ROYSTON REVEALED
ROYSTON REVEALED
Serious investment, 18 months of hard graft and hundreds of quality carp – just a few of the ingredients behind the development of the new Nashlakes Royston Complex in Cambridgeshire. It’s day ticket carping – but better!
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evin Nash is no newcomer to developing fisheries, the remarkable journey creating the Copse and Church Lakes from a blank canvas are testament to his desire to do everything to the highest possible standard. Now the Nashlakes project aims to bring the same fishery excellence to all. Kevin's motivation comes from a no nonsense assessment of the UK carp fisheries industry: "The want to create a day ticket fishery came from a very simple realisation that although there are a million lakes and commercials littered with singles, doubles and an odd fish that once a upon a time went 30 there comes a point when enough is enough and you don't want to keep catching a dozen ten-pounders on a Saturday," Kevin said. "Of course you can then access club waters and you might be lucky enough to be fishing for old fish or history fish but club venues generally aren't managed and developed as well as some would like, especially if you are
coming from a commercial with a cafe, and facilities like a tackle shop and toilets," he continued. "Then there's syndicates and you have to have the money and people often don't have five or six hundred pounds to put down for a ticket. Plus, unless you're really dedicated you might only go a handful of times per year but people still want to catch good fish. "The Nashlakes project was as simple as asking where can you go and catch 20s and be in with a good chance of 30s. There are places that fit the bill of course - Farlows, Linear, Airfield Lakes and Bayeswater, and they are really busy and it shows what people are looking for. "We're never going to be there straight away but in two years people will be catching mostly 20s and there will be numbers of 30s rather than a handful. It's a stepping stone, and there's a clear gap in the market for where we're going."
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