New British carp Record perhaps....
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New British carp Record perhaps....
New record landed today... The Parrot at 68lb 1oz from the Wasing Estate. Scales still need to be checked but what a fish... Lovely if the record is now held by a lovely old linear.... I haven't taken any interest in the carp record in years but for some reason this capture has caught my imagination.
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Do you have a link to a photo Skeff ?
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I hope it was an epic battle with 100yd runs rather than trying to coax a bag of cement into the landing net.
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Amazing but when it was caught just over 2 years ago it only took 10 minutes to reel in!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... itain.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... itain.html
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Fantastic news Skeff; really looking forward to the story. What an amazing time in which we live.
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It has a "parrot" mouth due in part to possible mishandling in it's youth! The mouth is like a parrot's beak- misshaped.
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I will be interested in how long it took to land, as a rule with the rods used with high test curves plus giving the poor fish a few ounces of lead to tow about the fish do not as a rule take long to land and I think you can forget about long runs. Big is not always best unless that is the only thing you are concerned with. Give most modern anglers a MKIV and connect them to an 8lb Wildie with no lead on the line and I suspect that few fish would be landed.
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Congratulations to the captor . Nice to see such a classic-looking, well-proportioned old linear mirror carp take the record. It could have been some overfed dumpling instead.
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Totally agree Greg it does look like a proper carp !!
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