Years ago,
I managed to scrounge a guest ticket on an elite Canterbury sindicate water, this was mid January and not warm! But I had 24hrs to catch a Carp. My Wife dropped me off at the gate in the dark and I made my way to the swim, the wind was pushing strait at me and very cold, set up the rods, then to my horror I found I had no bait!!! So then I had a walk of a mile and and half to the nearest pay phone (no mobiles back then) and then she brought the baits out for me!
After casting I had a run within 20 mins which after a couple mins came off, and I blanked the rest of the sesh!
Carp anglers are mad???:j