Trophy Room for STEVE FALCO

I first visited Woldale on a beautiful spring day in the May of 1963. Dick Walker, generous man that he was , had provided me with a letter of introduction to Maurice Ingham, now head of the Woldale Syndicate.

I have just finished dinner and sit at my desk with a glass of red wine. I have spent the morning chub fishing on the river Wye. It was real winters day with a leadened grey sky, falling rain mixed with sleet and hail was punched into my face by the strong upstream wind, which…

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August sunshine still shone down on the lake with not a breath of wind. The majority of the lakes population of carp hung about sunbathing, their backs glistening in the sunlight, teasing me as they pushed their shoulders out now and again. The obvious thing to do was try to get them to take off…

The press frenzy that occurred afterwards was interesting to say the least, but with their need for a sensational story came the downplay of what was actually an incredibly moving and wondrous experience for those on board.Many of you will, I am sure, remember the stories in the angling press from the 70’s and 80’s…

Maurice Ingham himself rarely fished, being content with the occasional walk round the haven to see how the members were doing. I remember talking to friends about the remnants of the Carp Catchers Club. We came to the conclusion that the capture of the 44 pounder at Redmire took something out of the group; nowadays…