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STEVE FISHER
ve ry big fish for the time. R i c ha rd Wa lke r he l d t h e c a rp re c o rd ,
a n d fish caught in the uppe r 2 0 s a n d 3 0 s we re f ro n t p a g e n e ws
t h en. I caught my first eve r ca r p i n 1 9 7 6 u s i n g an o l d s p l i t
c a ne rod and a partly boi l ed p o t ato th e s i z e o f a te n n i s b a l l
fo r bait . The following seas o n wa s t h e S i lve r J u bi le e, a n d t h e
ye ar of the punk had arrive d. I d i d n’ t g et m u c h t i m e to f i s h ,
a s I was working for a reco rd c o mp any at Hyd e Pa rk c o r n e r,
r u bbing shoulders with A n d re w L loyd We b b e r an d T i m R i c e!
M y cousin Bobby Etherden s howe d me a p i c tu re o f a n 1 8 l b
c a rp he had just caught a t Bro o k l an d s . He wa s 11 ye a rs o l d
a t the time and the fish lo o ke d b i g g e r t ha n h i m ! T h i s re a l ly
i n spired me to fish solely fo r c a rp , a nd o n 6 th J u ly I e m b arke d
o n my first night of carp fi sh i n g w i th Kev i n, B o b by ’ s b rot h e r.
We walked along the Co m p e ti t i o n B an k , a n d a t t h e co rn er
o f the Competition Lake , wh ere i t b e n ds a ro u n d to t h e
s l aughterhouse, I met up w i th Co l i n Pe sc o t t fo r t h e f i rs t
t i me. He was just packing up . H e h a d c a u gh t a l o t o f te n c h
t h at night but no carp . We s e t u p i n h i s sw im , my b i g, h e av y
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