In reply to Post #122
will look forward to it pete
will look forward to it pete
In reply to Post #123
If you need any help Pete just shout, I'll bet there are more than a few on the forum who would be privileged to help get your stories down for posterity
If you need any help Pete just shout, I'll bet there are more than a few on the forum who would be privileged to help get your stories down for posterity
In reply to Post #119
Wonderful stories of your memories Pete. Top reading ,Thanks for sharing them with us 
Wonderful stories of your memories Pete. Top reading ,Thanks for sharing them with us
In reply to Post #125
lot more to come tomorrow getting a bit tired now
lot more to come tomorrow getting a bit tired now
In reply to Post #126
Looking forward to it Pete.
Looking forward to it Pete.
Another bit of Old School tonight...
Exactly 14lb on a MkIV with 4 1/2" Aerial Match Centrepin...
OK... I'm now going to read the latest parts of Pete's Richard Walker story...
Ahhhh.... this is so much better than chasing banned users all day! 
Exactly 14lb on a MkIV with 4 1/2" Aerial Match Centrepin...
OK... I'm now going to read the latest parts of Pete's Richard Walker story...
Ahhhh.... this is so much better than chasing banned users all day!
In reply to Post #130
i bet that fish gave you a good scrap didnt it, its shaped like a torpedo
nice fish
i bet that fish gave you a good scrap didnt it, its shaped like a torpedo
nice fish
In reply to Post #126
Excellent read Pete, you really should consider writing an article, It would be a shame if as many stories as possible of the great Dick Walker were not laid down in type for all to enjoy. I for one would consider it a honour to help you in this.
Excellent read Pete, you really should consider writing an article, It would be a shame if as many stories as possible of the great Dick Walker were not laid down in type for all to enjoy. I for one would consider it a honour to help you in this.
In reply to Post #130
the phone went hello pete it was dick again you do a bit of shooting dont you yes mate any chance you can send me some wood pigeon what , how many about four a month put them in the post, i kid you not so of down the woods shot four sent them in a shoe box . i dont know to this day if they were eating or fly tying or for some one else, as i said to martin ford in my letter in carp world about fishing with greats i often wander what they were like when they reached the other end but dick never anything so i presume they were ok. life went on we were still catching, in 1973 we the three countys group fished for a week with angling times on colmere the editor at the time was pete collins if i rember also pete taylor and a few more big names came it was a dead loss we only caught two fish all week not big but it made a story . another was arranged for october in the mean time graham and myself took the lease on berrington pool shropshire known to contain some very big bream and roach. it was known to the local lads as heart break pool mega hard .istill kept in touch with dick on the phone or traveling down to see him with kieth wilkinson he always showed intrest in what we were doing . well dennis kelly graham myself started fishing berrington saw plenty of fish caught good roach but the bream kept eluding us. until one day i took a afternoon of work went home got my rods and bait and was of. arriving at the pool i set up then found id left my ground bait at home with two loaves of bread i mixed one with soil of the bank out it went bread flake on the hook and sat back well bingo up went the bobbin by this time the fish were rolling all over the swim i took four fish in half an hour 9pounds 12oz 8 pounds eight oz 7pounds 12 oz and one of 7 pounds then realized id left my camera at home. ringing graham and dennis when i got home they were as exited as me id cracked that pool or had i its all down in angling times if you can find in ther old records. i was on holiday the next week with the family, so it was a week before i could fish the water again. getting back i was to learn dennis and graham had caught some good fish to eight pounds. we lived and breathed bream fishing it was our life i said to graham bloody hell weve got bream fever it was about that time dennis rang pete angling times want a session wiyh jack hilton and bill quinlon jack wants to try bream fishing can we use our pool no problem so it was arranged to fish for a week in the company of two more of my heros it was getting better all the time my head was in the clouds. i baited four swims three times a week until the day arrived graham and i arrived at mid day to find the great men already there don bridgewood was the reporter and took all photos what a week we caught bream to nearly 10 pounds jack and bill could not believe how they fought on light tackle. its the first time id seen a bivie jack had made two out of black polythene well all good things come to an end we said good bye on the friday night. it was no long after jack packed fishing up for his religious convictions this i could not believe after all the jokes he told us. to be continued
the phone went hello pete it was dick again you do a bit of shooting dont you yes mate any chance you can send me some wood pigeon what , how many about four a month put them in the post, i kid you not so of down the woods shot four sent them in a shoe box . i dont know to this day if they were eating or fly tying or for some one else, as i said to martin ford in my letter in carp world about fishing with greats i often wander what they were like when they reached the other end but dick never anything so i presume they were ok. life went on we were still catching, in 1973 we the three countys group fished for a week with angling times on colmere the editor at the time was pete collins if i rember also pete taylor and a few more big names came it was a dead loss we only caught two fish all week not big but it made a story . another was arranged for october in the mean time graham and myself took the lease on berrington pool shropshire known to contain some very big bream and roach. it was known to the local lads as heart break pool mega hard .istill kept in