#102 - Tom Maker
Korda - The Thinking Tackle Podcast
Korda Developments Ltd
4.8 • 565 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2024
⏱️ 147 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the Korda podcast, we have our newest Korda angler, Tom Maker, in the studio for his first podcast appearance!
In this show, Tom reveals the truth about the carp fishing hormone controversy that has surrounded both his fishing and personal life in recent years.
He shared an exclusive and in-depth insight into exactly what happened during that time and the full impact it had on his fishing, home life, and career.
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| 0:00.0 | They're probably waiting for me to talk about this subject. |
| 0:02.6 | The anglers that accuse me of using this illegal substance. |
| 0:06.0 | This is the first time I've ever had a say on it. |
| 0:08.6 | Mr Tom Maker, thank you so much for joining us. |
| 0:10.9 | This was one of the things, though, that you had to keep a lid on, wasn't it? |
| 0:14.8 | None of it's ever going to be a secret. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm fishing open access day tickets. |
| 0:17.8 | Anybody could have come in and seen what I was doing. |
| 0:19.6 | People have taken it too far on, whipping one out the margins, injecting it with whatever I'm supposed to have. People were making such far-fetched rubbish up. You know, you're kind of at the top of your game to, I'm sure you would say the darkest times of your... Oh, mate, without a doubt, like that angry that I don't know what I would do. vicious, mate, and it's gone round. And people that I thought were my mate throwing me under the bus. You two-faced. I know, mate, what was written online. And I know who wrote it. And I know who liked it. And I know who shared it into WhatsApp group. I will never, ever forgive me. You're just a cheat. Prove it. I'm not a cheat. I've not done anything wrong. I've got nothing to hide. |
| 0:55.0 | People weren't ready to believe that this is what you were doing. |
| 0:59.6 | The Thinking Tackle Podcast. |
| 1:03.6 | Welcome to The Thinking Tackle Podcast. Now, if you haven't already, please subscribe so you don't |
| 1:07.9 | miss an episode. And today we are focusing on getting more bites with a man who's had more bites probably this year than I'm likely to have in the next decade. Mr. Tom Maker, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me on. Not at all, mate. We're going to, we're going to talk about your area of expertise, which, and actually a real passion of yours, I think is just catching more carp. Carp fishing. Bites, isn't it? |
| 1:30.2 | Catching cart. |
| 1:31.2 | Well, which, and actually a real passion of yours, I think, is just catching more carp. Carp fishing. |
| 1:28.4 | Bites, isn't it? |
| 1:30.2 | Catching cart. |
| 1:30.9 | Well, mate, fishing, I love fishing. |
| 1:33.2 | You know, I literally live and breathe it. |
| 1:34.7 | But like you say, ultimately, is I go fishing. |
| 1:37.7 | Not to always get as many bikes I possibly can, but my addiction of watching the bobbing going up and down, basically. |
| 1:43.2 | Do you know, I've always thought |
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