I?ve just had a friend visiting who told me about when he met **** Walker and Fred Taylor at a fishing exhibition in London about 1960.
My friend was after a couple of rods of Walkers, and he told **** that he could not buy them in Warrington. One was an Avon rod , and the other was a Mark 1V.
**** had both rods promptly sent to a tackle shop called Domevilles at Bridge foot Warrington. The cost was 8 guineas each.
It was a week before my friend was able to collect the rods, and when he finally went into the shop to pick them up, the owner told him he had them hung in the window for five days and took a further twenty orders.
Anyhow **** got talking to my mate about carp seeing as how he was buying a rod specifically for them, and the subject got onto Clarrissa.
At the time, **** said there was only one other water where he was sure there was an even bigger fish than Clarrissa. And this was near Warrington its self.
Walker had tried to get permission to bait this water up and fish it but was turned down for reasons I will not go into.
But **** did give my mate some tips on how to fish this water himself. One tip was to dye his line black and what with to match the colour of the lake bed.
Also he told him what bait to use and how to get it out there a fair distance from the bank freelining. Not bad considering this was over 40 years ago was it? when carp fishing was still in its early stages. The advice was followed and the best my mate caught was a 30 lber, although he had been snapped by a much larger fish. They kept in touch by letter writing, and my mate told **** of how he was doing on this water. Eventually he was invited to fish Dalmans pond I think it was called then (Redmire) with Fred Taylor. The thinking that **** Walker and Fred Taylor put into their fishing even in them early days was incredible. They passed many tips onto my friend, and in turn, he has passed them on to me tonight. One thing my mate said, was that **** Walker was a very clever man, and he had the time to think about what he was doing.
My friend was after a couple of rods of Walkers, and he told **** that he could not buy them in Warrington. One was an Avon rod , and the other was a Mark 1V.
**** had both rods promptly sent to a tackle shop called Domevilles at Bridge foot Warrington. The cost was 8 guineas each.
It was a week before my friend was able to collect the rods, and when he finally went into the shop to pick them up, the owner told him he had them hung in the window for five days and took a further twenty orders.
Anyhow **** got talking to my mate about carp seeing as how he was buying a rod specifically for them, and the subject got onto Clarrissa.
At the time, **** said there was only one other water where he was sure there was an even bigger fish than Clarrissa. And this was near Warrington its self.
Walker had tried to get permission to bait this water up and fish it but was turned down for reasons I will not go into.
But **** did give my mate some tips on how to fish this water himself. One tip was to dye his line black and what with to match the colour of the lake bed.
Also he told him what bait to use and how to get it out there a fair distance from the bank freelining. Not bad considering this was over 40 years ago was it? when carp fishing was still in its early stages. The advice was followed and the best my mate caught was a 30 lber, although he had been snapped by a much larger fish. They kept in touch by letter writing, and my mate told **** of how he was doing on this water. Eventually he was invited to fish Dalmans pond I think it was called then (Redmire) with Fred Taylor. The thinking that **** Walker and Fred Taylor put into their fishing even in them early days was incredible. They passed many tips onto my friend, and in turn, he has passed them on to me tonight. One thing my mate said, was that **** Walker was a very clever man, and he had the time to think about what he was doing.