Scan of print, RMC Larkfield 2.

As it's Christmas and you will all be buying Xmas presents for everyone else. Over the next couple of weeks, my youngest step daughter will pick three winners at random on here. You do not need to do anything at all. Just be active online. I'll screen shot the who's online screen when it's busy, get her to pick a name out. That will happen three separate times. We'll send the winners a nice Christmas present of their choice.

Scans of prints. Mick's fish and the patch common from Farlows. Very early 2000's. Two Jan/Feb captures of back then what were the biggest fish in that venue. Mick's fish was one of the fish relocated by John Stent after Rodney Meadow was drained down. Most of them went into Harefield, but Mick's fish ended up in Farlows. It grew much bigger and went on to be the biggest fish in there. Farlows was somewhere I fished going right back as a child in the early 80's. When the Pet was the biggest carp. Before it was the very first lake opened up for any method trout fishing in the close season. All of the famous carp anglers of the time fishing in the Colne Valley would fish it then. Maylin, Zen, Bob Baker of Richworth and so many others. I used to get a train/tube all the way across London with my kit when I was twelve/thirteen. I had fished Little Britain lakes next door even before that with my Dad. Joan Jacobi, wife of Steve Briggs who worked in the cafe there for many years, always looked right after me back then. They remain friends to this day. A much younger Gary Bayes worked in Rod's Catchum 88 shop there. I went back there fishing various times over the years before they filled it right in with stockies. Only ever for a few day sessions in the middle of Jan/Feb. Things had never changed fishing wise. Bottom of the smelly bank, or centre of the factory bank. Bashing singles out long range into the middle in the silt. While every silly sausage was spodding loads of particles/freezer bait on top of any bit of gravel in January, after watching free Korda DVD's all over Christmas. Always with a bright cardboard pop up fished over the top of their spod mix. I would smash out bundles of fish on a day session, whilst they all blanked. Single hook baits, brown S2 food baits (no name then) blasted to the horizon. As the M25 became worse and worse traffic wise, those day sessions to Farlows were never possible anymore driving all the way from South East London to West London. That's the reason why I first went up the Stow with Dempsey in the first place, M25 traffic. Winter days sessions, I have always absolutely loved them going right back to my childhood. 99% of carp anglers always used to hang their rods up for the winter. Best time of the year if you're not a camper.

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That larkfield mirror 👌👍

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"if you're not a camper"
Well last night def felt like proper winter fishing on the end of that N wind across 70acres. Mad as hatter but I enjoyed it!!!!

Elena aged 3, picked out the first winner from a screenshot of the who's online page last night. If you PM me a delivery address this morning, your prize will go with todays delivery. Please add in the PM if you have a preference for balanced or pop ups, 16 or 13mm. Any preferences what you would like from our range too.

Well done Nate, happy Christmas.

Thankyou Elena, thank you Mark. PM sent

Happy Christmas

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Going this morning Nathan. The two you mentioned and some RedBerryVanilla.

I will pass on your thanks.

Finally bit the bullet on the Hutchy S2s, cant wait for them to arrive and get out. A winter ticket that I've been waiting on has come up so figured they'd be the best opening gambit as the water temps drop

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Will be going tomorrow.

Our last delivery day before Christmas will be this coming Thursday morning. So orders up until late Weds night will go out before Christmas.

Elena picked out OatcakeFred this time. Having a cartoon profile photo helped you big time.

If you PM me a delivery address today, your prize will go with tomorrows delivery. Please add in the PM if you have a preference for balanced or pop ups, 16 or 13mm. Any preferences what you would like from our range too. You have three tubs of your choice coming.

Well done OatcakeFred, happy Christmas.

Roach Pit, March 2014. Not certain of this fishes name.

Walthamstow, January 2012. Tinpot came up there with me for the first time. I'd been catching loads during December & early January. I put out 5kg of pre soaked TigerNut & Maple freezer baits the evening before. We got to the gate so early, just to make sure we were first in the queue for that swim. But we need not have bothered, we were the only ones on the entire complex that January morning. We had thirteen I think it was between us doubled up in the same swim, with two rods each. Long running naked chods with S2's. It was such stupid winter fishing. In a lake that apparently contained barely any carp anymore I kept being told. Maybe compared to what it used to contain, but for me who never fished it back in its heyday.... It was still absolutely black with beautiful carp.

I have a photo of Tinpot standing in front of three landing nets I think it is, the nets contained four or five big carp all banked at the same time. Tinpot caught a special one among his haul.

Borntofish was picked by Elena yesterday night. If you PM me a delivery address this evening or early tomorrow your prize will go with tomorrows delivery. Please add in the PM if you have a preference for balanced or pop ups, 16 or 13mm. Any preferences what you would like from our range too. You have three tubs of your choice coming.

Well done Borntofish, happy Christmas.

We are completely up to date with all orders, right up until today. Our last delivery day before Xmas will be picked up midday tomorrow.



FishOn tackle had their new stock sent today, they will have it in the shop tomorrow. They have the full range of our ScopexPineapple S2. The full bore food hookbaits this time. The Tackle Box picked up their RedBerryVanilla S2 yesterday. They already have them up on their website. Will do my best to keep both shops stocked going forwards.

https://tacklebox.co.uk/bait-and-additives/specialized-hookbaits-red-berry-vanilla-s2-specials/

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PM sent Mark, thanks very much.

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Any update on the cheese bottom baits Mark?