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Moorlands Silver Fish League
Groundbait, joker and bloodworm are all banned in the Moorlands Farm silver fish only league which kicks off on November 11th. Matches take place on Meadow and Bank Pools at the Hartlebury complex, and the six match series costs only £20 to enter, with £20 pools to pay on the day. Organiser Mal Watson is […]
Maples And Peanuts
Tares, maples and peanuts are quite different in size, weight and texture and each is suited to different ways of feeding. TaresThe small, light tares are not suited to catapulting and should be fed either inside PVA bags or in a spod. Tares are ideal for mixing with groundbait. Tares should be dried a little […]
Stalking With Simon Scott
Simon Scott goes stalking for a day – revealing the tackle and tactics you’ll need to find and catch carp that are feeding in the edge…Stalking is one of the most exciting ways of catching carp. Just picture the scene for a minute. It’s a warm afternoon in June and you’ve found a big old […]
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September 2007 rod licence prosecutions
Nearly 400 anglers found themselves in front of the courts in September for fishing without a valid rod licence, incurring more than £53,000 in fines and costs. One angler received a caution.“Our enforcement officers target rivers, lakes and other waters where we believe cheats are present,” confirmed Environment Agency Head of Fisheries Dafydd Evans. “Our […]
Caught on Camera
Experts from the Environment Agency are making use of CCTV technology in a bid to monitor migrating fish numbers in a Cambridgeshire river. At Dog in a Doublet Fish pass on the River Nene near Peterborough, fisheries staff have mounted a small digital camera underwater, which monitors all the fish travelling through the pass. The […]
Spods
Chris’s Spod Guide Gardner Marker Particle Bullet Gardner Bait Rocket Gardner Pocket Rocket Gardner Pocket Rocket XL Gardner Pocket Rocket This miniature spod is ideal for casting out small amounts of bait accurately at short to medium range. The Pocket Rocket can actually be used with a standard carp rod of 2.75lb test […]
20 Tips With PVA
PVA bags continue to be popular with today’s carp angler, but did you know there are many other uses for PVA other than just tying on a bag and chucking it out? We’ve got 20 of these uses for you, right here… TIP ONEMasking The Hook Point.1This is a nice easy one – fold a […]
Rod Pods
The Advanced Carp Fishing Tackle Team takes a look at the best rod pods on the market. Rod Pods THERE are trends in angling and pods and bank sticks often feature among them. Many people prefer single bank sticks or even a goalpost-style set-up, but when you are faced with angling from hard banks or […]
The Frank Warwick Peanut Pop-Up Rig
Chris Berry explains how sets up to fish with popped up peanuts Chris ties a rig ring onto some braid with a hair loop in the end. A knotless knot is then tied with the ring on the shank of the hook. Chris then threads on the first half of his peanut hook bait. A […]
Traditional Controller Rig
Jason Cann shows how to tie a simple surface controller rig for non-pressured or commercial waters. FOR carp that aren’t too pressured, this standard controller rig is well worth trying. The advantage of it includes the fact that the float is easily visible, letting you know exactly where your hook bait is. Also, the Gold […]
Emergency Controller Rig
Jason Cann shows how to tie a surface rig when you don’t have a controller float with you… ALTHOUGH I fish on the top more than most, there has been the odd occasion in the past when I have been by the side of the lake watching carp have it off the top, only I […]
Drift Wood Controller
Jason Cann shows how he ties his close range drift wood surface set-up. THIS is a close-range, surface rig for stalking carp under the rod tips off the top. You can’t cast this very far as the controller is made from lightweight floating putty that, when moulded around your hook link swivel, looks exactly like […]
The Flatliner Controller Rig
Jason Cann’s favourite rig for surface fishing at 50-80 yards. THIS is the rig I’ll use most of the time when fishing for surface-feeding carp anywhere between five and 80 yards out. I use the Gardner Flatliner Controller with it, a float that’s excellent because it casts a long way and also lies flat on […]
Bubble Float Rig
Jason Cann shows how he sets up his bubble float rig when fishing for cautious carp. THIS is a fabulous set-up to use on waters where the carp have been totally slayed on Mixers and are ultra-cautious of taking a surface bait near a standard controller float. The bubble float is difficult for the carp […]
Simple Rigs Are Best
Fish lecturer Simon Scott travels to Roost Hole Lake to demonstrate why simple rigs are often best… SIMON Scott is one of the country’s leading authorities on fish. There are few people in the land that know more about fish and fish behaviour than he does! Whether you’re talking tope or trout, sea bass or […]
