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h a d begun. Looking back n o w
I had done quite well o n m y
o wn using a shop bou ght f i s h
m eal-base d bait and hig h f r u i t
f l a vor ov erpowered bo i l e r s
b y losing one of the A-Te a m
a n d bagging the biggest f i s h
i n the lake on a Tutti as m y
n i ckname then became! T h e
L a ds in our group fishi ng a n d
b u t a f e w. S o m e c a t c h i n g t h e
big carp they were targeting
and others not. One thing
f o r s u r e H a i n a u l t w a s n ’t a
piece of cake to catch any
carp, no matter the angler or
reputation! Other groups were
J e r r y H a m m o n d, Ja y Wi l l s, a n d
a c h a p c a l l e d G a r y.
Then there were the Savvy
b a iting together were P e t e r
D r iscoll, Terry Butcher, D a v e
P i ke, Rob Pierce and t h e n
S t eve Newman joine d up a f t e r
m e and he became on e of t h e
l u cky few to end up captu r i n g
b o th the biggen and the f i sh
t h ey called the Small 30, wh i c h
w as a rare visitor to th e b a n k ,
n o rmally around th e 32 - 3 3
L B mark. There were in f a c t
a few groups of anglers t h a t
w ere fishing together aro u n d
t h at. Period and some o t h e r
f a mous names in carp ang l i n g
c i rcles had come and g o n e
o n Hainault such as Ke v i n
N a sh had fish there, Te r r y
D e mpsey, Tony Moo re, L e o n
B a rtrop, P aul Pynen to n a m e
To a d R o t a l a d s a n d t h a t w a s
Bernie Heerey and Simon Ball
fishing alternate weekends due
t o t h e i r S a v vy c o m m i t m en t s .
A n o t h e r g ro u p o f l o c a l l a d s
w e re S c r u f f y ( Ma r k ) , P a u l
S t a p l e y, S t e v e Ty l e r, D a v e
Geary with guest appearances
f r o m Te r r y a n d To n y, L a r r y
a n d G a r y Da v i e s . A l s o , P a u l
P y n e n wo u l d w a l k a r o u n d a t
t i m e s c h a t ti n g a b o u t c a r p
a n d f o o t b a l l m a i n l y, h e w a s
a really nice fella, as was
Mick Germain who would pop
o v e r, b u t I n ev e r s a w h i m f i s h
H a i n a u l t f r o m m e m o r y.
I only remember fishing the
Chase front lake in Dagenham
one night and Mick and
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