Kent angler Darren ‘Tinpot’ Norman enjoyed a proper result recently after a bit of a lean spell, well done Tinny! ‘The fishing has been tough lately on my syndicate and having nearly finished my nights I was just hoping for one last bite to finish off whats been an amazing season . Twenty four hours in a pre baited area produced nothing but the following morning I saw a large […]

Believe it or not a lot of my carp fishing is conducted with only one rod and by that I don’t mean stalking, but overnight sessions when most anglers reach for three rods immediately. In my experience more lines in the water does not mean more fish and two recent 36 hour sessions once again proved that to me when with only a single rod in a bid to keep […]

Hot on the heels of his Sutton treble last week, Alex West has been back and had another one in the shape of this lovely 33lb 14oz common. Here’s what happened: ‘I found some bubblers on the Sunday Afternoon in front of the high point, it had been raining most of the morning so I had a hunch fish would be in open water.   My Mate Spike turned up for […]

Belgian angler Brecht Ramon has been catching some nice fish from the River Ijzer in his home country recently. The setting is very distinctive in that where he was fishing is right next to some preserved trenches from the first world war. ‘I fished in the weekend a Belgium river The Ijzer. We fished next the Trenches of Death. It was a very important place in the war of 1914- […]

Dutch angler Rogier Smit got his autumn campaign off to a great start recently, employing the pre-baiting approach obviously worked, good angling Rogier! ‘I started early with pre baiting my syndicate this Autumn and as such I managed to get on the fish very quickly. I noticed that the carp where hungry and located them pretty quickly from watching their jumping and bubbling. As I started fishing in the late […]

Alex West enjoyed a very succesful trip to Sutton at Hone in Kent recently, bagging three of the lakes jewels, well done Alex! ‘After returning from catching my first Thames 30 on the Sunday morning i quickly got my tackle ready for a 3 day session and headed down to Sutton at hone that afternoon.   I arrived on the lake and after a quick walk i found some fish feeding […]

Alex Grice sent us this lovely piece on a recent dalliance with his local River Trent, thanks Alex! ‘It is the start of September, I’m currently sat by a lovely little lake in deepest Lincolnshire with the kettle on. The sun is gleaming across the overgrown pool as I begin to think about a recent session on my local stretch of river in Nottinghamshire.

This weekend saw the final of the British Carp Angling Championships on RK Leisure’s Wraysbury fishery. In what turned out to be a closely fought match with a nail biting finish, Kev Hewitt and partner Mark Bartlett triumphed! This was their 18th attempt at winning the competition and excellent swim preparation and a patient approach eventually paid off – even if it was a close run thing! Well done Kev […]

Terry Hearn has been continuing his pursuit of the biggun in the Berkshire syndicate and has been catching some really pretty fish along the way, including these two stunning upper twenty Linears from last week. Same rigs and tactics as before, Tungsten Loaded hooklinks, size 5 Cryogen Grippers and Leadcore to Syncro XT 18lb. Tel might well have his eye on that 60 pounder but when there are fish like […]

David Meek enjoyed another red letter session last weekend. In the process of testing some new ESP Cryogen hooks, Meeky notched up another eight carp including three 30’s. Over to the maestro: ‘I arrived at the ‘Fun Park’ early in the morning and sat in the car watching a portion of the lake in the dry. After seeing a couple of shows, I grabbed my jacket and coffee (it’s the […]