Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
An anglers tale from the New River
It was Mr Brigg, using rod and line who finally landed the monster in October 1907.
For two years it had been glimpsed in the waters of the New River between Wood Green and Harringay and had became the stuff of legend to local anglers.
When finally Mr Brigg, after struggling for a full half hour, pulled it from the water, it was found to weigh 18lb and to be 2ft 6in long.
For Mr Brigg had succeeded where so many fisherman had failed and captured the New River's prize, a giant grey or lake trout. At the time, its weight was a record for a London water and amongst the biggest catches in England.
Mr Brigg's fame spread as far as New Zealand where the Dannevirke Advocate of Hawke Bay, reported the catch in their hunting section on October 22nd 1907
Mr Brigg was reported to have said, "...but you should have seen the one that got away"
For two years it had been glimpsed in the waters of the New River between Wood Green and Harringay and had became the stuff of legend to local anglers.
When finally Mr Brigg, after struggling for a full half hour, pulled it from the water, it was found to weigh 18lb and to be 2ft 6in long.
For Mr Brigg had succeeded where so many fisherman had failed and captured the New River's prize, a giant grey or lake trout. At the time, its weight was a record for a London water and amongst the biggest catches in England.
Mr Brigg's fame spread as far as New Zealand where the Dannevirke Advocate of Hawke Bay, reported the catch in their hunting section on October 22nd 1907
Mr Brigg was reported to have said, "...but you should have seen the one that got away"
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