Well guys we went to Tall Trees and what a fantastic place, yes it is fished by mordern carpers but no way is it a modern commercial carp fishery, its not an easy water.
Looks very traditional, lots of lily beds and weed beds and an island.
Jay who owns Tall Trees is a gentleman and a very nice guy.
Now down to the fishing, set up the cane rods with my mitchell 300s, feeding hemp and corn, meat was always on stand by. The weather conditions were not good as the wind was a massive problem. First day only produced two bites both sadly missed, second day 3 grains of corn on the hook and away it went through the first lily bed then the next and into a thick weed bed. I thought I might be going for a swim, but slowly brought the fish back through the weed and lilys, to have a really dogged fight in open water. The fish popped up just as the cane gave way but managed to net the fish. So I now have one broken rod and a nice carp, Jay kindly let me use one of his dads rods so many thanks to Jay and yes I will be going back next year.
Any preciously uncaught fish get named by whoever is lucky enough to catch them
Mine unfortunately had been caught before but given the opportunity I would have named it Splinter
