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MORPH RETURNS after World Carp Classic!

  MORPH RETURNS after World Carp Classic! The worst lucky mascot ever (so far) has officially risen from the now cold murky depths of Lac de Madine and has been spotted in the departure lounge of  Heathrow awaiting a flight to Nairobi Kenya. Rumour has it that his final destination is Watamu on the balmy [...]

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JRC/Shakespeare sponsor Suffolk Water Park

JRC/Shakespeare sponsor Suffolk Water Park   I went along to meet Mark Harrison of Suffolk Water Park recently to firm up our sponsorship of this fabulous complex of lakes.  I first visited this venue about 5 years ago with Dave Lane and Nigel Sharp, and I seem to recall Laney fluking a carp out yet [...]

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World Carp Classic – Results and Odd bits

Sunny last day…….   Results Jan Mertens and Heiko Bruning (Tean JRC) with their Section Prizes The one above was a big surprize – Rob and myself did not catch (as you know we tried our best) but the others in our team did and we finished up as third team and won a great prize [...]

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World Carp Classic – I think it is over – It is now!

  Robb waiting to come back home…. My alarm sounded off at 6.15 this morning (not his bite alarm! TG) a full 45minutes ahead of the end of the 2011 World Carp Classic, in the hope that I might get lucky and spot a carp over my baits. However this was not to be, and [...]

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World Carp Classic – Morph's Last Stand…….

  Morph’s last stand Saturday Afternoon Blog……. Last night past uneventfully again apart from Randy taking some great photos of JRC Team UK in the moonlight over Lac de Madine. We were messing around for a couple of hours with the camera settings but it produced some good results which we will use for future [...]

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World Carp Classic – Sunday 8.00am 11/09

Just checked the catch list up until late last night and it would appear our boys in Madine have struggled on without a fish. Still have the overnight catches to record so fingers crossed for them. I did message Stewart yesterday saying it is not over until the fat lady sings and that she was [...]

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World Carp Classic – Saturday 10th September Update

Lake Madine becalmed……. Waiting for the lastest updates from the shores of Lac Madine but this is the latest from Stewart yesterday evening. All change! This morning started with only a fine breakfast and no carp photos to accompany it, as we had hoped for when we retired to our bivvies last night! Rob has [...]

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World Carp Classic – Update

  Confused mascot with boilies in both hands!  Randy Muts – Diary Blog of the Life of a Bank Runner….. After a bacon sandwich and getting the rods back out, I went on a little stroll around the island to see my friend Ardi Veltcamp plus I intended to call in on Jason and Frank. [...]

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World Carp Classic – Friday Morning Update……….

 Looking at the overnight catches our boys are still waiting for their first fish. They are not alone in that the fish appear to be really concentrated in small areas. The German team across the lake from Rob and Stewart now have a comfortable lead following the disqualification of the Romanian team in section PVTV [...]

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World Carp Classic – Breaking News!

Round 2! Good day Madine!  Well we had another fish less night but have re-baited and re-positioned our rods in the same spots as there are still plenty of fish near our markers, and some of them have to be carp, and big ones at that. Either that or catfish! Only time will tell. We [...]

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