86 years ago today...

[Shaun Harrison]

86 years ago today Donald Leney released the first 50 x 5 1/2" to 8" carp into Redmire Pool. The rest is history.
We owe a lot to Donald for firing so many imaginations and so many subsequent hours of enthralling reading. Tonight I will raise a glass to Donald.

[Liphook]

Thanks for that Shaun. I too will raise a dram to the father of not only of UK carp angling but modern carp aquaculture

[Old Man Oakley]

Have any of you noticed this lot in the Wild Trout Trust auction, fishing for Leney carp and meeting his grandson

https://www.wildtrout.org/auction/one-d ... train-carp

[Shaun Harrison]

Have any of you noticed this lot in the Wild Trout Trust auction, fishing for Leney carp and meeting his grandson

https://www.wildtrout.org/auction/one-d ... train-carp

I think it's actually Michael his son who ran the trout farm at Derby, rather than his grandson isn't it?

[Troydog]

Amazing stuff Shaun. Quite incredible how it all evolved. There are lots of farm ponds in Herefordshire that are superficially very similar to Redmire. I fish a couple of them for the roach, they also invariably contain carp, but nothing to write home about.....

[Snape]

It is amazing.
I had the privilege to see some of the Leney records last summer.
There is often confusion when talking of Leney's as if they were a particular strain. Leney stocked Galacian strain when he started stocking coarse fish (having only stocked trout before) but in later years he diversified and stocked a range of different carp strains.

[BoltonBullfinch]

Sadly I was not able to raise a glass to Mr Leney due to spending the night in the cab of my truck, but, I am parked up for the night not a handful of miles from redmire pool, so that will have to be my respect shown instead of a alcoholic beverage. In fact I spend a fair few nights of the year parked up at Ross on Wye services.

Thanks
BB