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landing my first monster carp
(for me)! Imagine this stunned
1 0 y e a r o l d b o y, t a k i n g i n
these events and I was now a
c a r p a n g l e r f o r l i f e.
There were a co upl e o f
l a kes I had been tol d ab o u t ,
c o ntaining a good head o f
c a rp, which really p iped m y
i n terest, o ne was Box ers l a k e
m e a n t th a t I g o t a d i s c o u n t
on bait and tackle aswell as
learning about how to keep
m a g g o t s f re s h , i e n j o y e d
w a tc h i n g P a u l o n t h e f l y fishing section, tie up every
d i f f e r e n t ty p e o f f l y i m a g i n a b l e
f o r t r o u t a n d sa l m o n .
This was in 1983 and I
remember us having Richworth
i n Enfield, and the other w a s
H olyfield lake in Walt h a m
A bbey Essex, both o f wh i c h
c o ntained plenty of fish o f
s i ngle figures, doubl es and t h e
p o ssibility of a 20 po und e r! !
Boxers Lake in Enfiel d w a s
c l osest to where I l ived i n
E d monton so this is ma i n l y
w here I got to fi sh , a n d
m anaged to catch carp u p to
t h e 8-9lb bracket.
At this time I managed t o
g e t a position worki ng o n a
Saturday, in Don’s of Edmonton
( a coarse angling sho p), a s a
b e hind the counter ex tra p a i r
o f hands. So it was a bit o f a
y i ng and yang situati on a s i
c o uldnt fish Saturdays bu t i t
baits in stock and some Kevin
Nash tackle equipment; such as
overwrap and Bivy, foam lined
rod hodall’s and carp sacks. I
also remember the first Fox Mk1
bed chair coming into the shop
and thinking it was my new
goal to get one of them when I
had enough money! I actually
still have some swivels, pattern
oster type booms, with beads
and a spool of Dacron from
back then.
Back
to
the
actual
f i s h i n g. . . . . . . . a r m e d w i t h a
b a l l o f p a st e a n d s o m e t u t t i
fruity boilie I got dropped
o f f a t H o l y f i e l d ’s L a k e, h a d a
look around and seeing that
the left hand bank had no one
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