New(ish) to carp angling? Blanking a lot, or all the time? I’ve been contemplating lately the absolute basics of carp angling that will land you fish.
According to my dictionary the meaning of the word “ambush” is the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise. This description certainly applies to the direction my carp fishing has gone in recent years. Like most people, time is limited so it needs to be used wisely. In order to …
So what goes into making a carp rod? If you read the adverts and brochures you would be forgiven for thinking that almost every rod out there shares the same characteristics for effortless casting to the horizon combined with an unerring ability to steer every hard fighting fish you hook straight into a waiting net. In …
Float fishing for carp: summer carping My first fishing experience, aged 4, was sitting by a local canal staring intently at a float. I don’t even remember catching a fish back on that fateful day but the rest as they say is ‘history’. Almost everyone who grew up fishing in Great Britain during the 60’s & …
Obsession: Tales of goal setting, compulsive behavior and attempting to make carpy dreams a reality. (By Craig “Brit” Parkes) One of my favorite carp angling authors Dave Lane once wrote a book on the obsession of carp angling. This book was so popular that copies are harder to get hold of than rocking horse poop, …