Chris Hammond ( RSPB ACA PAC}
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I read the piece in AT about Walker on the anniversary of his death.
Something he was quoted on puzzles me though. There was a comment about how he believed that carp which moved into deeper water to escape dropping temperatures at night would emerge on the side which received the first sunshine in the morning.
That raised a couple of questions for me:
Firstly, why would a cold blooded creature need to 'escape' falling water temperatures anyway?
And, given that, as far as I'm aware, Walker and his disciples were blisfully ignorant of the opportunities to catch carp in the colder months, and so would have been referring to temperatures dropping at night during the summer, why would such tiny increments force carp into deep water?
It's guff isn't it?
BTW I'm not looking to belittle the great man. Anglers still refer to, for instance, pike seeking deeper water in periods of extreme cold. I've never understood why a cold blooded creature would need to.
Can anyone enlighten me?
Something he was quoted on puzzles me though. There was a comment about how he believed that carp which moved into deeper water to escape dropping temperatures at night would emerge on the side which received the first sunshine in the morning.
That raised a couple of questions for me:
Firstly, why would a cold blooded creature need to 'escape' falling water temperatures anyway?
And, given that, as far as I'm aware, Walker and his disciples were blisfully ignorant of the opportunities to catch carp in the colder months, and so would have been referring to temperatures dropping at night during the summer, why would such tiny increments force carp into deep water?
It's guff isn't it?
BTW I'm not looking to belittle the great man. Anglers still refer to, for instance, pike seeking deeper water in periods of extreme cold. I've never understood why a cold blooded creature would need to.
Can anyone enlighten me?