The Next Year!! Well there goes another year!! I think it is safe to say that 2012 has been the end of the world!! Well ok… not quite, but I think there are times in my fishing that it seems to have been going that way! We would all agree if questioned that this [...]
Only the hardcore left!
Well its that time of year again, the ground is white and the temperatures have hit freezing. Its also blatently obvious that a majority of carp fisherman have hung up their rods for the year and are enjoying Saturday night tv with the missus. So I guess the question is why?? There is a popular [...]
Carp Angling, My take on things!
One of the things I am commonly asked for hints and tips to help people catch carp. Often crazy questions like what bait works best and what rig should I be using? I find these questions a sure fire sign of people not really thinking about their angling or are so tied up in what [...]
Carp Baits
One of the things deemed very important by carp anglers is what bait to use. I am going to run through the various options of boilies and why people choose them in a hope to break down some of the myths and complexities that surround this subject. Carp bait is generally now termed as boilies [...]
Una Experiencia Española (A Spanish Experience)
So we lost the French virginity in 2008 and the discussions were under way pretty soon after getting back to the UK about what can we do next year? Hoops and I had a thrash around the internet and we agreed on a trip out to Angel Lakes for 2009. The ’Snags on Tour’ team [...]
Confessions of a Carp Angler – In the Beginning
So where did it all begin………..? I guess like most middle aged guys, my love affair with carp fishing started at a much younger age when happiness was sitting on the bank with a ‘ledger rod’ out, and a washing up liquid bottle top as a bobbin. Expensive bait was Tesco’s Finest sausage meat and [...]
Carping in Foreign Fields
So, somebody made the suggestion of trying French Carp fishing. Where do we go? Which lake’s best? What time of year is best? What’s the best way to travel – fly or drive? What fishing tackle do we need? All questions very relevant to a French fishing virgin…! We came to the conclusion in 2008 [...]
Carp Fishing 2012
Well 2012 is upon us, the year of the doomsday? So in that case were gonna have to fish hard to achieve our goals this year! What are people’s plans? Is it a new target fish or just a new lake filled with a few good uns? Maybe a new pb or maybe just to [...]
Fishing Tackle
There is a lot of choice in today’s fishing tackle market with many companies offering similar products for the same purpose. Many of these have been born out of frustration with other companies products design flaws, although many of them work well, anglers always have there own opinions on how things should be. The end [...]
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