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TERRY DEMPSEY
He’s had some fan tasti c f i s h l a te ly. Yo u have p ro b ab ly s e e n
h i m on the front of Free Lin e m aga zi ne wi t h a l ove ly s c a ly f i s h ,
a n d he’s also on the front o f t h e fo l low i n g m o n t h’ s i s s u e , j u s t a
l i t tle picture of him and Da n i e l. I t hi n k t he f i s h wa s c a l l e d M a x
Fa ctor from Oxford way, a ga i n an awe so me l o o k i n g c a rp th a t
Te rry is going to tell us all a b o u t . W h i le we are h e re , a n o t h er
t h ing I wanted to do with Te rr y wa s to t ap hi s b ra i n o n h i s o l d
s c hool carp fishing baits. We al l kn ow th e s e c ar p fi s h i n g b a i t s
o f Terry ’s have been very s uc c es s f u l ove r t h e ye a rs . A l o t o f
t h ese have stood the test o f t i m e a n d go b ac k q u i te a way i n
t h e development of his reci p es . I me a n , we have g o n e p a s t t h e
d ays of a bucket of peanuts to la s t u s al l s u m m e r. I ’ m g o in g to
s p eak to Terry for a differe n t ma ga zi ne a bo u t h i s t h o u gh t s o n
t h e old school and the bai t s f ro m t h e g o o d o l d d ays , s o I w i l l
p a ss you over to Terry now. T h i s p i e c e i s c a l l e d “Wh i l e T h e
Ca t’s Away ”. Terry ’s wife wa s away i n Ru s si a vi s i t i n g fa m i ly,
s o he took the oppo rtuni t y to ge t o u t a n d v i s i t a fe w l ake s
w i th devastating effect .
Terry Dempsey – Goo d to s e e yo u , Ro b . It d o e s n’ t s ee m l i ke
s i x months, but it is now, i s n’ t i t? A s yo u k n ow, I ’ ve h a d a b u sy
ye ar; the bait scene is real ly b u sy i n th e sp r i n g , s o my f i s h i n g
t i me is very limited. I di d j o i n t h e Wo o l p ac k th i s ye a r. I ’ ve
b e en meaning to join the Wo o l p a c k fo r a fe w ye a rs . Ji m d i d
a bit over there, and I did f i s h i t o ri g i n a lly, g o in g a l l t h e way
b a ck to the early 90s. I fis h ed u p o n L i t t le Pa x to n a n d Roys to n
i n the 80s and caught so me b e au t i f u l L en eys o u t o f t h e re . I n
t h ose days, we were after t h o s e o l d s c aly m i rro r s a l l t h a t ti m e
b a ck. I heard about the Wo o l p a c k p ro b a b ly wa s a ro u n d l a te
8 0 s, and I first fished up th e re i n p ro b a b ly 9 1 wh e n a c o u p l e
o f us went up there and fis he d i t . We d i d n’ t d o m u ch u p t h e re ;
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