touch with dick on the phone or traveling down to see him with kieth wilkinson he always showed intrest in what we were doing . well dennis kelly graham myself started fishing berrington saw plenty of fish caught good roach but the bream kept eluding us. until one day i took a afternoon of work went home got my rods and bait and was of. arriving at the pool i set up then found id left my ground bait at home with two loaves of bread i mixed one with soil of the bank out it went bread flake on the hook and sat back well bingo up went the bobbin by this time the fish were rolling all over the swim i took four fish in half an hour 9pounds 12oz 8 pounds eight oz 7pounds 12 oz and one of 7 pounds then realized id left my camera at home. ringing graham and dennis when i got home they were as exited as me id cracked that pool or had i its all down in angling times if you can find in ther old records. i was on holiday the next week with the family, so it was a week before i could fish the water again. getting back i was to learn dennis and graham had caught some good fish to eight pounds. we lived and breathed bream fishing it was our life i said to graham bloody hell weve got bream fever it was about that time dennis rang pete angling times want a session wiyh jack hilton and bill quinlon jack wants to try bream fishing can we use our pool no problem so it was arranged to fish for a week in the company of two more of my heros it was getting better all the time my head was in the clouds. i baited four swims three times a week until the day arrived graham and i arrived at mid day to find the great men already there don bridgewood was the reporter and took all photos what a week we caught bream to nearly 10 pounds jack and bill could not believe how they fought on light tackle. its the first time id seen a bivie jack had made two out of black polythene well all good things come to an end we said good bye on the friday night. it was no long after jack packed fishing up for his religious convictions this i could not believe after all the jokes he told us. to be continued
In reply to Post #133
well here we go again graham and i took the lease on bomere lake now known as the bomere archer syndicate it containd big roach massive pike big tench and some bream so we formed the syndicate mostly the three countys group we float fished in the day with large floats catching many roach to two pounds it was a change from bream fishing but they were always on my mind. the best night gramham and i caught eight roach over two pounds. dennis had seen some large tench so i was determined to catch one and so i did using lob worm managed two 9pounds 12oz and 7 pounds big fish for that time we also caught pike to 26 pounds. we divided our time between berrington bomere and betton catching some great fish .dick would ring t to see how we were getting and i think was quite impresed with the fish we were catching. and now back to bream as i said a session was arranged with angling times in october there had been some frost we made up our minds to fish blake mere everyone arrived dennis fished on the boat graham and myself chose a nice swim on the canal bank it was a complete disaster it froze so hard i woke up in the morning covered in frost we only had lufumo bed chairs no sleeping bag only blankets and some canves to cover us up it was hard in those days i looked at graham he was white with hore we nearly froze to death dennis had trouble getting the boat back that ended winter night fishing. we continued fishing trotting on the severn and local brookes for chub roach and dace catching good chub to four pounds the winter was bad it just froze the line to the rod rings but we still caught good fish. i still kept in touch with dick and still sent his woodys wed chat on the phone at the time he was well into trout fishing the season came to the end could not wait for june 16th so we turned our attentions to eals did we do well catching them to 6 pound 8oz thats when im hooked my first carp in betton on lob a big fish wich was lost at the net it was then back to m the bream but thats another story
well here we go again graham and i took the lease on bomere lake now known as the bomere archer syndicate it containd big roach massive pike big tench and some bream so we formed the syndicate mostly the three countys group we float fished in the day with large floats catching many roach to two pounds it was a change from bream fishing but they were always on my mind. the best night gramham and i caught eight roach over two pounds. dennis had seen some large tench so i was determined to catch one and so i did using lob worm managed two 9pounds 12oz and 7 pounds big fish for that time we also caught pike to 26 pounds. we divided our time between berrington bomere and betton catching some great fish .dick would ring t to see how we were getting and i think was quite impresed with the fish we were catching. and now back to bream as i said a session was arranged with angling times in october there had been some frost we made up our minds to fish blake mere everyone arrived dennis fished on the boat graham and myself chose a nice swim on the canal bank it was a complete disaster it froze so hard i woke up in the morning covered in frost we only had lufumo bed chairs no sleeping bag only blankets and some canves to cover us up it was hard in those days i looked at graham he was white with hore we nearly froze to death dennis had trouble getting the boat back that ended winter night fishing. we continued fishing trotting on the severn and local brookes for chub roach and dace catching good chub to four pounds the winter was bad it just froze the line to the rod rings but we still caught good fish. i still kept in touch with dick and still sent his woodys wed chat on the phone at the time he was well into trout fishing the season came to the end could not wait for june 16th so we turned our attentions to eals did we do well catching them to 6 pound 8oz thats when im hooked my first carp in betton on lob a big fish wich was lost at the net it was then back to m the bream but thats another story
In reply to Post #134
