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Join in the fun at Carping4Heroes 2017

Join in the fun at Carping4Heroes 2017

The seventh staging of the Carping4Heroes weekend is just a couple of months away, and organisers are encouraging as many people as possible to join in the fun. This year’s event has been moved to ...

Korda Carp Line

Korda Carp Line

It was a pleasure to have a little play with Carp Line a few months back at a Korda trade show. Most surprising of all was being told it retailed at only £12.99 for a 1000m spool. Speaking about the ...

UK Carp Champs kicks off with a bang!

UK Carp Champs kicks off with a bang!

The 2017 UK Carp Championships got under way in blistering fashion over the past few weekends, with loads of fish banked in both the Pairs and Singles competitions. Pairs qualifier – Brasenose One: ...

Enough to turn your stomach!

Enough to turn your stomach!

Be careful out there while making rigs, folks, as you could end up like Josh Hanks from Stoke-on-Trent, who has recently returned home from hospital after a rig-tying session went drastically wrong! ...

F4S founder to run London Marathon

F4S founder to run London Marathon

Sixty-four-year-old founder and director of the Fishing 4 Schools (F4S) initiative Charles Jardine will run the London Marathon on Sunday 23rd April to raise funds for the project which offers ...

Emily’s charity carp matches

Emily’s charity carp matches

The members of Furness Fishing Club Reservoir in Cumbria are inviting anglers to join them in raising money for the family of four-year-old Emily Mather, who has been diagnosed with a rare brain ...

Have a go at fishing with HDAA

Have a go at fishing with HDAA

Hull and District Anglers Association will be hosting a number of free coaching sessions across a number of its waters this spring and summer to help introduce people to the sport of fishing. The ...

Isle of Man receives first carp stocking

Isle of Man receives first carp stocking

Andrew Ellis and his fish-farming business AE Fisheries have become the first people to make an official stocking of carp, tench and roach on the Isle of Man. The island had previously been devoid of ...

First Session Success

First Session Success

An original 24lb-plus common was a great end to the session By Tom Maker One of the UK’s most prolific carp catchers, Tom Maker, visits a day-ticket lake he has never seen before for a ...

The Illustrated Angler

The Illustrated Angler

A new series starring angling fanatic and tattoo artist Charlie Coppolo has been launched on the FishingTV website, following Charlie’s exploits on the bank and at work. The series is called The ...

The Lady off the top!

The Lady off the top!

Back in 2004, the biggest carp caught off the top in the UK was this awesome 51lb 2oz mirror to Mick Elborough. The giant fish is, of course, the famous Lady from St Ives, a fish that is sadly no ...

Stairs2Hell

Stairs2Hell

This summer will see the launch of a brand new carp competition in the Czech Republic, offering a top prize of 25,000 euros. Christened Stairs2Hell, the week-long match will take place at Novomlynska ...

Fox’s Lake Open Day

Fox’s Lake Open Day

Popular Lancashire day-ticket complex Wyreside Lakes will host the grand opening of new carp water, Fox’s Lake, on Sunday 23rd April, with Julian Cundiff and Pete Holehouse amongst the special ...

When It All Comes Good

When It All Comes Good

The icing on the cake – 39¾lb of January common By John Claridge John Claridge looks back on a successful winter on Farriers Lake. It was the start of November and I was ...

Day-ticket dangling

Day-ticket dangling

35½lb bar of gold! by Ian Russell Chemo has a winter result on famous Colne Valley day-ticket water, Farlows Lake. It’s no secret that my favourite type of carp fishing is on day-ticket ...

The Boating Lake

The Boating Lake

  Deep-bodied, immaculate in every single way By Daniel Whitford Dan Whitford returns to an old haunt I was thinking about a boating lake that I fished many years ago, though, it was ...

Trakker Sanctuary Oval Crib

Trakker Sanctuary Oval Crib

During a recent visit to Trakker HQ the new Sanctuary Oval Crib really caught my eye. This practical unhooking station has clearly had a lot of thought put into it and would certainly be suited to ...

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