Sam is a versatile all round angler and is at home trotting maggots on his local intimate streams as he is boating baits out for carp on some of the UK’s toughest inland seas. Having written monthly columns for the now defunct Carp and Coarse Angler as well as current publications such as TCF [...]
When it comes to ‘big names’ within carp fishing, they don’t get much bigger than Mike Willmott. Apart from being a superb ambassador to our sport, Mike is undoubtedly one of the most successful big fish anglers’ this country has ever seen. He has been carp fishing for over 30-years and his track record [...]
An up and coming angling star. Alan has a reputation for catching BIG fish from all the local waters; Barbel, Bream, Grass Carp, Roach, Eels... the list is seemingly endless, and growing! A considered and dedicated approach, along with attention to detail, motivation and awesome water craft make Alan a dead cert to become [...]
I have been fishing since I was 6 years old when I caught my first Gudgeon. After a few years of match fishing, I migrated to specimen fishing and have enjoyed many years since chasing large fish of different species ever since. I am constantly using a variety of styles and methods from long [...]
My second, and totally unexpected trip to France, came about after chatting to a Belgian angler I know called Chris Vandenhaute. He happened to mention that he had been fishing in France on a little known venue and had caught fish to a decent size. After several conversations via emails and Facebook, a date was [...]
My First ever trip to France in search of carp was way back in 1992, when along with some friends I travelled the 619-mile journey to a little known lake in the Limousin region. Between us we caught numerous fish up to a respectful 42lb, which was a very big fish at the time. This [...]
The first bit of fishing I did this month was the Thames Valley Carp Masters. This is a pair’s match held on Brasenose 2 on the Linear complex, and with some top names competing, me and my partner for the match Jason would certainly have some good competition. We had aimed to arrive the night [...]
The months of September and October are a favourite time for me. The weathers cooling down and all over the country big fish are getting caught as they get their heads down for that yearly autumnal feed up. Now is the time to try and get out on the bank as much as possible and [...]
Fourteen years ago Ben and I entered into the first ever British Carp Angling Championships. We have competed in the competition every year since. Along the way we have had our trials and tribulations and have even come close to winning it a couple of times. Well at long last we have triumphed in our [...]
My fishing this month has been mostly quick overnighters due to working at For Life Experiences during the week, and coaching for my local club on Saturdays. I did manage to bag another fish from my syndicate, and a bit of a special one at that! I had done the night at the other end [...]
My latest trip to the ‘Little Carp Park’ coincided with the lake having quite a high level of algae which made it almost impossible to see anything even in the margins. did spy a large common in the margins and set up as close to it as I dared and after putting a bit of [...]
Until I joined Gardner at the beginning of 2012, carp fishing, although a huge passion of mine was something I kept rather private. However, after 9 months on the team, my lack of blog contributions has not gone unnoticed, so I figure it is finally time to bridge the gap between my fishing and my [...]
It was Saturday the 1st of September 2012 and I was to be met by more than 20 excited anglers (including my fishing pal Ricky Green), in the Church Farm car park awaiting our inaugural Society Match. There was a good vibe all round especially as our more junior members received an excellent goody bag [...]
With 48 hours of angling ahead, my chosen venue was to be CEMEX angling’s South Lake on the Yateley complex. This is an extremely attractive, mature 12 acre gravel pit that is packed full of features and contains a head of 300 or more carp that top 30lb. Furthermore, angling on the lake is available [...]
After a very busy month running the Elite Carp Angling Championships alongside catching tonsillitis, it was finally time to get back on the bank and catch some carp. I had been stuck in bed all through the hot weather, so as you can imagine all I wanted to do was to go fishing. On my [...]
I've never really done any solid bag fishing. It always seemed too fiddley for me, and as far as I could see would only be a tactic employed by anglers fishing in weedy conditions or areas of heavy bottom debris. In and around where I live there are few weedy waters and therefore it's a [...]
I have started fishing a new water but at the moment I don’t want to name it so I will call it ‘little car park’ as this is exactly what it reminds me of. The carp swimming in its water are of the same quality, really nice looking fish. In my new monthly blog I [...]
It was in the late eighty’s as I sat at my local tackle shop, where the owner drowned us with filthy old coffee, when I first heard of carp that have the most beautiful colours and stature of all species. An old man named Gerrit, (pronounced with a hard Dutch G) known for his swearing [...]
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The ever intrepid trio of Lewis Read, Dr Eric Roberts and Sam Meeuwissen recently spent a most enjoyable day on an idyllic stretch in the middle reaches of the prolific River Wye. With a couple of miles to themselves, after a good scout about they settled at the top end of the beat in an [...]
