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The Carp Fishing Podcast

60. The Carp Fishing Podcast - Jon Pack - The British Record Capture

The Carp Fishing Podcast

Mark Bryant

Hobbies, Leisure, Carpfishingpodcast

4.8650 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 212 minutes

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Summary

This month we welcome Jon Pack to the microphone to delve into his historic British record capture of two tone, a carp of gigantic proportions. Jon's trip down memory lane is a two part chat with Yateley and St Ives among others to follow. Mark also recalls a meeting with the iconic Terry Hearn and we've added a few new features into the months ramblings, titled The Great Debate and As Seen on Screen. Enjoy and once again, thanks for your support. 

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0:00.0

Well, welcome to the Cartfishing podcast, episode 60, the Big 60, the Big 60, mate.

0:19.3

Yeah. Wicked. Thanks, guys. How'd you feel? Well, I don't feel 60. The big 60 mate. Yeah. Wicked. Thanks guys. How'd you feel?

0:23.6

Well, I don't feel 60. Yeah, that's what you're implied.

0:27.8

Every morning when I get up, I feel 60. Yeah, yeah.

0:30.9

I think when you get past 40, I've never been one that sort of had any aches and pains or moans about, like, I don't know, knees hurt in or joints hurt in.

0:40.6

I'm not sure a lifetime of lying on damp bed chairs or being out in the cold or fishing has actually helped.

0:47.1

But I do feel a bit achy when you get in that now.

0:49.8

Did you?

0:50.2

Or is it just like a misnomer that we're just imagining it?

0:53.3

It's all catching up mate it's

0:54.4

definitely getting a bit trickier and harder and you feel those damp mornings don't you yeah

0:58.0

yeah so it's when you bend down i find when i bend down now um and sort of spend too long

1:03.3

on my knees i'm like oh god be knees for it or your back certain all the time oh yeah mate

1:08.7

it's that and i don't i know we both have this, but also when

1:12.4

you hold a carp, have you noticed that? Your back. You're back. Yeah, you're lower back. Yeah,

1:16.5

especially if you're lucky enough to catch a big gun. Yeah, yeah. Holding your arms tucked in

1:20.6

to your side without having an elbow on a knee. So, you know, just straight up yeah straight lift tucked in lift you like a straight lift i like a

1:28.4

straight lift but you tuck your body so small when you lift a cart yeah do didn't you everything's like

1:33.4

tucked in tucked in yeah that's it yeah that mate you can't do that for very long i know i can't i know

1:38.4

exactly and especially with my collie on the camera you take forever and i know oh run a minute hang

1:43.5

hold it this way up up down inside out

1:45.6

right inside out upside down oh mate don't start that i've seen some horrific poses of holding carp

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