UNCUT Podcast #018: Captain Reed Turns River Disaster Into River Monster

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4.8 • 565 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this packed episode of the Thinking Tackle Podcast UNCUT, it's a busy studio as the lads return with a deep dive into recent trips, target fish talk, and some proper fishing laughs.

Fresh from France, Spooner and Dovey reflect on their last-minute switch to Laroussie for the annual Carpathon challenge, where they took on eight anglers in boiling hot conditions. Back in the UK, they head to Wrasbury for some short session fishing, while Adam Reed reveals the full story behind launching his new river campaign – a serious mission involving boat swaps, long drives, and plenty of graft… plus he catches one.

As always, there's a good mix of carp fishing insight and the kind of stories only an angler could tell – from close encounters with toads in bivvies, to thoughts on when to fish for target carp and how spawning affects the timing.

Standout moments include:

• The bonkers toad-in-the-bivvy story that left Spooner screaming in the dark

• Reed's dream river opener, landing a 29lb+ mirror after a marathon prep effort

• A frank chat about catching carp post-spawn – does size really matter?

• Spooner catching the same fish twice in one trip and what that says about luck in angling

• The team's go-to baiting strategies during summer heat and low-pressure conditions

• Some classic bankside chaos, from slugs and rats to boat mishaps and misjudged casts

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Thinking Tackle podcast Uncut.
0:03.2	It's a full house this week with all the lads.
0:05.5	Damo tells us about his target fish as he claps eyes on it for the first time.
0:09.3	We'll be catching up on my river exploits and Dovey and Spooner take on eight guys as they fancy themselves as the next Bonnie Blue.
0:16.4	Don't forget to like and subscribe so you know when the next podcast is live.
0:20.3	The Thinking Tackle Podcast. So now would have been there from the Saturday. We're going to give one to every person who catches a 50 pounder. Yeah, but I think we're quite, I watched the episode. It's very clear. You've said it a couple of times. That's why people are asking. That everyone that catches a 50 gets one? What are you landfow?
0:37.6	I don't think I did say that.
0:39.1	Did I say that?
0:40.0	Probably,
0:40.4	I'm not sure. Here we go. It's the fucking gas thing all over again. Why don't we start with that and then I'll clarify. Okay, but are you good for me to go? Right. Welcome everybody to the Thinking Tackle Uncut podcast. as you can see it's a full house house, which is lovely. And I am just going to start
0:55.2	with Spooners 50 Cup because obviously last episode we had our first winners. I believe we've got
1:01.6	another winner, but John is currently in the air flying back from New York and he does all the
1:06.4	emails. So he will get that information when he's back from New York. And in the next episode,
1:44.1	we'll roll it all into one. So someone's caught one between the last episode and this and vice versa, we'll do them all in one go. And we're sorry if really keeps lying about everyone that catches a 50 gets one of them because that's not the case. Sorry about that. Let me just clarify. Do you know what? I'm going to clarify it now just because Dame would be happy then. So what we're doing, we're giving away one cup every episode if someone catches a 50-pounder and we will have a, we will choose between us, which one we think is. If someone catches the right 50-pounder. We will choose the best one and we will give that person a cut. Obviously we did give two away on the first one just as a little bit of a well done to the guy that had two in one session but from now on we
1:48.1	will be giving away one every episode yeah good yeah super clear now no more lying so everyone
1:55.9	gets one so if you want one drops an email and dameau will order a load more, and he'll send them in.
2:02.5	Right, let's get started. Let's have a little round-off of what everyone's been up to, because you two have been back in France.
2:08.1	Yeah, we have. We did a, every year we do a carpathon Spooner and Dovet, sorry, Dovey and Spooner versus where we attempt to we take take on eight guys we said it sounds
2:21.0	like a bonny blue video so yeah we've been out in france been to a lake called la rusey and also
2:28.1	is it was it old oaks the lake across the road so two lakes involved, I'm still thinking about the Bonnie Blue thing.
2:36.3	We were doing the opener to the show and we was like me and Spooner take on 10 guys
2:41.6	sounds like a Bonnie Blue video.
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