Many
people all over the world enjoy fishing. Catching fish is very thrilling and most anglers dream of catching
very large fish. In Britain, there was a legendary big carp that every angler was
dying to catch. Aren¡¯t you curious to know what was so special about
the fish? Then, keep reading!
The big carp¡¯s nickname was ¡°Two Tone¡± because of its color. It
weighed 31 kilograms. In fact, it was Britain¡¯s
biggest freshwater fish! Two Tone
has been admired by anglers for a long time in Britain. Catching the
fish was very hard. The fish was only caught once or twice a year.
Some anglers even spent up to 15 years trying to
catch it without success.
An angler
named Lee Jackson even wrote a book about the fish called Just for the Record: My Quest
for Two Tone. Jackson went fishing every week to try to catch Two
Tone. It took him six years to finally catch the legendary fish. ¡°Two
Tone is a uniquecreature. There¡¯s no other
fish that has ever grown to that size in this country. It was the
fish that everyone wanted to catch,¡± he said.
Sadly, no one will be able to catch Two Tone
anymore. On August 17, the huge carp was found dead
on Conningbrook Lake in England where it lived. It was believed to
be about 45 years old. People think that it died from old age. Many
anglers are saddened by the news. Two Tone was buried beside Conningbrook
Lake last week with a plaque to mark the grave. Even though it is dead, it
will be remembered as the biggest
carp in Britain. Rest in peace, Two Tone!