17 May 2021

Wild Carp Trust chair of trustees Fennel Hudson has written an article about the formation and goals of the Wild Carp Trust. It has been published in the highly prestigious Flyfishers’ Journal, the publication of The Flyfishers’ Club of London.

Entitled ‘Saving our Oldest Carp’, the article tells how and why the Wild Carp Trust has generated so much momentum and support during the past year.

Fennel says, “Huge thanks to Theo Pike, editor of the Flyfishers’ Journal, for supporting the Wild Carp Trust since its inception and allowing our ‘noble cause’ such prominence in what is probably the most prestigious publication in fly fishing. This, of course, gave me licence to have some fun at the start of the article, prodding the elitism and historic rifts between fly and coarse (bait) fishers. And, of course, there’s a perceived stereotype associated with carp anglers, of heavy-handed tackle and mountains of gear, which doesn’t sit comfortably with the genteel nature of fly fishing. But when it comes to wild and feral carp, the stereotype doesn’t apply. The fish are small and can be fished for with lighter tackle – even fly gear – and so I was able to find common ground in the article before introducing the conservation goals of the Wild Carp Trust.”