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Police hand out advice to anglers to combat latest wave of tackle robberies. Following a spate of tackle thefts across the country one of the UK's busiest day-ticket carp waters has taken steps to educate anglers in protecting their kit. The staff at Oxfordshire’s Richworth Linear Fisheries, which has suffered from a number of thefts in recent months, have joined forces with Thames Valley Police to provide advice on such areas as micro-dotting tackle, as well as the basics on preventing the theft of valuable items in the first place. Although already operating tight security with patrols running on-site throughout the night, Linear’s head bailiff Roy Parsons told Total Carp he’s pleased to see the police at the venue giving anglers the advice they need to make sure their tackle is as safe as it can be.

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This week I’ve been out on the bank fairly regularly, but about half the time has been spent wetting a line, other than my marker rod. I’m undertaking a season long campaign on one of my local rivers so a lot of time has been spent rambo’ing about looking for carp, interrogating the seemingly tight lipped pleasure anglers, finding spots, and probably most importantly for this type of fishing, baiting them up. The rower’s certainly aren’t helping, they’re a bit of a nuisance, and some appear intent on being extremely ignorant and rude towards anglers, but at least they all go in at night. On the plus side it’s all coming together nicely so I’m confident I’ll get a result soon.

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