#041 - Pete Castle, carp fishing in my words
Korda - The Thinking Tackle Podcast
Korda Developments Ltd
4.8 • 565 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2021
⏱️ 164 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Pete Castle is one of Korda's longest-standing consultants and has helped develop various popular items of tackle. He is also a professional angling coach, who specializes in coaching anglers of all ages and abilities through his business, Pete Castle Fishing and Photography. In this episode, Pete shared a selection of intriguing and unique tales from his fishing life, as this podcast takes a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of carp fishing's most philosophical and fascinating personalities.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Thinking Tackle podcast. If you like this show, then please remember to |
| 0:11.8 | subscribe so you don't miss our latest episodes. And please leave a review too, as we would love to |
| 0:18.0 | hear from you. Today's podcast is being sponsored by Manscaped. |
| 0:21.9 | Get 20% off and free delivery when you use the promotional code, |
| 0:25.9 | Corder, when shopping at Manscaped.com. |
| 0:29.1 | And just to let you know, yet the podcast is now going weekly, |
| 0:32.4 | so even more content for you to enjoy. |
| 0:35.3 | Today's guest is one of cartfish's most recognisable and versatile anglers, where he's |
| 0:40.1 | just as at home fishing pressured day ticket waters as he is angling on a demanding big fish |
| 0:45.4 | syndicate leg. |
| 0:46.8 | Never afraid to think outside the box, he's noted for his individuality and has been |
| 0:51.5 | responsible for helping develop various tackle items which are now |
| 0:55.3 | routinely taken for granted by many of us in carp fishing today. |
| 1:00.0 | One of his biggest angling highlights was winning National Geographic's Kingfish's |
| 1:03.8 | Fishing Show back in 2012. |
| 1:06.9 | As well as this, he's appeared on numerous TV projects and has for many years been a prominent figure |
| 1:12.4 | in helping anglers of all ages improve their fishing skills. |
| 1:16.9 | The podcast is excited to welcome the highly colourful Pete Castle. |
| 1:25.0 | The Thinking Tackle podcast. |
| 2:01.4 | Yeah, he's done those clear water videos, didn't he, on the Trent and stuff. Yeah. It's like this match angle addressed in red. In red, it's like, that don't make sense, does it? But he was pretty good at it, wasn't he? He stood out, didn't he? Yeah. No, when I first met him, he was very good at sort of, you know, pepping you up, seeing the best in you, giving you the confidence straight away, you know. I'll never forget it at the NEC. He was quite clever, actually, it was a little thing for your viewers out there that want to become the sponsored angler. This happened to me very early on. I realised when I first started writing in the magazines who I wanted to be sponsored by |
| 2:06.8 | and Shimano was one of them because I'd had the old Triton C-SPin reels and a bit of their kit |
| 2:11.4 | you know I really liked Shimano. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Korda Developments Ltd, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Korda Developments Ltd and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.