Martin Gay's Historic Carp Captures – THIS is 'Overwhelming Evidence'…
The article written by Martin and published in Coarse Angler in November 1989 was prior to any speculation about the captures being made in Canada.
Martin told of how he stumbled upon some very big carp, 'On one particular morning, not having much else to do, I took myself off to look at a water which I had known about for some years but had paid no attention to'
Season's Greetings to FM Readers!
Well, we haven't had a flake of snow, it hasn't stopped raining for weeks and it's warm enough to take out the rubbish in shorts and T-shirt.
The Martin Gay Thread – a few questions answered…
There are now close to 800 posts on the FM thread 'Martin Gay's 50lb Common Carp - Here's the Evidence'. My response to a clutch of questions from one of our regular contributors was going to be brief but it's turned into something more substantial...
A Feast of Fishes – Part 2
Tony is one of those men who has been quietly 'getting on with it' over the years. In this second part of Feast of Fishes we can see some of the results of his dedication.
A Feast of Fishes – Part 1
In the second part of The Dark Art I finished up mentioning that I would have liked to capture twenty tench in a sitting, a 'sitting' being an early morning session. To me, tench were the quintessential fish of misty summer mornings on dreamy, weeded old lakes.
The Dark Art – Part 2
Tony rounds-up his engaging story of tench-fishing 'the proper way'...
The Dark Art
When I was young the tench was a much-desired fish, rarely caught, and uncommon in my locale. The odd capture to come our way would be talked about for weeks after the event and - like carp - they were considered a mysterious and rare species.
