by Bernie Jones
16 December 2013
Member Tim Atherton had a couple of hours to spare on Friday 13th December 2013, so thought he would try to catch one of the big carp he had seen on previous trips to the river. So, using a Free Spirit Hi S rod, a Daiwa Tournament reel, 10 lbs Ultima Power carp line and a running set up with a 2 1/2 oz lead and a size 8 Drennan barbel hook, baited with a 14 mm M1 bollie from Wayne Dunns bait company (it's a fish meal with frankfurter sausage flavour) he hooked and landed this really nice mirror from peg 66, which he estimated at between 16 and 17 Lbs (Click on the link). Tim loose fed a handful of the same boilies about two rod lengths out in the steady flow and put his hook bait there. A delighted Tim said " It was a really good looking carp, especially for December, with a full curtain on the top lip so it had maybe never been caught before. My mate had caught a 40 Lber the evening before and it just motivated me to go for a few hours and the river is the best bet for that this time of the year. "
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