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A Carp Anglers Year Part ten

After last week's successful trip I decided to follow it up with another 48 hours. More than anything I wanted to ensure that if the carp were to feed at night then I would be there for it because often in Autumn this is what happens. I also wanted to continue to see if heavy baiting was the way ahead because this obviously...

After last week's successful trip I decided to follow it up with another 48 hours. More than anything I wanted to ensure that if the carp we...

That distinctive red colour

Here's a bait tip for you if you're looking for an alternative to Robin Red. Robin Red is a bird food supplement to colour up bird plumage. It's made up of a number of ingredients to do with: plumage colour, palatability and manufacturing. Most of the ingredients in my opinion are not needed as they are either already in ...

Here's a bait tip for you if you're looking for an alternative to Robin Red. Robin Red is a bird food supplement to colour up bird plumage....

A Carp Anglers Year Part nine

It was midnight when I sat back down, I had been there 13 hours and caught three fish, I had used up 4 of the eight kilos of bait I had bought with me for a 48 hour session. I didn't think for one moment that all the bait had been eaten in fact I was sure that all that bait had pulled them in, but to get three fish in such...

It was midnight when I sat back down, I had been there 13 hours and caught three fish, I had used up 4 of the eight kilos of bait I had boug...

When it all comes good

It's 2008 and I'm in my second year filming my sessions, already I seem to be more comfortable with the camera and I'm certainly comfortable with fishing the Woolpacks lake 3. 2008 was my last year on lake 3, I had joined six years earlier in 2002 after graduating from university. It was somewhere I had known about since 19...

It's 2008 and I'm in my second year filming my sessions, already I seem to be more comfortable with the camera and I'm certainly comfortable...

Watching the sun go down

It's been a week since my family and I went into Isolation, just writing that makes it all sound weird but it's normality, COVID-19. All my work dried up ten days ago because of the pandemic so since then I've been concentrating on the films and all the footage I have. But today with a lockdown all over the country looking ...

It's been a week since my family and I went into Isolation, just writing that makes it all sound weird but it's normality, COVID-19. All my ...

A Carp Anglers Year Part eight

Since the beginning of August when I first secured a ticket for Cawcutts lake I've been doing short targeted sessions three or four times a week. Some sessions were spent in just one area and others spent moving around, as much as anything it's a fast way to get to know a lake. Luckily for me I have managed to pick up a few...

Since the beginning of August when I first secured a ticket for Cawcutts lake I've been doing short targeted sessions three or four times a ...

A Carp Anglers Year Part seven

It's my third week on Embryo anglings Cawcutts lake and another three day sessions. This week I concentrate on three swims on the main lake. The Pump & Busway 2 on the north bank and Arbury corner at the far end of the eastern corner. The weather although changeable is mostly sunny but a good wind on the lake helps negate t...

It's my third week on Embryo anglings Cawcutts lake and another three day sessions. This week I concentrate on three swims on the main lake....

A Carp Anglers Year - A bit special

I've fished all sorts of places in the last 40 years carp fishing but this is a first for me....

I've fished all sorts of places in the last 40 years carp fishing but this is a first for me.

A Carp Anglers Year Part six

Having spent the first three sessions moving around the lake getting to know the place I decide to spend the next few in just one swim. For various reasons I decided to continue with day session fishing but since it's a busy fishery getting into a swim on consecutive days could be a problem. So I identified a few swims that...

Having spent the first three sessions moving around the lake getting to know the place I decide to spend the next few in just one swim. For ...

Blank in style

I'm off tomorrow so I'm out with the camera and roving around looking for a place to fish mon-tue-wed (holiday!). Not sure of the fettle of the river but a bit of spate is always a good thing with some colour. Cawcutts of course and any of my local ponds.Todds? never an easy option in winter but it does contain some lovely ...

I'm off tomorrow so I'm out with the camera and roving around looking for a place to fish mon-tue-wed (holiday!). Not sure of the fettle of ...

Searching out morsels

At this time of year even on waters that have a high stocking, when the carp are not feeding as hard, it can be difficult to tempt them with just a few boilies or a stick. It doesn't give off much sent and you'd probably have to be close up to it to spot it. Trouble is if you pile the bait in you'll just overfeed them and t...

At this time of year even on waters that have a high stocking, when the carp are not feeding as hard, it can be difficult to tempt them with...

A Carp Anglers Year - Part five

After spending the spring on the Gault lake and the summer on the River Ouse, Autumn saw me on a local pond known as Cawcutts lake. It was dug in the late 1970's as an irrigation lake for the local fruit farm Chivers, who owned the site on Cawcutts farm. In the mid 1980's it was stocked with carp by a local club, which is ...

After spending the spring on the Gault lake and the summer on the River Ouse, Autumn saw me on a local pond known as Cawcutts lake. It was ...

A Carp Anglers Year - Part four

When you go out to fish anywhere like the river Great Ouse and you want to be successful you can't do it in a half-hearted way. You must be consumed by it and willing to make the sacrifices needed to succeed. And when you are successful you need to keep it to yourself, at least for a while. There are many fine anglers out ...

When you go out to fish anywhere like the river Great Ouse and you want to be successful you can't do it in a half-hearted way. You must be ...

A Carp Anglers Year Part three

I did a lot of sessions on the Gault lake early on in the spring but by the beginning of June I like many others had pulled off. The Carp had mostly migrated out of the lake and into the river Great Ouse but we couldn't fish for them because of the close season. I had two-three weeks to go before my quest for a Great Ouse ...

I did a lot of sessions on the Gault lake early on in the spring but by the beginning of June I like many others had pulled off. The Carp ha...

A little more filming

I realised many years ago that going out onto the river with the camera instead of the rods could often provide me with more information than when I'm out fishing. The reason for this is simple, I'm not carrying loads of kit and I can cover far more ground. On rivers this is essential, especially in the early stages. The pr...

I realised many years ago that going out onto the river with the camera instead of the rods could often provide me with more information tha...

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Retro Baits

Retro Baits represents everything you could want in a bait company, run by an experienced carp angler who has an in-depth knowledge and a passion for producing the best bait, based on natural balanced ingredients, that are good for the carp, the environment and results
These are the two baits that I am currently using in my fishing, Shropshire Gold & Crazy Nut, and as a Retro Baits consultant I am able to bring my patrons a nice discount
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Shropshire Gold

Boilies

Three of the most effective fishmeals you can get, balanced with GLM, Krill and two of the most effective feeding stimulants on the European market
Available in freezer bait only as it contains active ingredients

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Hookbaits

Matching hookbaits that have exactly the same stimulants and attractors as the bait
The Popups are super buoyant, the wafters come in Dumbbell and the Hard Hookers last forever
All Retro's hookbaits are hand rolled to ensure a perfect finish

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Crazy Nut

Boilies

This is a Nut/Milk/Birdfood blend using high quality liquid attractors to enhance the bait. With added vitamins/minerals it can be used all year round
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Hookbaits

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Bait Soak

Retro bait soak is based upon the glugs but just a little thinner which makes it perfect for soaking hookbaits, boilies, pellets, particles, or adding to a spod/stick mix
Thicker glugs need thinning with water to get the take up but this is used neat, straight from the bottle and is designed to be quickly & fully absorbed by the bait
Comes in a heavy duty bottle with enough for multiple soaks

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Sweet Shop Popups

Retro's Sweet Shop pop-up range comes in six classic flavours and a mix of five colours in each pot giving you plenty of scope for an edge
White, Pink, Yellow, Orange & Red
They are super buoyant and are great as toppers in the 12mm size for snowmen rigs/spinner rigs
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