Hook Lake | Tom Stokes | S2: Ep.9
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The picturesque Hook Lake nestled in a fold in the Hertfordshire countryside is a throwback to a distant time when carp fish was very different. When we managed to secure a few days fishing for Tom Stokes, on his own at the little estate lake, we couldn’t have quite foreseen just how dramatically things would take a turn for the worse! Watch as Stokesy tests his mettle against the craftiest carp we’ve run into for a long time!
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