Hi All,
I see Redmire is available to book fishing on. I haven't kept up to date on it but it's always been on my bucket list purely for nostalgia purposes with it's history. On the website it doesn't have much information regarding current stock etc. I am aware it was up for sale at one point and may have had some stockings since. Has anyone on here fished it recently with up to date information (stock levels, state of the fishing down there) as I would still love to get down there at some point (with a copy of Richard Walker or Kevin Clifford's books in hand, naturally). The gallery and the forum on the website weren't up when I checked.
Cheers
I see Redmire is available to book fishing on. I haven't kept up to date on it but it's always been on my bucket list purely for nostalgia purposes with it's history. On the website it doesn't have much information regarding current stock etc. I am aware it was up for sale at one point and may have had some stockings since. Has anyone on here fished it recently with up to date information (stock levels, state of the fishing down there) as I would still love to get down there at some point (with a copy of Richard Walker or Kevin Clifford's books in hand, naturally). The gallery and the forum on the website weren't up when I checked.
Cheers
In reply to Post #1
Plenty written about the restoration and restocking. Was a detailed article in Carpworld written by Mark and also loads of info on Facebook. Still open for booking but like rocking horse s**t to get a booking with the phone games on day of release
Plenty written about the restoration and restocking. Was a detailed article in Carpworld written by Mark and also loads of info on Facebook. Still open for booking but like rocking horse s**t to get a booking with the phone games on day of release
Fished it last october they put 38 fish back in the lake when i turned up it was 2 foot flooded overflow blocked flooding banks and the lake was red visibility zero fish never played ball at all took 3 days to get to normal level fishing is alot harder now stock well reduced for the better mark done a great job
In reply to Post #2
Consult some sort of expert innit if you are that keen
But why are you that bothered anyway? Its heyday was a very long time ago and now it is just another lake frankly
Consult some sort of expert innit if you are that keen
But why are you that bothered anyway? Its heyday was a very long time ago and now it is just another lake frankly
Redmire will never be just another lake there is to much history involved in the lake to be anything other than just a lake the strain of fish in that pool are the reason many go fishing for carp today their is a generation of carp anglers who would love to fish this place even if its just once in their life
Yes its hayday has gone it most probably will never do another british record carp but their is no reason it couldnt produce a few 30s or with care full management one or two more 40s dont forget that strain has proved it can do them and i for one would take a redmire 40 over any of those blank force feed fiftys
Their is not alot of lakes were you can go and fish such a historic lake and the good thing about it with a little patients anyone can its open to all who wishes to fish it
i am no carp historian i never will be i am no topangler i never will be all i am is an angler who fishes for themselve i will never get over as a child seeing chris yates holding a 50lb carp from a pool a couple of acres in size that one picture coupled with a passion for angling cave birth to a generation of anglers most modern anglers will never understand
Yes its hayday has gone it most probably will never do another british record carp but their is no reason it couldnt produce a few 30s or with care full management one or two more 40s dont forget that strain has proved it can do them and i for one would take a redmire 40 over any of those blank force feed fiftys
Their is not alot of lakes were you can go and fish such a historic lake and the good thing about it with a little patients anyone can its open to all who wishes to fish it
i am no carp historian i never will be i am no topangler i never will be all i am is an angler who fishes for themselve i will never get over as a child seeing chris yates holding a 50lb carp from a pool a couple of acres in size that one picture coupled with a passion for angling cave birth to a generation of anglers most modern anglers will never understand
In reply to Post #5
For all of the reasons stated below.... I hate to sound "cliche" but sometimes fishing a water, one in which you have read so much about, is enough to want to just go there and experience it. It isn't about the fish (obviously that's a bonus) but being able to sit or stand in the exact same swim as Chris Yates or Richard Walker did and relive the moments they had, that is what it is about. I remember fishing Horton for the first time (having read Laney's experience on there) and standing in the swims that I had read so much about, you get a real feeling of nostalgia in some weird sense. It also puts together a lot of what you have read when you can experience it yourself.
