C.O.G's

[Bebbo]

CARPINGS OLD GEEZERS


Just thinking back to the close season of 1972

Close season walks with my dog SCAMP around the waters i was going to pursue carp on with the coming new season

Busy making my own carp rods from North Western S29 blanks.
Modding my Mitchell 410,s.
Tweeking my Heron alarms so they worked on lights only (did you ever hear the buzz they made).
Strengthening the sun lounger cover.
Trying to track down a big landing net.
Making side skirts for my now camoed brolly.
Concocting a suitable paste bait that would last for hours in the water.
Lots and lots of prep on terminal tackle.

Talking with my three fishing friends on the plans of attack on these big uncaught carp that were close to where we lived

The thrill before the season kicked of on the 16th was very nearly better than the fishing itself.

From memory i think my best fish that first year went 17lbs or so but the fun and mystery that the four of us were experiencing was second to none on those quiet secluded waters that even then contained uncaught 30's

Any other COGS out there remember these feelings and the mystery that surrounded carp fishing back then

[Boilie Stop]

Originally Posted by Bebbo

CARPINGS OLD GEEZERS


Just thinking back to the close season of 1972

Close season walks with my dog SCAMP around the waters i was going to pursue carp on with the coming new season

Busy making my own carp rods from North Western S29 blanks.
Modding my Mitchell 410,s.
Tweeking my Heron alarms so they worked on lights only (did you ever hear the buzz they made).
Strengthening the sun lounger cover.
Trying to track down a big landing net.
Making side skirts for my now camoed brolly.
Concocting a suitable paste bait that would last for hours in the water.
Lots and lots of prep on terminal tackle.

Talking with my three fishing friends on the plans of attack on these big uncaught carp that were close to where we lived

The thrill before the season kicked of on the 16th was very nearly better than the fishing itself.

From memory i think my best fish that first year went 17lbs or so but the fun and mystery that the four of us were experiencing was second to none on those quiet secluded waters that even then contained uncaught 30's

Any other COGS out there remember these feelings and the mystery that surrounded carp fishing back then

I was squirting me mum in the eye as she was changing my nappie lol.!!!

Life on Mars stuff on the bank...long hot summers.!! No freaky weather i would imagine....
Found this Bit of stuff on bait at the time with Paul Selman
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[Hotshot]

I was an itch in dad pants till "77" but Im old enough to remember the anticipation of june 16th, having re-spooled and tied up rigs and rolled some bait, with nowt left to do but use it, Id be climbing the walls for the last few weeks. Id spit me dummy out if my dad hadnt booked off the opening day as I was too young to go on my own. Oh how times change .

[Ginge]

i will be waiting till june 16th to fish a certain place so its sort off the same

[IanB]

Youve a couple of years on me!
It was 1978 when i started fishing for carp seriously having served a 6 year apprentice catching roach perch and bream etc. In 78 i was just 16 and could ony stretch to BJ bite alarms. I had yellow (yes yellow) normark carp rods, that i think were really 10 feet spinning rods of 1lb TC. a 6lb carp would bend it down to the handle.
I then got a pair of early diawa carp rods in 11 feet from roxy aquatics in Ashton. After starting work i later splashed out replacing the mitchel 300,s with cardinal 755,s and also got a pair of compact optonics. Later subjected to the Les Bamford conversions via Leatherbarrows in Urmston.

I remember finding out about the hair rig and laughing thinking that will never work!! Then i got on it, I used to use a fine sewing needle to push 2lb line through the bait, tie it on then tie the hair to the bend of my size six jack hilton carp hooks. results doubled immediately.

I found out about boilies on sale water park, i was using peanuts back then (1981/2). I started making my own boilies soon after, using rod huthinson protein mix flavoured with strawberry, all hand rolled with out any rolling tables or sausage guns!. The lads on Ritchworths ready made tutties always out fished me though!!

[patos]

Originally Posted by IanB

I then got a pair of early diawa carp rods in 11 feet from roxy aquatics in Ashton. After starting work i later splashed out replacing the mitchel 300,s with cardinal 755,s and also got a pair of compact optonics. Later subjected to the Les Bamford conversions via Leatherbarrows in Urmston.

Same here Daiwa 11ft carp rod from Roxy, Mitchell 300's and Bamford conversions, well one set at a time anyway. It was just a few years after you Ian, 82-83 but I hope to still qualify as a COG!
On the subject of Roxy. Spent many hours in there looking lots and buying little! John never mithered, think he was glad of the company sometimes Happy Days

[IanB]

What waters were you fishing back then Patso? I started on Compstall in 1978 and fished it for about 5 years on and off, loads of nice over hanging margin bushes back then, shame they cut them all out! A great floater water too
Also fished roman lakes (another great floater water) and then when i got a car it was sale water park. Then Lymm dam then the big wide world. .
I fished Capesthorne a bit when they used to have day tickets, caught first time on as well.

There were no forums to tell you where to go it was all word of mouth on the banks

[Cheshire Set]

Originally Posted by IanB

Youve a couple of years on me!

I then got a pair of early diawa carp rods in 11 feet from roxy aquatics in Ashton. After starting work i later splashed out replacing the mitchel 300,s with cardinal 755,s and also got a pair of compact optonics. Later subjected to the Les Bamford conversions via Leatherbarrows in Urmston.

I found out about boilies on sale water park, i was using peanuts back then (1981/2). I started making my own boilies soon after, using rod huthinson protein mix flavoured with strawberry, all hand rolled with out any rolling tables or sausage guns!. The lads on Ritchworths ready made tutties always out fished me though!!

First water I carp fished was Holts pool (near Middlewich) in the early 80's, anyone remember it? There was a certain Ken Dallow (now BCSG Chairman) fishing there at the time for a friendly 20lb common. He would sit for days inside a dark canvas upright bivvy (it looked like a big t*t!) and we thought he was soooo cool!
Funny how we followed the trends back then as much as we do now! I had mitchell 300's and cardinal 755's (still got them!). You were either a Bamford or a Delkim man, I saved my pocket money for months and got my compacts converted by Bob Morris, they were quality alarms.
As for bait does anyone remember when the Richworth boilies first came out, there were some great flavours and some dreadful ones! My favourite had to be the pink salmon supreme. We used to roll our own stuff using hutchy's ingredients and Geoff Kemp's flavours (zings!). Black spider dacron, au lion d'or, I could go on.....