Very nice fish, Rog.
I've got one or two pics from an evening carping session a couple of weeks ago... will post 'em up a bit later. Nothing particularly big; just three hours of constant action with mirrors and commons ranging in size from 8lbs up to 20 lbs, with most in the 10-12lb bracket. Never experienced fishing like it, and don't suppose we ever will again. At the end of the session we were absolutely knackered. And god did my arms ache the next day!
Don't know if you're interested in sea fishing, Rog? If you are and you're free on 30th August I've got a spare space on a boat we've chartered for a day's bass fishing out of Brightlingsea (Essex coast). Always a cracking day out