Colin Gordon
No Longer a Member
For balance, here are a few links to what I believe is the largest carp based forum on the net, certainly most demonstrating a greater level of perspective on the subject of recent big fish deaths, than a few members on here.
Two Tone: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=47139
Black Mirror/Mere: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=47209
Heather: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=46353
On the dead carp tribute thread, for me this single line post says more than every other accumulated together.
Simon Lush wrote:
"Total fish wipe out by some accounts, plus maybe invertebrates,different scenario altogether, great pity."
Oh Anderson, your attempt at provoking a response in the Two Tone thread, very poor, must try harder, even all your 'carp greats' name dropping, well.... Impressed, me, NO ! !
(only ever heard of one before and it wasn't for inventing boilies or developing the 'bolt-rig' (or was it???))
Here's a poem to end my post (not written by me).
Benson & Heather Gone
In the land of Britannia,
They don’t remain nameless,
Revered by all anglers,
Carp achieve celebrity status.
From “Alice†of Kent,
To “Zelda†in Nottingham,
Mirrors, Leathers, Linears…
Even “The Kiss of Death Common.â€
Endless days spent baiting,
With nights full of wish,
Bivvied and waiting,
For that one special fish!
The pursuit of a named one,
Is what we all yearn,
“Heather the Leatherâ€
Fell once, to the one Terry Hearn.
And in Kingfisher Lake,
Lived “the people’s fishâ€
Benson the common,
Only sixty-three accomplish.
But late in the summer,
Of the year twenty ‘o’ nine,
It was good Ol’ Benson’s,
Time to decline.
And sadly, as with all things,
Eventually, they must die,
Heather’s too swimming,
The big lake in the sky.
But we must go on,
In our camos or fleece,
Benson and Heather gone,
May you both… Rest In Peace.
Two Tone: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=47139
Black Mirror/Mere: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=47209
Heather: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=46353
On the dead carp tribute thread, for me this single line post says more than every other accumulated together.
Simon Lush wrote:
"Total fish wipe out by some accounts, plus maybe invertebrates,different scenario altogether, great pity."
Oh Anderson, your attempt at provoking a response in the Two Tone thread, very poor, must try harder, even all your 'carp greats' name dropping, well.... Impressed, me, NO ! !
(only ever heard of one before and it wasn't for inventing boilies or developing the 'bolt-rig' (or was it???))
Here's a poem to end my post (not written by me).
Benson & Heather Gone
In the land of Britannia,
They don’t remain nameless,
Revered by all anglers,
Carp achieve celebrity status.
From “Alice†of Kent,
To “Zelda†in Nottingham,
Mirrors, Leathers, Linears…
Even “The Kiss of Death Common.â€
Endless days spent baiting,
With nights full of wish,
Bivvied and waiting,
For that one special fish!
The pursuit of a named one,
Is what we all yearn,
“Heather the Leatherâ€
Fell once, to the one Terry Hearn.
And in Kingfisher Lake,
Lived “the people’s fishâ€
Benson the common,
Only sixty-three accomplish.
But late in the summer,
Of the year twenty ‘o’ nine,
It was good Ol’ Benson’s,
Time to decline.
And sadly, as with all things,
Eventually, they must die,
Heather’s too swimming,
The big lake in the sky.
But we must go on,
In our camos or fleece,
Benson and Heather gone,
May you both… Rest In Peace.