Some years ago I was fishing a well known gravel pit in Oxfordshire for tench. I was having a good day and in 3 hours fishing I landed 5 tench over 7 lbs each. As you can imagine I was feeling very pleased with myself.
Then along popped a young carp angler to watch the proceedings. He admitted to me that he never fished for tench deliberately and was a carp only man. He noticed the Avon rod, float tackleand 6 lb line that I was using and asked me a few questions about bait, hook size and type etc.
Later that day, as I packed up, I heard him talking to his mate.
"I think I'm going to get someNoddy tackle and try for those tench!"
So Noddy tackle and Noddy fishing these days means fishing for any other species other than carp.