The Happy Hour by Ash Harrington

Being a shift worker I struggle to find the time to fish, I managed to get a 24hour session in during my time off on my midweek syndicate water which is located in a small village called Tilty, ...
Being a shift worker I struggle to find the time to fish, I managed to get a 24hour session in during my time off on my midweek syndicate water which is located in a small village called Tilty, ...
Part 20 - From torture to living the dream, as most of you already know. There's been a lot of rumours and speculation surrounding my capture of what is quite simply, the best carp in the land! I ...
I've been to this oasis before and it was love at first sight, a real coup de foudre, the lake playing the role of the mysterious, exotic stranger. Simply irresistible. I wasn't ready though back ...
It's not easy being a father. A pillar in your child's life. Always there to provide (whether physical or emotional), no matter how hard or challenging that may be. It's certainly wasn't easy for my ...
Paul Codman looks at the reality of cold-water carping. Freezing temperatures, mud, short days and long nights, and of course only the remotest chance of actually seeing a fish on the bank. Let’s ...
The big ’un was next – a lovely old mirror of 36¼lb By Ben Leuty Ben has a right result as the carp wake up in a Cambridgeshire lake. As I sit here and begin to write this, the reality of ...
The two-rod limit means less to carry and super mobility Iain Macmillan makes a great start on his new venue. I’d not been so excited about starting on a new lake for a long time; in fact ...
Lines fished tight out to the plateau By Steve Briggs Briggsy hangs on for a UK whacker Although I get to do more fishing than most people, the one part of that which often suffers is my ...
Greg Ellis is reminded that sticking to what you know is usually the best course when times are hard. Now we’re in winter mode and it’s acceptable to slow up on your catch rate compared to the ...
Simon Crow details a piece of northern carping history which has been tragically lost. With lots of anglers currently talking about otters after the Countryfile program aired on BBC1 last week, I ...
I was blown away by this stunning creature – 42¼lb and a new PB By Chris Holmes Bonesy finds cold-watersuccess at a new venue. Like many of you reading this I only have a very limited ...
The sun's rays shone on me By Tim Childs Tim's autumn campaign gets off to a cracking start. After a successful summer fishing a 40-acre East Midlands gravel pit and with the autumn just ...
Fryerning Main Lake in full bloom By Ian Russell Ian Russell has a bit of a result on a guest session to the popular Essex syndicate water. I had been looking forward to this guest trip ...
The Look At The Length Fish – 46lb 3oz of Cotswold Water Park magic By John Claridge John Claridge’s season-long campaign on a Cotswold Water Park venue comes to a satisfying conclusion. ...
It didn’t take long for the rod to go again, this time with the Lake’s biggest common at 35¾lb By Jack Funnell Jack Funnell bags a trio of thirties from the Linear Fisheries venue. I ...
Frimley Pit 3 By Les Bowers A gamble pays off for Les Bowers as he enjoys his best ever session on Frimley Pit 3. What a 44 hours’ fishing that just turned out to be! The other week I’d ...
Boomerang at 39½lb By Stuart Medway Stuart Medway gets lucky – in more ways than one! It all started when I had a ticket for the lake next door, though I hadn’t done a lot of time on ...
Mid-thirty Oxfordhire mirror – one of eight thirties caught during the spring By Jensen Mannings Jensen Mannings has found success by turning his back on A boilie-only approach. This ...
Nelson at a spawned-out 42lb 1oz – what a character By Daren Norman After bagging a PB common and mirror in one session, Daren Norman returns to the scene of his success. After such a ...
The lake was getting really weedy so Joe was raking small spots clean By Joe Atkinson Joe Atkinson was fortunate enough to land one of the biggest braces of carp in 2014. Here is the ...