The Thinking Tackle Podcast.

Welcome to the Thinking Tackle podcast. Now, if you haven't already, please remember to subscribe

so you don't miss an episode. Now, today we are joining in the studio by a man who has dedicated

an unholy portion of his life to the study of carp, their feeding and carp baits. Sam Barley,

thank you very much for coming in.

We're going to try and unpick some of the mystery surrounding what carp want to eat, why they want to eat it, and how best we can take advantage is that today, mate. I know it's been a bit of a torturous journey and, mate, you've come over from the Cotswolds. You told me the other day that you don't leave the Cotswolds very often, mate.

So sorry about that.

But thanks for coming to Essex anyway.

It's a rare occurrence, but now I'm very happy to be here. And obviously, most people will know you, Sam, from the Carp Chronicles podcast, which is how I discovered you fascinating stuff, all around bait. I know you do some other bits and bobs, but the focus is bait, mate,

isn't it,

really?

I mean,

yeah,

it was never meant to be that.

I mean,

in the,

in the early days,

we've been going for,

frankly,

I think since 2019.

But it was very much just me and,

and the person I used to do it with just having a bit of a catch-up talking about fishing in general. But I think bait has been such a

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