The Demon Eye is set to be published early November 2012 The Carp world has been waiting a long time for Kevin Nash to put his story down on paper, Memoirs of a Carp Fisher starts when Kev was just a kid and follows his journey through the pioneering years of carp fishing up to …
Author: Craig Parkes
Tidal River System Carping: Success, often without understanding!
This article will look at the difficult task of fishing big tidal river systems in America, and the even more difficult task of trying to understand how they operate compared to the regular rivers and lakes found in Europe. Tidal rivers are linked to the water found in the coastal ocean systems, and the one …
One hell of a session! How new bait and tactics lead to fantastic results.
By Craig Parkes I have always believed that the more time spent on the bank the better. Not only because you obviously have more hours and chances to hook and land fish but because you will constantly learn from your failures, successes, blanks and pb’s. In fact, the session previous to this one ended in …
Theory vs Practice… Saxon 3.25 Hexalite Carp Rods Review
[With Dynamite field consultant and top British and now USA based carper Craig Parkes.] On the way back to New Jersey from a convention in Boston I’d arranged to meet up with Saxon Tackle owner and fellow Brit – Iain Sorrell. Over a cup of tea we chatted about all things carpy and I said …
Drop ‘Em – Lewis Read
Here’s a very informational article from our friends at Gardner by Lewis Read on the finer points of lead clip discharge. Drop ‘em! Getting rid of the lead during a fight is often critical; it can mean the difference between landing a prize fish or a blank session…a good day or a bad …
BCT December ’12 Raffle
We’ve just posted the raffle on our youtube page and would like to congratulate the owner of a brand new Nash Double Top Extreme 1 Man Bivvy, Stuart Roffe! [youtube]blT2R8PUVwM[/youtube] We’d like to thank Nash Tackle for the sponsor and would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.
More Kryston Rigs
Here’s more of those awesome bits of information from Kryston Hooklinks. Kryston Mantis Kryston Quicksilver Kryston Snake-Bite Feel free to print these out to use with your BCT Kryston Hooklink Samplers.
Kryston Rigs
In light of the Holiday Season we’d like to put up a PDF of Kryston Rigs that work well with the Jackal Hooklink. We hope everyone enjoys these beauties. Kryston Jackal Insert Feel free to print it out and use it with your BCT Sampler portion of Kryston Jackal Hooklink.
Zigs: An Underrated Method – Jack Brown
A method that plays a massive part in my fishing armoury is the devastatingly effective zig rig. Even though it receives a lot of media attention, I still rarely see it used on the bank, which is strange for a rig that can be a huge edge when you get it right. Carp spend the …
Doing Your Homework – Neil Mclaren
The days have now got longer and those overnight temperatures have been creeping up, the excitement levels are beginning to rise, summer is also well on its way! Hopefully by now you will know where you will be fishing this year, for all kinds reasons we can’t always get started early spring, some of …