The Carp-Talk Carp Fishing Hall of Fame
No-one boasts the archives of carping literature like Carp-Talk. In our much talked about ‘bunker archives’, we’ve catches and books dating back several centuries, thanks mainly to the efforts and hoarding abilities of our world famous historian Kevin Clifford. The prestigious Carp-Talk Hall of Fame was introduced in December 2007 as a means of acknowledging outstanding contributions to UK carp angling. Inductions happen twice a year, with presentations taking place on stage at the Carpin’ On show held at Five Lakes, Essex. Everyone wants to be in it, and here’s a look at the ones who have made it so far:
One of the most celebrated carp anglers of modern times through his fluid and stylish writing prowess, photographic skills and of course his catches. Chris broke Dick Walker’s long-held carp record of 44lb on opening day 16th June 1980 with a Redmire mirror of 51½lb. In fact, he’d nearly broken Walker’s record some seven years earlier with a common of 43lb 13½oz, also at Redmire.
Peter started carp fishing in the mid 1940s, but really came to the fore in the 1970s and 1980s. He founded (with the late Eric Hodson) the influential British Carp Study Group in 1969 and a little later in 1974 the successful Carp Anglers’ Association.
A major influence in the modern pursuit of carp fishing is the remarkable Jim Gibbinson. His writing output alone published through dozens of articles and features in the weekly fishing press and monthly periodicals is staggering and budding carp anglers from the late 1960s to the present day have benefitted from Jim’s wise words. On top of this you have his unprecedented five carp only books spanning over 45 years.
Here is someone who changed the face of carp fishing through his massive writing output, his publishing genius and of course his quite amazing world-wide catches.
A quite extraordinary angler and major influence in the sport for the last 35 years through his catches and writings. Rod pioneered the use of particle or mass baits for carp fishing in the early 1970s, he also realised the importance of highly nutritional boiled baits.
If you were involved in carp fishing during the late 60s and early 70s then you would have hung on every word Jack Hilton wrote. Jack was someone who was at the top of his game during this period and thankfully, he wrote about much of his fishing in periodicals as well and both regular columns in the Angler's Mail and later Angling Times, besides several notable books, the best known being Quest for Carp. It was only the biggest that interested Jack and in 1968, after tasting success the previous summer with the largest reported carp of the season, went on to become head (until 1975) of a syndicate that would control the fishing at Redmire for the next 15 years.
One of the classics in angling literature is a book first published in 1953; Drop me a Line by Richard Walker & Maurice Ingham. The book is actually a collection of letters that passed between these two gentlemen in the early 1950s. It started by Maurice asking about purpose-made carp tackle as described by Richard Walker in a number of articles he wrote for the long defunct Fishing Gazette magazine.
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A History of Carp Fishing Revisited
This angling masterpiece has been fully updated from the 1992 original, now extending to 367 pages, with hundreds of new illustrations and photos. The author has devoted countless hours researching every nook and cranny of carp fishing’s long history to produce what is undoubtedly one of the greatest angling books of our time. Available here
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