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PAUL WILKINSON
There was also a family f ri e n d to G ra ha m B a r n e s t h at wa s
a l so allowed to fish along w i th t h e sy n d i c a te , a n d h i s n a m e wa s
M ark Lambourne. This mad e t he sy n d i c a te c om p l ete w i t h n i n e
a n glers but only allowing fo u r an gl er s to f i s h at a ny o n e t i me .
T h e cost of admission to the sy n d i c a te wa s 2 8 p as s po r t p h o to s
t h at were to act as ID to t h e sy n d i c a te me m b e r s fo r p e o p l e
t h at were residents to the ma i n h o u s e a n d t h e ga rd e n e rs .
I first fished Wormleybury in 1985 when I was 14 years old.
It wasn’t until 1986 when I had my first Wormleybury carp, a
mirror known as Two Scales at 25lb 12oz, caught from a swim
known as Gertie’s. My brother Kevin, that same morning… well,
in fact ten minutes later, caught Fatty at 26lb. It’s just a shame I
haven’t got a photo of that to hand of two brothers both sharing
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