Split opinion on new record
WELL done to Dean Fletcher on catching what is now the biggest carp in the land!
It might not be the prettiest fish you’ll see but it’s an absolute beast and gives us all something to aim for.
A British record is a British record, and I hope Dean’s scales do indeed prove to weigh accurately.
I wonder how long it will be before we see the first 70lb carp in the UK? It doesn’t seem that long ago that the carp record stood in the 50lb bracket. This just shows how far we’ve come in terms of tackle, baits and fish size.
I also hear that Terry Hearn is a member of the Wasing syndicate and it wouldn’t surprise me too much if Terry catches the fish in the near future as well. I’m pretty sure that would make him the only person to have held the carp record twice, and that would be amazing achievment!
My biggest carp is only 29lb – I can’t imagine what it would be like to cradle a 68lb fish in your arms, especially in this country! One again a big ‘well done’ that man! Paul Parker, Reading
WITH respect to the new carp record.
I don’t know whether to congratulate the captor, Dean Fletcher, or commiserate with The Parrot. The poor fish, being hauled out to be gloated at one more time.
It all reminds me of those games you had when you were a kid. A magnet was tied to a bit of line and a bamboo sick was lowered into a cardboard tube.
If you were lucky, up came a paper fish with a ring in its mouth attached to the magnet.
The tackle these days is more sophisticated, but the principle is the same. In my eyes, real fishing is angling for fish without names.