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T&G speaks to Martin Locke, owner and instigator of Solar Tackle and very much the ‘Lucky Man’ still going strong...


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f it were all to end tomorrow Martin Locke, owner of Solar Tackle would admit that he has enjoyed himself. “It’s never been about the money,” he says with a wry smile on his face. “It’s been about being able to do what I want, when I want.”


Many would argue this somewhat 1 Martin Locke


relaxed attitude towards business prevented the down-to-earth Martin gaining the multi millionaire status that others within the carp fraternity can now claim. But there are no regrets for the


man from Kent who still enjoys being 50 | Tackle & Guns | February 2018


‘one of the lads’ and ensures that his life experiences and memories far exceed anything that comes through his ‘day job’.


He is, by his own admission a


reluctant businessman, but despite this he is now celebrating 30 years within the angling industry – a feat not to be sniffed out considering the many challenges along the way. The seedlings for Solar Tackle (the name came from the pirate Solar radio station, home to the House music that Martin loved) started a few years before 1987 on Brooklands


Lake in Dartford which Martin describes as being ‘always really busy and full of ‘erberts because of its location from London.’ It was at Brooklands where he caught his first carp. “I knew I was going to catch one, it was going to be my day. I fished in a little tree in the A2 Lake and I remember catching this fish – I didn’t know what was going on – running around like a headless chicken. A fourteen pounder. I was so pleased, I wanted to tell the world, run down Dartford High Street and tell everyone I’d caught a whoppa!”


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