Jack Opie's Fully Scaled Mirror.......
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Jack Opie's Fully Scaled Mirror.......
Posted by Chris Ball over on the Redmire forum, it would seem that the great fish is up for sale, I for one never even knew of its existance, an important part of our history!!!!
http://redmirepool.biz/forum/viewtopic. ... 1075#11075
http://redmirepool.biz/forum/viewtopic. ... 1075#11075
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Photo of May Berth-Jones with the fish
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Re: Jack Opie's Fully Scaled Mirror.......
Yes - it died in the sack*, much to Jack's dismay, so he had it set up. Be interesting to see what it goes for.
*My preferred demise too!
*My preferred demise too!
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But hopefully not whilst submerged in a lake being tied to an immovable object. Echoes of the Kary twins!gloucesteroldspot wrote:*My preferred demise too!
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Re: Jack Opie's Fully Scaled Mirror.......
Not quite what I had in mind I admit - was thinking in vernacular rather than literal terms!
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Re: Jack Opie's Fully Scaled Mirror.......
It didn't die in the sack. Clifford states that Opie asked the Richardsons permission to have it set up...a great pity..
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Bob Richards 2nd 31lb fish died in a sack that was too closely woven, are you getting mistaken with that one?
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I know Bob's second thirty died in the sack. Harry Kefford's twenty did too, and I think one or two others did as well around the same time, but obviously not Opie's.The Sweetcorn Kid wrote:Bob Richards 2nd 31lb fish died in a sack that was too closely woven, are you getting mistaken with that one?
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Those inadequate sacks had a lot to answer for thats for sure!!! ![:wink:](//cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f609.svg)
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