So as much as it may have had it's heyday, it will always be on my bucket list for the reasons stated above. Red wine, rods out, Richard Walker's book in hand... idyllic!
For all of the reasons stated below.... I hate to sound "cliche" but sometimes fishing a water, one in which you have read so much about, is enough to want to just go there and experience it. It isn't about the fish (obviously that's a bonus) but being able to sit or stand in the exact same swim as Chris Yates or Richard Walker did and relive the moments they had, that is what it is about. I remember fishing Horton for the first time (having read Laney's experience on there) and standing in the swims that I had read so much about, you get a real feeling of nostalgia in some weird sense. It also puts together a lot of what you have read when you can experience it yourself.
So as much as it may have had it's heyday, it will always be on my bucket list for the reasons stated above. Red wine, rods out, Richard Walker's book in hand... idyllic!
In reply to Post #5
Nicely worded post
Nicely worded post
In reply to Post #6
Ive fished Redmire twice, once in the depth's of winter and once for a week in a gloriouse September.
That September I had a few including an upper 20 linear.
The icing on the cake though was moving swim's into the same swim Walker caught the record from on THE VERY DAY/DATE Walker had his record fish years before, i sat as described rods out glass of Red in hand and as the sun was nearly gone i had a 19lb Common, not a record but something because of the date etc i will never forget.
Ive fished Redmire twice, once in the depth's of winter and once for a week in a gloriouse September.
That September I had a few including an upper 20 linear.
The icing on the cake though was moving swim's into the same swim Walker caught the record from on THE VERY DAY/DATE Walker had his record fish years before, i sat as described rods out glass of Red in hand and as the sun was nearly gone i had a 19lb Common, not a record but something because of the date etc i will never forget.
In reply to Post #8
Perfect
Perfect
In reply to Post #8
Nice.
Nice.
In reply to Post #10
To truley understand the place you MUST of fished it, you walk from a loud bustling coloured world into a Black and White rabbit hole where time doesnt stop it lingers.
Do not take any notice of anyone who posts anything on the subject who has never payed a visit.
If you are of a certain age and lucky (as i am and have been) then you can achieve the holiest of holy triumphants, first off you actually sat infront of your telly that Sunday afternoon and saw the place for the very first time on the small screen, then the second part of your journey is or was the books, there are plenty.
Thirdly the visit to Wembley the Champions League final, you actualy get to set foot on the pitch and if like me you tick all those box's it's Walker's Pitch.
To truley understand the place you MUST of fished it, you walk from a loud bustling coloured world into a Black and White rabbit hole where time doesnt stop it lingers.
Do not take any notice of anyone who posts anything on the subject who has never payed a visit.
If you are of a certain age and lucky (as i am and have been) then you can achieve the holiest of holy triumphants, first off you actually sat infront of your telly that Sunday afternoon and saw the place for the very first time on the small screen, then the second part of your journey is or was the books, there are plenty.
Thirdly the visit to Wembley the Champions League final, you actualy get to set foot on the pitch and if like me you tick all those box's it's Walker's Pitch.
Been once going back in december this year again as spinblower said you have to visit to realy appreciate what its about i went on my own for a week and met another 3 individual anglers who all had the same attitude we all had never met before i was first their no snatching the best looking swim i waited and once evryone arrived we all agreed to draw pegs in a gentleman fashion i was last out but it matterd nothing i was there i was going to fish tne lake for a week i ended up fishing what was my second choice peg in my head the dam wall peg we all fished and enjoyed each others company like old friends but was complete strangers we dined together each night before genuinely wishing each other look for the night ahead it is an amazing atmosphere to experience were the world becomes just the couple of acres you are fishing nowhere else exists
In reply to Post #12
that sounds brilliant mate! i would love to go to take the same footsteps as many iconic anglers and see the lake. the pictures of the place look amazing.
that sounds brilliant mate! i would love to go to take the same footsteps as many iconic anglers and see the lake. the pictures of the place look amazing.