Lee wrote:Beautiful carp that 44lb common.....does anyone know what happened after that capture?..did he continue on Redmire?
As a kid I just loved his arseley bombs...brilliant just to go down to the local tackle shop and buy a couple and play with them. I was maybe wrong but aged about 12 I rode my bike out with some and a spool of Drennan specialist to an old bridge near Bakewell in Derbyshire (long ride that). Caught some lovely trout before some keeper caught me... sounds bad but this was before I was taken fishing properly. Anyway...fond memories of the 1oz arseley : )
As I understand it Walker took the fish and offered it to London Zoo, who initially refused the offer. Walker told them he would offer it to their great rival Bristol Zoo, and they capitilated.
Clarissa, as she came to be known, lived for many years at London Zoo, though invariablky at a lower weight. When she finally died she was mounted in a glass case and was last heard of in a Midlands tackle shop.
However, I saw her, or a replica of her, at the Redditch Tackle Fair this Spring.