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Bread & Butter Carping part five

The last episode of this series covering the last two sessions. I had been saying for some time that I needed to settle into a baiting routine to get the fish coming in more and with a few days at work coming up this seemed to be the ideal opportunity. ...

The last episode of this series covering the last two sessions. I had been saying for some time that I needed to settle into a baiting rout...

Bread & Butter Carping part four

It's the last week of May and my fifth session on my local pond where I am trying to catch some elusive commons. This week I explain the Semi-Fixed Running rig I use as well as talking about my plans for the coming season. For some time now I have been thinking of drastically changing tactics going from the long sessions i...

It's the last week of May and my fifth session on my local pond where I am trying to catch some elusive commons. This week I explain the Sem...

Even more prepared

I spent at least an hour or more of my six hour morning session today up a tree watching the carp and didn't put a rod in for the first few hours. Instead, I stayed up the tree to get a really good look at what was going on and as usual it was very revealing. Most of the time when we are sitting behind rods we cannot see w...

I spent at least an hour or more of my six hour morning session today up a tree watching the carp and didn't put a rod in for the first few ...

Bread & Butter Carping part three

With work over for another day the kit is packed and its off to my local pond for another short evening session trying to catch one it's elusive carp. With only about 9 possibly ten carp in it's three acres they will be difficult to track down but the sessions are building and the bait has now been going in regular....

With work over for another day the kit is packed and its off to my local pond for another short evening session trying to catch one it's elu...

A sense of seclusion

I have fished all eight of the lakes on the woolpack syndicates and I guess home is lake 3 as that's where I spent six years of my life. But of all the lakes it's lake eight that draws me and the one I enjoy fishing the most. It's probably because its very much like the gravel pits I used to fish back in the 1980's, places ...

I have fished all eight of the lakes on the woolpack syndicates and I guess home is lake 3 as that's where I spent six years of my life. But...

Never give up

I always think when i'm away that I should enjoy every moment because sooner or later i'll be at work wishing I was back there. However up until 10:30pm last night (when I had a mid double leather) I wasn't planning on returning to lake 8 as the tench were becoming more than just a nusience. Since first chucking out a bai...

I always think when i'm away that I should enjoy every moment because sooner or later i'll be at work wishing I was back there. However up u...

Autumn is coming

Another weeks work gone by and another successful short sunday session in the bag. Even though the sun was up bright and early the fish still fed, such is their appetite at this time of year. The four hours I spent there went by in a flash but incredibly I managed four fish, which included a brace of really hard fighting t...

Another weeks work gone by and another successful short sunday session in the bag. Even though the sun was up bright and early the fish sti...

A mornings fishing

It's not often I get out for a mornings fishing on a Sunday as I have always tried to avoid weekends preferring the quieter midweek. Sometimes you can't choose the day, but you can choose the water and today's session was spent on a quiet little water I have fished on and off for the last 16 years. This morning session sta...

It's not often I get out for a mornings fishing on a Sunday as I have always tried to avoid weekends preferring the quieter midweek. Sometim...

Bread & Butter Carping part two

It's my third session and I decide to get up early and do a morning session. There is no other time of day like the dawn and as anglers we get to see many. For me it's always too short and so making sure I am up early enough to enjoy every moment is essential. Easy enough when bivvied up by the lake but not so when your ...

It's my third session and I decide to get up early and do a morning session. There is no other time of day like the dawn and as anglers we ...

No boilie stop

Losing a fish can be heartbreaking, the worst of course is when the hook pulls at the last second. But there are also times just after picking up the rod, or midway through playing, when the line just mysteriously goes slack and you're left standing there stunned. Everytime this happens you question yourself, "what could I...

Losing a fish can be heartbreaking, the worst of course is when the hook pulls at the last second. But there are also times just after picki...

Solid Pva bags

I first started to use solid pva bags in 2004 whilst fishing the woolpacks lake 3. Being a mature gravel pit the bottom was littered with debris making presentation a haphazard affair. Even though I was on fish and using a proven bait I wasn't catching many and after a few tests dumping the rig in the margin I soon realised...

I first started to use solid pva bags in 2004 whilst fishing the woolpacks lake 3. Being a mature gravel pit the bottom was littered with de...

Bait making - The Recipes

I have been asked on a number of occasions to publish the recipes from the bait making film 'Bait making - Recipes' for easy reference, so here they are....

I have been asked on a number of occasions to publish the recipes from the bait making film 'Bait making - Recipes' for easy reference, so h...

Bread & Butter Carping part one

A mini series with all the usual ups & downs, thoughts, tips, tricks and natter. This is something I have wanted to do for a while as a small personal challenge but not only that I think it reflects much of the carping that goes on day to day by all of us that doesn't reach the front page....

A mini series with all the usual ups & downs, thoughts, tips, tricks and natter. This is something I have wanted to do for a while as a sma...

Bait application

In 1981 I learned a very valuable lesson about bait application which I have never forgotten. I was fishing a small 3 acre lake with a good head of carp and most days in the summer you could catch 3-6 fish off the top but it was always much harder to catch them off the bottom and when the winter came my results along with ...

In 1981 I learned a very valuable lesson about bait application which I have never forgotten. I was fishing a small 3 acre lake with a good...

Short session simplicity

If there is one thing I like it's short targeted sessions. With the minimum of kit its simplicity itself. The last few weeks has seen me taking trips to a local water of mine where I am trying to catch the four or five decent commons it has. The sessions have been mixed, three to five hours in the evenings or just an hour o...

If there is one thing I like it's short targeted sessions. With the minimum of kit its simplicity itself. The last few weeks has seen me tak...

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