Rig Knowledge As the colder weather starts to make everything slower, including myself, the carp are less active. Not just in their physical movements but also in their feeding habits. Don’t misunderstand me, the first frosts do not signal the end of the...

Angling on any venue can be tricky at times but a spring campaign on a busy club water can really be next level, not only are you competing with the fish your also competing with a lot of angling pressure on the bank. Half the time with a little walk around you can...

Time seemed to have stopped entirely waiting impatiently for the weekend to arrive. Having to wait the better part of a year for our booking, the final few days had seemed the longest. Thursday evening had finally come around and I had finished work, car was loaded...

  The D RIG. I use this rig for fishing over heavily baited spots with boilie / boilie and particles using a wafter, snowman, or a balance tiger nut as my hook bait. The spots are mainly silty firm spots plus gravel clay and sand are always a target but mainly...

Pb products Dave lane gives us an insight on how he appoaches certain waters in the winter Winter angling can be hard, we all know that but, with the right application and a lot of patience it can also be very rewarding. A lot of it is down to picking a realistic...

Watercraft; Skill in a water related sport What is watercraft? Have you ever been fortunate enough to watch an old school fly angler don his deer stalker and take on the seasonal salmon of a large Scottish river with a 13’ rod that has no butt section? ..... that...

I always like to keep things nice and simple when it comes to rigs. Yes, I play about with various presentations and try out all manner of weird and wonderful ideas at times but, when I cast at a big fish on a hard lake, I like to know that what I have on the end is...

New Kids in Town As the old grey hair starts to take hold, one thing becomes apparent to me. Sometime the history we have with our carp fishing can sometimes be a hindrance rather than an advantage. The term old dog and new tricks springs to mind, but with careful,...

Winter Campaign – The Search for Juggy! The end of November traditionally sees the end for me of fishing on my syndicates and a time to move on to a new water for the winter, a different challenge and this year I had a ticket for a large lake in Buckinghamshire with a...

Traps set November 1st and I had decided enough was enough. I have been fishing my syndicate for a number of years and have caught nearly all the fish in the lake apart from two and these two were the fish everyone wanted. So did my bait have to change, time i fish or...