Young angler Chrissie Wiggins has started using the new Tungsten Loaded hooklink recently and enjoying some excellent action, well done Chrissie! ‘I went for a quick 24 session at my local club water after finding a few fish showing not far out I quickly got into the swim before someone else jumped in there. Once in the swim got the rods out fast as I could. I flicked two multi […]

Jo Green caught another massive haul of big carp on here annual trip to sunny Morocco, including a couple of the huge venue’s elusive mirrors, good angling Jo! ‘I had been looking forward to my 5th annual winter trip to Lac Bin el Ouidane in Morocco for months and couldn’t wait to get there and start fishing. The stock consists of 85 percent commons and 15 percent mirrors, hence the […]

Dutch angler Hans Moolenaar followed up his successful trip to Italy back in November with a sortee just across the border into Germany and had a brilliant result, well done Hans! ‘Following on from the ‘Italian Job’ in November, with the weather still mild in mid-December I just knew I was going to get myself a carp. Hopefully a decent carp. Being all alone at the water is one of […]

West Midlands based Tom Fellows has been in touch with news of a nice haul of fish from a local park lake over the Christmas break, including the lakes big common… ‘With such mild weather and a busy schedule at work the Christmas break was long due. I was itching to get the rods out so a couple of nights over new year was the plan for myself and Glenn […]

As we embark on 2016 I have decided to look back and reflect on my 2015 angling. As always I really wanted to find a special water and get my teeth stuck into it but with my work schedule I just couldn’t justify the cost of a ticket and therefore 2015 would be spent flicking between day ticket lakes and focusing on the BCAC competition. Spring My year started off […]

Carpology have an in-depth look at E-S-P Tungsten Loaded in the January issue…

Hans Moolenaar and Arend Termorshuizen went to a hard venue in Italy before Christmas to fish for some beautiful Italian carp. It is a venue that is fished all around the year, so the carp are pressured and are difficult to catch. Not only to fish, but also to enjoy the natural surroundings of the lake. We started to fish our rods spread over the swims at depths between 8-12 […]

Terry Hearn enjoyed a cracking festive session last week culminating in seven carp including two forties! This continued his fine run of form on the southern syndicate where he has been taking full advantage of the unseasonably mild weather. Tel said of his latest session: ‘Conditions have been mega, had a good catch between Christmas and New Year, managed seven and lost one, best two the Floppy Lin at 44.10 […]

Southampton all rounder David Meek had given the carp slaying a rest recently, deciding to chase other species on his local rivers. However, due to the unseasonably mild weather, he dusted off the carp rods and got back amongst them straight away! ‘I had been messing about on the river for a few weeks. This enabled me to do some much needed socialisation at the weekends. On one of these […]

Another new product which has just hit the shops is the  Paragon Plus landing net. This lightweight net features high modulus 42 inch carbon arms and a strong, rigid 6ft (1.8m) reverse taper handle. The ultra-light super strong spreader block creates a perfectly tensioned 36inch gape across the drawcord. The arms feature machined aluminium fittings and a deep, soft olive green mesh perfect for retaining carp in the margins. If […]