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Well Two Tone
finally lost it's crown to the
mammoth Parrot from the Wasing
syndicate, caught by Dean Fletcher
at a weight of 68lb 1oz. This awsome
carp was caught in January 2016. The
scales we're
checked and found to be accurate so
Dean put his claim in and in due
course was a successfull one,
well in that man, awesome....The
great fish has sadly since died to
what's next? let's just hope any new
record will be a goodun and not some
pellet fed munter or massive
imported wrongun..!!
Previous UK carp record, banked on 16th
August
2008
67lb 8oz (ref: BRFC)
Two Tone from Conningbrook
caught by Austin
Holness.
...Footage
of this great fish on the bank can
be seen Here...
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And
now a few past record captures that
rocked the carp world for various
reasons starting this one caught on
the
13th Sept 1952. A Common Carp from
the magical Redmire which came to be
known as Clarissa. At the time it
was a massive 44lb and was caught by
the master, Richard Walker..!!
...The
great man himself talks of this historic
capture Here...
16th
June 1980 Mirror Carp 51lb 8oz from
Redmire Pool by Chris Yates, a controversial
capture it seems because the
BRFC had rediculously decreed that a
record had to be witnessed by a
committee member, it was
totally accepted by the wider carp
angling community regardless, including record
holder Richard Walker who said
"why the record fish committee
turned it down is beyond my comprehension",
a true gent, superb!
November 1996 Saw Terry Hearn catch
a Wraysbury Mirror Carp of 55lb
13oz known as Mary, one of the most
beautiful big carp I've seen, total
stunner, a great pic and a top
angler, one my
favourite record captures..!!
2001 61lb (Two Tone) from Conningbrook
by Gary
Bayes, the UK's first 60 plusser.!!
I lifted this pic from a dvd so it's
pretty rough quality, if anyone can
come up with a better pic we can use
that'd be great.
Of
course there's been loads of great record captures before and in-between
those listed here and none of those
have been forgotten or ignored,
they all took time effort and
determination and as always a bit of
luck but here but these are my
stand-outs, the records that set my
own little carpy World alight, disagree?
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