By: thebigcarphunter

thebigcarphunter — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:27:49 +0000

I guess it is the European thing Sam and as most of the anglers I meet are Europeans it makes life easier when discussing the weight of fish. One other thing to bear in mind is the English pound is different to the Dutch, German pound for example. In Italy they don’t even have pounds. As another example there are two Dutch pounds to one kilo so a twenty kilo carp is a forty pounder. To an English man, a twenty kilo carp is a forty four pounder because our pounds are slightly less in weight 2.2lbs = 1kg!! It can all get rather confusing so it makes life easier to use kilos to save any arguments! This almost sounds like a joke… but if you tell a German angler that you caught a 40lb carp…he will look at you smiling and probably say…yes, but only English pounds…not German pounds..because German pounds are heavier. An English forty would be the equivalent of a German 36.5lb’er…I think they sometimes think we just exaggerate our weights but we just use a different metric system.

My advice…use kilos…it saves lots of arguments, or learn to do quick conversions in your head as I have done and then you can use both!

Good luck on your trip mate…don’t think about it…Do it!

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:16:10 +0000

Hi,

Ive been reading the blog since the summer and read you on and off in carpworld! Keep up the good work!

Im in my final year at Uni and after i graduate may do some travelling, your blogs got me thinking about doing something similar, Ive got some cash and have thought about 6months on the continent! maybe visiting Cassien! It would definately be amazing!
I’d also like to ask why you weigh your prizes in KG over there? Is it just a european thing?

Thanks,
Sam

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