Comments on: My carp fishing history – 30 years ago this year http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/thirty-years-ago-this-year-1978-2008/ News from all our French carp lakes plus general info useful to carpers everywhere Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:59:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Alemykemn http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/thirty-years-ago-this-year-1978-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Alemykemn Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:47:55 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=184#comment-1057 Sweet blog. I never know what I am going to come across next. I think you should do more posting as you have some pretty intelligent stuff to say. I'll be watching you <a title="roulette strategy" href="http://www.roulettesniper.com" rel="nofollow">.</a> <a title="blackjack strategy" href="http://www.blackjacksniper.com" rel="nofollow">:)</a> Sweet blog. I never know what I am going to come across next. I think you should do more posting as you have some pretty intelligent stuff to say.

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]]> By: Mehdi http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/thirty-years-ago-this-year-1978-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Mehdi Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:36:39 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=184#comment-453 I really like your old photos Gareth ! I really like your old photos Gareth !

]]> By: Gareth http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/thirty-years-ago-this-year-1978-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Gareth Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:50:45 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=184#comment-449 Hi Pat, I totally agree, the mystery has gone from carp fishing taking with it the magic of those rose tinted spectacles with which we used to look at the sport in the 70's and 80's. We now know that the biggest fish in Redmire won't set the world a light and that most waters we fish have a stock that everyone can check.... The first question everyone asks at Angling Lines is: "What does the lake hold?" We need to be able to say so many 30s some many 20's etc... an answer of 'Don't know mate! but there are big ones!' No longer suffices....anglers don't want to buy dreams, but certainties... the uncertainty of catching is often enough to put them off.. The monster, the unknown... the doubt the mystery, the fantasy, the magic, the dreams; all have gone for good I fear... cheers Gareth Hi Pat,
I totally agree, the mystery has gone from carp fishing taking with it the magic of those rose tinted spectacles with which we used to look at the sport in the 70′s and 80′s.

We now know that the biggest fish in Redmire won’t set the world a light and that most waters we fish have a stock that everyone can check….

The first question everyone asks at Angling Lines is: “What does the lake hold?” We need to be able to say so many 30s some many 20′s etc… an answer of ‘Don’t know mate! but there are big ones!’ No longer suffices….anglers don’t want to buy dreams, but certainties… the uncertainty of catching is often enough to put them off..

The monster, the unknown… the doubt the mystery, the fantasy, the magic, the dreams; all have gone for good I fear…

cheers
Gareth

]]> By: Pat Gillett http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/thirty-years-ago-this-year-1978-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Pat Gillett Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:09:19 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=184#comment-446 Pat Gillett, April 11, 2008: Hi Gareth, Nice article. Been fishing myself now for the best part of thirty five years and i can still remember catching my first carp when i was 6 years old in 1975. I was fishing with my Dad and he had gone for a chat with mate when all of a sudden the silver foil indicator raced up the knitting needle and i struck into my first carp. This was only a common of just over 6lbs but somehow i managed to land it before my Dad got back to the swim. This fish fell to anchored floating crust (now called a zyg rig) and i can still remember the excitement it brought out in me. This fish seems like nothing nowadays but bear in mind that in the area i live, at that time you could spend all season for one or two doubles and twenties were as rare as rocking horse s**t. When you look at the gear we used to use it really doesn't compare to today where you can fish in relative luxury. But still it was all great fun just the same. I can still remember the rustle of silver foil or something similar making me jump out of my skin, even when i wasn't fishing (lol). Also the bachaches at school and later work after spending all night on a deck chair or sunlouger, packing up at 6am and then racing back to get to either school or work. Tackle wise your set-up was pretty similar, we all had Mitchell 300's or 410's with the dodgy bail arms. Although our rods were lighter at 1 1/2lb t.c. Line was 9lb Bayer, and the leads were free running and as light as you could get away with. Big leads and bolt rigs were totally unheard of. Baits have also come a hell of a long way forward, with companies like Quest taking all the hard work out of and providing anybody who wants it with top quality bait at heir convience. We tried everything from pieces of banana to sultana's and raisens (and caught on most of them) before we started messing about with 'specials'. These 'specials' were early catfood pastes, sardine pastes etc which really took places apart when first used and were a definite edge in the winter. Then it was on to making boilies and experimenting with particles etc. Everything in carp fishing has come a hell of a long way. Personally the only change for the worse that i can see is that after 'being around the scene' for a good while i feel a lot of the mystery has gone out of it. By this i mean that most waters have got a known fish stock etc and with the advancement of rigs and bait these fish are regularly caught. This is the reason for the last few years i have found myself fishing the rivers more and more where there is still plenty of 'pioneering' to be done. Cheers, Pat Pat Gillett, April 11, 2008:
Hi Gareth,
Nice article. Been fishing myself now for the best part of thirty five years and i can still remember catching my first carp when i was 6 years old in 1975. I was fishing with my Dad and he had gone for a chat with mate when all of a sudden the silver foil indicator raced up the knitting needle and i struck into my first carp. This was only a common of just over 6lbs but somehow i managed to land it before my Dad got back to the swim. This fish fell to anchored floating crust (now called a zyg rig) and i can still remember the excitement it brought out in me. This fish seems like nothing nowadays but bear in mind that in the area i live, at that time you could spend all season for one or two doubles and twenties were as rare as rocking horse s**t.

When you look at the gear we used to use it really doesn’t compare to today where you can fish in relative luxury. But still it was all great fun just the same. I can still remember the rustle of silver foil or something similar making me jump out of my skin, even when i wasn’t fishing (lol). Also the bachaches at school and later work after spending all night on a deck chair or sunlouger, packing up at 6am and then racing back to get to either school or work.

Tackle wise your set-up was pretty similar, we all had Mitchell 300′s or 410′s with the dodgy bail arms. Although our rods were lighter at 1 1/2lb t.c. Line was 9lb Bayer, and the leads were free running and as light as you could get away with. Big leads and bolt rigs were totally unheard of.

Baits have also come a hell of a long way forward, with companies like Quest taking all the hard work out of and providing anybody who wants it with top quality bait at heir convience. We tried everything from pieces of banana to sultana’s and raisens (and caught on most of them) before we started messing about with ‘specials’. These ‘specials’ were early catfood pastes, sardine pastes etc which really took places apart when first used and were a definite edge in the winter. Then it was on to making boilies and experimenting with particles etc.

Everything in carp fishing has come a hell of a long way. Personally the only change for the worse that i can see is that after ‘being around the scene’ for a good while i feel a lot of the mystery has gone out of it. By this i mean that most waters have got a known fish stock etc and with the advancement of rigs and bait these fish are regularly caught.

This is the reason for the last few years i have found myself fishing the rivers more and more where there is still plenty of ‘pioneering’ to be done.

Cheers,
Pat

]]> By: Danny http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/thirty-years-ago-this-year-1978-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Danny Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:35:54 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=184#comment-433 Hey Gareth, I'm just turned 30ty so 30ty years ago i was born to fish ;-) I'm fishing a long time, when i could walk i fished. I fish for carp now about 17 years. ciao Danny Hey Gareth,

I’m just turned 30ty so 30ty years ago i was born to fish ;-)

I’m fishing a long time, when i could walk i fished.
I fish for carp now about 17 years.

ciao

Danny

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