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By Ben Wales In the marketing blurb about this new leader material RigMarole states it has invested two years of research and development, but it was well over five years ago that I spoke with ...
By Ben Wales In the marketing blurb about this new leader material RigMarole states it has invested two years of research and development, but it was well over five years ago that I spoke with ...
‘Masterpiece’ and ‘engineering excellence’ are two phrases that spring to mind when I hold the Terry Hearn Landing Net from ESP. These are not throwaway remarks either; I mean them wholeheartedly. ...
Fishing Republic will open its latest megastore near Reading later this month, with a two-day grand opening scheduled for Friday 31st March and Saturday 1st April. The new store is situated at DH ...
Elaine and Debbie Taylor ran out winners of the inaugural Ladies British Carp Cup Pairs event at Wetlands Carp Fishery, Nottinghamshire, landing six fish for a final weight of 74lb 13oz. Despite ...
Terry Edmonds has become the first person in history to record an overhead cast in excess of 250 yards with a carp rod, after chucking a 4½oz lead 254 yards, a distance which was officially measured ...
A work-party week on French big-fish venue Lac Serreire threw up a new complex record and personal best for Keith Williams in the form of the Grey Lady, weighing a staggering 81½lb. Working during ...
If you wanted a few extra yards on your cast back in the 1990s, you needed a bit of this stuff. Greased Lightning was the latest product from the innovative Dave Chilton and his Kryston brand.
Not many anglers have ripped apart the legendary Railway Lake in Kent, that’s for sure. However, one young lad who made the headlines more than 20 years ago was Lloyd Wheeler. The 11-year-old not ...
One of the earliest advertisers in Carp-Talk was the massive Midlands tackle shop Fosters of Birmingham. Here’s a look at what they were offering to carpers more than 20 years ago. It’s nice to see a ...
Bev Clifford and northern carping legend Brian Skoyles were amongst the volunteers at the latest Spring Into Fishing event on the Brough complex in East Yorkshire. The initiative run by the Angling ...
Kev Grout is without doubt one of the most successful carp match anglers ever. He’s a three-time, back-to-back winner of the UK Carp Cup, but in 2008 he was also making a name for himself on the ...
We all dream of catching the biggest fish in the lake on our first night, but it never happens; well, for most of us it doesn’t! For Daryl Raymond the dream became a reality when he landed this 54lb ...
One carp we don’t hear much about these days is the Chertsey mirror, pictured here when it was caught by Ross Dickens of Wallington. Ross weighed the great fish in at 49lb 6oz back in April 2012. It ...
The owners of brand new day-ticket water Windsor View Lakes in Berkshire will be holding an open day later this year to introduce prospective anglers to the two-lake complex. The open day will take ...
Within minutes the bobbin danced and I was in By Steve Kitcher Steve Kitcher details a session where he experienced 90 minutes that he will never forget I arrived at the lake at 4.30pm ...
By Ben Wales Having seen several varying designs of air-dry bag, I thought there was little more that could be done with this simple device. How wrong I was! Ridge Monkey has really excelled ...
The original Terry Hearn rods from ESP have become cult classics and still return good money on the second-hand market. These new rods have been extensively tested and refined to Terry’s ...
A milestone achieved with a 31¼lb common By Simon Crow After chalking up more than 40 Yorkshire thirties in his career, Crowy finally achieves a personal milestone. Carp ...
This style of high sided unhooking mat has rightly become very popular, offering possibly the best means of looking after your catch on the bank. This version from Avid Carp features a really nice, ...
Last week we learned the sad news of the passing of Chris McKendry, the original driving force behind one of the country’s longest-running bait companies, Carp Company. A post by Carp Company owners ...