How I became a Carp addict
Erschienen in: Arbeitsbuch: Peter Carp – Weltempfänger in Luzern, Oberhausen und in Freiburg (04/2025)
“For some men I admit the usefulness of skill and pertinacity; for myself, I take my stand entirely on luck. To the novice I would say: “Cultivate your luck. Prop it up with omens and signs of good purport.
Watch for magpies on your path. Form the habit of avoiding old women who squint. Throw salt over your left shoulder. Touch wood with the forefinger of your right hand whenever you are not doing anything else. Be on friendly terms with a black cat. Turn your money under the new moon. Walk round ladders. Don’t start on a Friday. Stir the materials for Christmas pudding and wish. Perform all other such rites as you know or hear of. These things are important in carpfishing.” Confessions of a Carp Fisher by “BB”, page 28
