#032 - Ian Bailey, a tale of two sixties
Korda - The Thinking Tackle Podcast
Korda Developments Ltd
4.8 • 565 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2020
⏱️ 135 minutes
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Summary
In 2019, Ian Bailey achieved the rare accolade of catching the UK's largest carp, which came from Grenville Lake in Cambridgeshire and weighed a colossal 65lb 12oz. In the same year, he became only the third person to catch two different carp over 60lb from the UK. In this episode, Ian shares his undeniable passion for carp fishing, numerous inspiring anecdotes and abundance of advice that shows why he is one of the most avid, astute and accomplished anglers in today's carp fishing scene.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Thinking Tackle podcast. If you like this show, then please remember to subscribe |
| 0:12.6 | so you don't miss our latest episodes. And please leave a review too, as we'd love to hear from you. |
| 0:19.0 | Now our guest today achieved the feat of capturing the largest carp in the UK last year, |
| 0:24.3 | and as well as this, he became only the third angler in this country to catch two different English carp over the magical £60 barrier. |
| 0:33.2 | Along with this accomplishment, he's been racking up big carp captures for years, and I bet some of you have never even heard of it. |
| 0:40.0 | It's always nice to have a fresh new guest on the show, |
| 0:42.6 | and this one tells a great story too. |
| 0:45.5 | So the podcast welcomes Ian Bailey. |
| 0:51.4 | The Thinking Tackle Podcast. |
| 1:14.8 | She backs me up, that's in. Second time, like time, Thomas had to get that big red marker and put that from your name, you know, it was like, I'm joking. He's a good old boy, so I'll probably have to face him on the committee when I come up for an interview, and I... I've not heard people get turned away from Harrow, though, have you? No, I think they're pretty light-hearted, isn't they? A little bit different. A nice club, not they? Well, the same kind of structure to it. |
| 1:11.7 | A little bit different. It's a nice club, aren't they? |
| 1:27.4 | Well, the same kind of structure to it, a little bit old-fashioned, traditional, which is great, isn't it? But, you know, it's, yeah, they're a little bit less, I don't know, strict or kind of setting their ways, you know. I don't think they're doing it to sort of turn people away. |
| 1:28.6 | They want people to join, I think. Yeah, exactly. |
| 1:29.3 | It's just like supporting a club, isn't it? |
| 1:30.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:31.4 | Club. kind of setting their ways, you know. Yeah, I don't think they're doing it to sort of turn people away. |
| 1:28.6 | They want people to join, I think. Yeah, exactly. |
| 1:29.2 | It's just like supporting a club, isn't it? |
| 1:30.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:31.4 | Clubs survive on those very small fees. Yes. And I need plenty of members. And at the end of day, if you've proposed me, you've put your ticket on the line. So you wouldn't be there to interview. I think you can't mention it, can you? |
| 1:42.8 | Right. |
| 1:44.1 | That's always been the most open one out of the three, isn't it? |
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