Lots of 'em Graham. I fished intensively on the Linea Fisheries complex at Stanton Harcourt near Oxford in 95, 96, 97 and 98. Caught tench to 83/4 lbs, roach to 2lbs 5 oz, bream to 83/4 lbs, perch to 23/4 lbs, chub to 6lbs 3 oz and rudd to 21/2 lbs. The fishing was marvellous for a few precious years until the water waters became crowded out with carp anglers chucking 3 and 4 oz sinkers to the horizon. Stoney was very upset with some of them, especially when they shaved their heads reflecting the sun and pranced up and down all day with lager cans in their hands, tattoos on their arms and jingling rings in their nostrils, eyebrows and noses?
Seriously, why do some of the poms have to parade arounds looking like pratts. You dont get this in other parts of the worlds stir stir !!