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REDMIRE POOL
The unearthing of a small, almost insignificant reach of stillwater, initially stumbled upon by anglers who fished in the Ross-on-Wye district of Gloucestershire was to bear much fruit.  Angling in the early 1950s was only just starting to recover from the war years, and not unreasonably most people just wanted to catch anything, let alone a carp which had a formidable reputation of taking a lifetime to grow big and if you ever unlucky enough to find yourself attached to one… well it was goodbye to hook, float and several yards of line.

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