I hope this argument about carp fishing runs and runs and runs. The longer it runs the deeper and wider will be the divide between the aesthetes who want fishing to be about exactly what the philistines do not want it to be about, until there comes a day when both camps will have exactly what they want, which is complete separation...
I am, for the record, a confirmed aesthete and therefore the British record carp still stands at 51lb 8oz and the reason I think this way is because Chris Yate's fish was stalked and caught on freelined sweetcorn. Of course the lake was fished by others who were all there for the one thing and the one thing only - to catch a record fish by whatever means. However, to my mind it still stands as a perfect capture, unlike any other since.
Compare the style of that capture to current practice at Redmire ~
"On day 2 I cast all my rods into the central channel of the lake but I think the fish were sitting above the weed and therefore missing the bait presented to them. I think I would have opted for a helicopter rig next time as the weed was very bad. The bait I was using was fake pop-up maize that normally works well in the colder months. On the other two rods I had spam and a Mainline Cell boilie. If I was to go again I would just use fake sweetcorn on all rods I am sure that would result in success with a small PVA funnel web bag of pellets attached to the hook."
From ~ redmire Carp Hub
Fake. It seems to be the answer to everything nowadays, doesn't it?
I am, for the record, a confirmed aesthete and therefore the British record carp still stands at 51lb 8oz and the reason I think this way is because Chris Yate's fish was stalked and caught on freelined sweetcorn. Of course the lake was fished by others who were all there for the one thing and the one thing only - to catch a record fish by whatever means. However, to my mind it still stands as a perfect capture, unlike any other since.
Compare the style of that capture to current practice at Redmire ~
"On day 2 I cast all my rods into the central channel of the lake but I think the fish were sitting above the weed and therefore missing the bait presented to them. I think I would have opted for a helicopter rig next time as the weed was very bad. The bait I was using was fake pop-up maize that normally works well in the colder months. On the other two rods I had spam and a Mainline Cell boilie. If I was to go again I would just use fake sweetcorn on all rods I am sure that would result in success with a small PVA funnel web bag of pellets attached to the hook."
From ~ redmire Carp Hub
Fake. It seems to be the answer to everything nowadays, doesn't it?
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