we were still catching we made up our minds to fish berrington once again i was convinced we would catch the big bream in the close season i made some but indercators wich clipped onto the rod for graham and myself boy did they work very sensitive i formed a blob on the end painted pink and used a red light on them at night in fact ive still got one its over thirty years old at the time my brotherinlaw worked at a mill so i asked him if he stocked maize it was not realy heard of in those days so we boiled it up and left it to stand for up to three days we started to introduce the maize three times a week till the season started i could not believe what happend i think it was the season of 1976 a very hot summer between june and september we caught and i kid you not six and half hundred weight of bream many in the eight pounds bracket and a few a lot bigger what a season i rang dick and told him he was so pleased for us the proplem was we were to frightend to take our nets out of the water with other people preasent we would never of got in the swim again, it was arranged for johhn wilson who was then editor of angling times to come down in september to fish with dennis myself and graham but the weather broke and that was that no more bream they switched off so it was canceled it was then back to bomere trying to catch the big pike . graham and i caught many to 20 pounds dick and i kept in touch he always showed intrest in what we caught but it was slowly coming to an end ill tell you more next
we were still catching we made up our minds to fish berrington once again i was convinced we would catch the big bream in the close season i made some but indercators wich clipped onto the rod for graham and myself boy did they work very sensitive i formed a blob on the end painted pink and used a red light on them at night in fact ive still got one its over thirty years old at the time my brotherinlaw worked at a mill so i asked him if he stocked maize it was not realy heard of in those days so we boiled it up and left it to stand for up to three days we started to introduce the maize three times a week till the season started i could not believe what happend i think it was the season of 1976 a very hot summer between june and september we caught and i kid you not six and half hundred weight of bream many in the eight pounds bracket and a few a lot bigger what a season i rang dick and told him he was so pleased for us the proplem was we were to frightend to take our nets out of the water with other people preasent we would never of got in the swim again, it was arranged for johhn wilson who was then editor of angling times to come down in september to fish with dennis myself and graham but the weather broke and that was that no more bream they switched off so it was canceled it was then back to bomere trying to catch the big pike . graham and i caught many to 20 pounds dick and i kept in touch he always showed intrest in what we caught but it was slowly coming to an end ill tell you more next
In reply to Post #135
Absolutely brilliant Pete - keep them coming.
Perhaps one of the mods could collate it all into one article and post it up - with your approval of course.
Absolutely brilliant Pete - keep them coming.
Perhaps one of the mods could collate it all into one article and post it up - with your approval of course.
In reply to Post #136
I could do that...
Pete, PM me... But I can cut and paste this all into a single document and email you a copy for your approval. If you have any photo's of this period then could you email them to me or get them copied at Boots, or somewhere similar, onto a disc and we could add them to the article too... I could then send it to Shrop for inclusion on the Carp Forum Articles section...
I could do that...
Pete, PM me... But I can cut and paste this all into a single document and email you a copy for your approval. If you have any photo's of this period then could you email them to me or get them copied at Boots, or somewhere similar, onto a disc and we could add them to the article too... I could then send it to Shrop for inclusion on the Carp Forum Articles section...
In reply to Post #137
BTW Bill - that's a lovely looking fish - its tail is massive! Is that from somewhere local?
BTW Bill - that's a lovely looking fish - its tail is massive! Is that from somewhere local?
In reply to Post #138
Yes, Soham ByPass Lake.
The lake is very pretty, the fish are too.
Its basically a very easy runs water which is a bit overstocked with carp... One rod, days only. Not exactly a challenge and you don't really learn much from it if you chose to use it for testing rigs or anything, the carp practically climb up your line. (Well, some people blank there... But you should see them
).
I'll go there for an hour after work as you can drive round to your swim, set up and I'm fishing within five minutes of locking the house door. Ideal to unwind after a day at work or a row with the Ex... Its one of the reasons I like to use my vinatge stuff there... completely different experience. If I fished my normal rods in my normal way it would be too simple for words and would put me off carp fishing completely.. Mind you, there are 18 different twenties in there and I have caught none of them.... so perhaps I should give it a more serious go
Yes, Soham ByPass Lake.
The lake is very pretty, the fish are too.
Its basically a very easy runs water which is a bit overstocked with carp... One rod, days only. Not exactly a challenge and you don't really learn much from it if you chose to use it for testing rigs or anything, the carp practically climb up your line. (Well, some people blank there... But you should see them
).I'll go there for an hour after work as you can drive round to your swim, set up and I'm fishing within five minutes of locking the house door. Ideal to unwind after a day at work or a row with the Ex... Its one of the reasons I like to use my vinatge stuff there... completely different experience. If I fished my normal rods in my normal way it would be too simple for words and would put me off carp fishing completely.. Mind you, there are 18 different twenties in there and I have caught none of them.... so perhaps I should give it a more serious go