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KRIS FORD
REVELATIONSHOW IT WAS
I n the beginning G od cre ate d t h e wa te r an d t h e f i s h, a n d i t
was good. Then God create d t h e l i gh t , an d so c am e Wa l ke r a n d
h i s rod, and it was also g o o d. M a n wa s to ld t h a t c a rp we re
to o hard to catch, and life wa s to o s ho r t to b o t h er p u rs u i n g
t h em. Dick Walker and his co mra de s i n th e Ca rp Ca tc h e rs Cl u b
( CCC) began in earnest to s tu dy a n d p ur s u e c ar p p rima r i ly
i n the few lakes in the Ho m e Co u n t i es th a t h e l d t h e e l u s ive
f i s h. This band of merry me n we re a c hi ev i n g s o m e s ucc e s s
a n d had begun to dispel the “ u n c atc ha b l e” lab e l t h a t h a d b e e n
a t tributed to them. T he s u c ce s s es o f t he CCC g re w, a n d a s
t h ey spread further afield , Re dm i re Po o l ( B e r n i t h a n Co u r t )
i n Herefordshire was discove re d a nd ul t i ma te ly s u r re n d e re d
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