Superb Dave....It brings it all back. I remember Don Hipkin and Ian Booker that morning fishing up the end of the Causeway. They were fishing over the 2nd or 3rd bar, a good distance out. If you remember, they were fishing using these huge donkey chokers to make the distance. I can even remember the flavour they were using, it was Hutchies Mega spice. But it was their freebait delivery system that will always stick in my head. They had fashioned a huge catapult head with the thickest elastic you had ever seen and it was fixed to the top of a beach caster handle. Booker was at the front manning the catty. He would hold it back and Don, who was stood behind him would load the pouch with one of these huge baits and shout "right" and booker would just punch it out. I've never seen anyone do that before or since! Also, that VW of yours...ha ha ha...I remember me, you and Bernard having a party one night and Bernard having a funny turn and crashing out half in and half out of your van. But the funny thing was, that The Pear (Stuart Barry) had been with us earlier, and he was fishing the Pads on Savay but ended up getting locked in Harefield car park. But obviously he had to get back, so we ended up giving him a pog up over the gate...ha ha ha... imagine what we must have looked like, us scarwny gits trying to lift The Pear over the gate!!! It still makes me laugh until this day! Great times Dave....Great Times x
@carpe6420
2 жыл бұрын
Merci Dave 👍
@paulgummer3378
4 жыл бұрын
Someone put me on to your story here, Dave….awesome to hear about your experiences at Harefield. I read about you and Bernie after I had moved on. Long time since I carp fished but I’m pleased that our exploits there inspired you to have a go too. I wasn’t any different to you guys - also daunted by the place and trying to work out how to hook and land fish consistently. It was one of those lakes that had produced few fish - we could count on two hands the captures we had heard of. We reckoned about 40 fish in forty acres at the time. That was before they put the Rodney Meadow fish in there. The biggest one apparently was a thirty-five caught by a guy called Steve. I think Rod had met him and his friends there and said they’d caught around half a dozen between them. The big one came from what is now the island but it was part of the bank back then. Generally though, Harefield was an enigma. For us, there was a lot of fumbling around and of course, the odd stroke pulled just to try and get fish on the bank. Something that we kept under wraps for fear of losing our membership were what we called ‘The Harefield Ducks’ that got their one and only swim on the Royal Wedding weekend. If you have an email address I can send you the story….I wrote it up for Rod for a book that never ended up getting published.
@bernardloftus7545
4 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed that. It certainly was magical time, thanks for bringing back the memories.
@zuzanajendralova8087
Back again! Round 3, keeps getting better😉
@KevinSmith-pb6yr
4 жыл бұрын
These stories remind me of our early carp days as a 13 year old kid with my school mates, fishing our local rez and then moving on to fishing elstow in Bedfordshire, meeting the likes of a young Martin bowler 👍👍
@stevenattrill7945
4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love these blogs Mr Lane keep em coming. It's one of the only things that keeping me going 👍🎣
@matthewbarrett9054
4 жыл бұрын
I have been addicted to these story sessions, just worked myself back. I loved my time on Harefied (early 2000), and you brought a lot of things back. That lake is now just a gravel swamp! So sad. PS get your oil quick its only 20p / litre. Only benefit of the lock-down!. Thanks for keeping me occupied.
@Timmers80
4 жыл бұрын
In 1998, as an 18yr old student I bought a copy of this book and sat at my desk in my hall of residence at Nottingham university and read it in one hit. My uni mates thought I was nuts! The best carp book for a generation. Thanks for sharing.
@jasondickens7079
4 жыл бұрын
Epic tales Dave of times gone by , makes me remember the real laughs and beer I had myself ,loads of both was definitely how it should be then and now ! Thanks for helping me keep sane with the awesome vlogs!!!!🎣🐳
@charlesbarnett2724
4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Dave. Great stuff.
@Simmsited236
4 жыл бұрын
You can tell a story with the best of them. These are all excellent!
@paulbentley3846
4 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed that Dave, back to the best era of carp fishing. Fished Harefield before it became a syndicate (season ticket through William Boyer) , and was then lucky enough to have a few guest sessions in the syndicate days. Good times on the bank and in the Horse & Barge
@richardlubbuck7114
4 жыл бұрын
The first thing I did when got a Korda ticket years back was go for a pint in the horse and barge before I would fish... Thanks for the tales. Keep safe everyone...!! And thank you once again...!!!
@simonloader2287
4 жыл бұрын
All that's done is made me want to go fishing,loved it mate it was worth the effort 😜
@charlesrayner-thompson2767
4 жыл бұрын
That was my best 45 minutes of the lock down, love the books Dave but having you tell the stories is a whole other level, if it was the quarantine that prompted these then maybe its not all bad:-)
@rogermaher5081
4 жыл бұрын
Enjoy listening to your stories it keeps me sane with these mad times we are in!
@danhebron2236
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant work Dave thanks. 👍
@stephenpuntan739
4 жыл бұрын
loved the story dave I fished hare field 1990 about the time Steve Morgan and zen started mainline and zen was finding it difficult along with the famous five, i caught 3 twenties
@paulpynen8332
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Dave great story reminds me of my time in the valley and the Horse and Barge
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