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Korda - The Thinking Tackle Podcast

UNCUT Podcast #042: Can Pecky still do it?

Korda - The Thinking Tackle Podcast

Korda Developments Ltd

Hobbies, Leisure

4.8565 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Big Carp catching machine, Darrell Peck joins Neil Spooner and Adam Reed on the UNCUT Podcast, fresh from an intense Spring campaign on one of the country's toughest venues - and the conversation quickly turns to whether he can still compete at the sharp end of modern UK carp fishing.

After spending years focused on European adventures, Pecky opens up about returning to the pressure, competition and commitment required to target some of the hardest carp in the country. From 35 nights out of 37 at Long Reach to close-range encounters with the Lord of the Manor, there's plenty to get stuck into.

🎧 In this episode:

  • Pecky’s 35-night Long Reach campaign and why he committed so heavily
  • Fishing a 30-carp lake where opportunities are few and far between
  • Range fishing at 180+ yards and making the most of tiny windows
  • The reality of competing against some of the best anglers in UK carp fishing
  • Catching Starburst at over 50lb and other Long Reach captures
  • Why solid bags are still massively underused
  • Spooner’s latest syndicate success and a new target fish
  • A quick trip to Bulgaria, plenty of bites, and an unexpected new fishing dog

Pecky speaks honestly about getting older, staying competitive, and whether he still has what it takes to keep up with the new generation of anglers. A proper insight into modern big carp fishing, campaign angling, and the mindset needed when the odds are stacked against you.📬 Want to join the Spooner’s 50 Club in 2026?Send your UK 50 entries to: spooners50@korda.co.uk

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Thinking Tackle Uncut podcast.

0:03.4

This week we've got Mr. Big Carp himself, Darrell Peck.

0:07.6

He's going to be telling us all about his recent campaigns

0:10.1

and we're going to be delving into the mindset of somebody that can sit behind the rods for up to three weeks.

0:16.3

We're also going to be looking at what Spoon has been up to.

0:19.0

So don't forget to like and subscribe so you know when the next podcast is live. The Thinking Tackle Podcast. 35, 40 acres maybe. And how many fish? 30. Wow. Well, hold on. Save it. We're going to talk about this now. Well, we're just trying to get us. Just trying to get us chatting, ready. Well, then I'll get us going. Welcome everybody to the Thinking Tackle Uncut podcast. And for those watching, you'll see we're a couple of men down. Tom decided to go on holiday yesterday afternoon. Of course he did. Great planning. Deva. So he's gone off with the family on holiday. Damos got some bits on. So we've drafted in Mr. Big Carp Darrell Peck. No, yeah. Unfortunately, we can't say that yet. Yeah, Pecky's joined us. He's obviously had a great spring. He was going to be coming on soon anyway, but we didn't think we'd get him on yet because he's supposed to still be somewhere fishing. But that got cut short, which we will talk about. But first of all, we're going to look at this week's Spooner's 50s. It was weird being here, by the way.

1:13.6

I bet it does.

1:14.2

Yeah.

1:14.7

Quite like, but that got cut short which we will talk about but first of all we're going to look at this week's spooners 50s it was weird being here by the way i bet it does yeah quite like the angle though yeah yeah it's quite nice you talk more than dameau it's not hard is it more back just saying hello and i'm in yeah that's true um sorry to say spooner they're continually clumping them and there's actually seven this week and I could have had more

1:27.9

seven yeah so don't worry if you have sent yours in it'll come up next week look at that for a variety

1:33.2

oh my this is going to be hard it's going to be hard right I'm going to go through them for you so the

1:37.0

first one we all know that is old mozzar with a big old scaly monster 55 pounds that one

1:43.6

i've got to say last time mozah caught a big scaly one, you wouldn't have to go for it afterwards. Yeah. Is that one a bit of you? I've someone's, Clive, Clive, what's it, Gibbons? Send me a picture that a while back. Yeah, I've seen it. I'd be interested in going there at some point for sure. But sometimes it's about time-winning, it might get a little bit bigger yet.

2:02.2

That's true.

2:02.8

I know the guy who runs it, Lee.

2:04.4

I've been to one of you. He's got like a complex of lakes now. He's got one called Jackie's Pool, where I went with a family years ago. It is beautiful. Is it? Yeah, that is a cool little lake as well. 55 is it?

2:14.4

55 pounds, yeah.

2:15.9

Cracking fish.

2:17.1

Sometimes we're scaly like that.

2:18.1

They don't look as big as what...

2:19.4

They don't look 55 pounds, yeah. Cracking fish. Sometimes we're scaly like that. They don't look as big as what they. They don't look 55 pounds, do they? That looks every bit of it. Absolutely massive. Yeah. Second one is a beautiful common from you'll recognize that one from Bluebell. 554. That is a hell of a car. That is a lovely car. It always blows me away when I see that one. that one. Tilly. Yeah, that's it. Yes, that is it.

2:34.8

That's for Archie. And then number three, that is from a Kent syndicate, Jason Gilbert, and that is 55 pound 10. And I have some months notes. Not just 50, yet mid 50s. Mid 50s now. They're getting bigger and bigger. Don't worry, by the way, we've got a cut of 60s this week. We're just doing the 50s first.

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