoTyF8

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Yes, seen this early on one of the Faceache groups. For some reason I didn't expect him to be so well spoken. Dont no why after all he was an English teacher...

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Imagine back in the day being a budding young carp angler, going to school on your first day, and then finding out Jim Gibbinson was your teacher

He was also the first person to use less rings on carp rods in the early 80's, when lined rings came on the scene, to aid distance casting, which he wrote about in Modern Specimen Hunting. Rob Maylin later tried to claim credit for it with his Leslies rods, and Jim put him right in his usual acerbic way!

Jim's book is still the only carp fishing book that I have read. Learned loads from it.
RIP.

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Didn't bother him and Mayhem. Do a range of rods through Leslie's of Luton? Not sure who's came first?

I am deeply saddened to learn this. I crossed paths with Jim Gibbinson in the 60s at Brooklands and at Horton Kirby, and in the 80s at Sutton. He was a gentleman, a great angler and my favourite author. His main books were:
Carp 1968
Carp 1974
Big Water Carp 1989
Carp Sense 1992
Gravel Pit Carp 1999
A Glorious Waste of Time 2006
RIP Jim

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Jim was a keen cyclist and was always out riding Through Cuxton Village and Luddesdown Kent right into his latter days. God Bless. An inspiration.

Rest in Peace Sir.

One of my favourite memories from years and years ago was at the society conference (Wembley? Dunstable?) where he rendered the CV safety rig completely useless by using a small bit of cotton wool to show how it jammed if there was any weed or debris. He also almost single-handedly ruined tungsten tubing when ESP launched it (but did backpedal a bit)

Out of all the writers Jim was very rarely subjective and it was near impossible to disagree with the stuff he wrote. Another gem I loved was his - I use a lead weight that gets me to where I want to fish, so always know I'm pretty much back in the area (before spool clips).

There will never be another Jim because of the huge range of opinions and the platforms they have . Carp Fishing has a lot to thank Jim for and whilst sitting next to a couple of young ons on a club water a few weeks ago I thought Jim would actually wrap those mallets round their heads.

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What was his thing with ESPs tungsten tubbing? Didn't he think the smell of tubing was of putting to the carp or something..

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He used to hang it in his garage for 6 months before using it.

What a shame, I once spent an hour or so sat with him on a chalk pit in North Kent talking all things fishing, he had two whilst I was there, came across as a lovely man.

Like others I'm also a fan of his Big Water Carp book, that day he was fishing exactly as he mentions in the book, stop knot marker float set up to fish precise depths etc.

Rest in peace Jim.