“***I do not usually discuss or publish the weight of my catches, and, to be honest with you, the size of the carp I target does not matter to me a great deal. If I do weigh a carp, it’s more to do with the personal (and private) satisfaction I get when landing a target fish, or to enable me to monitor a specimen carp’s growth rate and health. I love the shape, colour and scaling of my carp, but, above all, the memory of the situation and circumstances under which I caught them.”