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DEREK STRITTON
a lways much banter and la u gh te r, l i tt l e o f wh i c h wa s eve r a t
Fred’s exp ense.
At the time when Fred p u b li sh e d h i s o r i g i n a l b a i t re c i p e , i t
was only available to thos e wh o we re m em be rs o f t h e B ri t i s h
Ca rp Study Group. Carp f i s h i n g wa s ve ry se c re t ive i n t h o s e
d ays and p eople didn’t pas s i t o n . At t h e t i me Fre d wo rke d a s a
d o ckworker in the East End d o cks . O t h er an gl e rs wh o wo rke d
w i th him were anxious to f i n d o u t wh at b a i t h e wa s c a tc h i n g
c a rp on but didn’t want to a sk h i m d i re ct ly. Eve n t u a l ly Fre d
was told this story! One of t he m wa s he a rd to s ay d u r i n g a te a
b reak at the time that he h ad b e en to l d th e b a i t wa s m ad e u p
o f milk protein, lactalbum e n, v i t a mi n s a n d m i n e ra l s, b u d g i e
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