85. The Carp Fishing Podcast - James Parry - British Records & Iconic Carp
The Carp Fishing Podcast
Mark Bryant
4.9 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 191 minutes
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Summary
This month we have a great guest and one angler we've been longing to get on the podcast for some time, James Parry. James first came on my radar when a picture surfaced of a giant carp, one that had a stature like the iconic Black Mirror. This fish was as good as it gets and became etched in carp fishing history as one of the best we've ever seen. James recounts his adventure that ended with his dream carp in the folds of his net, a story that won't fail to get you buzzed up for an adventure. James also tells of his discovery of a record sized carp back when big carp were rarer than hen's teeth, proper pioneering stuff. That aside, me and Mr Bryant discuss rigs, water levels, low oxygen issues and touch on a recent trip that had us both paddling our own canoe down a river for 6 hours in 37c heat........ enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Carp Fishing Podcast and we're on episode 85 Mr Bryant. |
| 0:19.5 | Yeah, welcome back guys. Good to have your ears again. |
| 0:22.7 | This time though, just to set the scene, despite people thinking that you fish all the time, |
| 0:28.2 | we are just sat next to a lake because sitting in the factory at certain times of the day, |
| 0:34.3 | especially when couriers are in and out and forklifts are moving and it doesn't really give that peaceful podcast environment, Mark, does it? No, no, that's right. So we've decided to literally drive a stone's throw away from Batwarks HQ. We're kind of lucky in that respect. You know, Batakworks is smack bang in the middle of the Cotswold Water Park. And we've decided just to pitch up and sit next to some water. |
| 0:55.1 | We have and what a lot. |
| 0:56.3 | No rods. |
| 0:56.9 | No rods unfortunately and that's only because we've we're not long got back from a trip |
| 1:02.4 | ourselves have we? |
| 1:03.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:03.6 | So we're a little bit fished out at the moment but yeah we're sitting next to a rod. |
| 1:07.4 | We've got birds you can hopefully hear that in the background. |
| 1:10.0 | Yeah, lovely, southerly wind. Oh, this is a Wesley actually today. |
| 1:13.8 | I'm just going to sort your microphone out, Mark. |
| 1:15.2 | Oh, there we go. |
| 1:15.8 | Pointing in the wrong direction. |
| 1:16.8 | There we go. There we go. |
| 1:18.0 | There we go. |
| 1:18.4 | Got a lovely Westerly that's come in. |
| 1:20.2 | That looks absolutely stunning. I wish I did have a rod, to be fair. Yeah. It looks good for a bite, but as I said, we just come back from a trip, haven't we? So, which we'll get onto. We'll get onto that. But for now, yeah, this is a lovely, lovely place to do the podcast. And do you know what, Mark, actually, for, for a change, we're sat next to a bit of water that actually has some water in it. It's been pretty dire over the last month or two. |
| 1:44.9 | Well, actually this year. |
| 1:45.9 | Yeah. |
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