There is a glacial lake in Shropshire known as Fenemere. Oddly, because when I knew Fenemere it was rented to a carp fishery syndicate, and in the special inner world of carp fishing enthusiasts the names of lakes are usually changed to keep them secret. In 1951 a record-breaking carp was caught in a pond in Herefordshire not called Redmire Pool, but renamed Redmire by all the carp men to try to keep it secret. Because of this one fish, some English anglers became mad about carp, and wanted obsessively to know where this carp had been caught, hence the name not found on any map. The next year an even bigger fish, named Clarissa, weighing 44 lbs, was caught at ‘Redmire’ and taken away to London Zoo where it lived for another 20 years before being varnished and put in a glass case. The carp in Redmire were only put there in the first place to control the weeds, but the hooking of Clarissa set off a whole angling subculture.
Fenemere
Fenemere
Fenemere
There is a glacial lake in Shropshire known as Fenemere. Oddly, because when I knew Fenemere it was rented to a carp fishery syndicate, and in the special inner world of carp fishing enthusiasts the names of lakes are usually changed to keep them secret. In 1951 a record-breaking carp was caught in a pond in Herefordshire not called Redmire Pool, but renamed Redmire by all the carp men to try to keep it secret. Because of this one fish, some English anglers became mad about carp, and wanted obsessively to know where this carp had been caught, hence the name not found on any map. The next year an even bigger fish, named Clarissa, weighing 44 lbs, was caught at ‘Redmire’ and taken away to London Zoo where it lived for another 20 years before being varnished and put in a glass case. The carp in Redmire were only put there in the first place to control the weeds, but the hooking of Clarissa set off a whole angling subculture.