Keith Wernham with the quality mirror carp he caught on light tackle at Appleton Reservoir VETERAN angler Keith Wernham would not have expected the day he had when he set up to fish. The 69-year-old showed his skills in how to play a carp on 4lbs mainline, a 2lbs hook-length, and size 18’s hook. Having set up on light tackle for much smaller fish, he was enjoying his session using a waggler in six feet of water, feeding caster with red maggot on the hook and catching roach. Then his float shot under and he struck into what was obviously not a roach.