Gardner’s UK Angling Team
All-rounder Simon Hartop has a dedication and angling style that suits him perfectly...read on: I love angling for most species, but carp fishing allows me to spend more time in the wild. It’s the ‘cat and mouse’ nature of the chase; especially on the pits I choose to fish. Carp never cease [...]
I started carp fishing when I started earning from the age of 18, starting off fishing on local specimen club waters, before ‘upgrading’ to syndicates from my mid 20s. I have never chosen these venues by the ultimate size of the fish. Instead, it has always been based on the level of intimacy and friendliness, but most of all they must be challenging and have been cared for and special looking carp.
My passion for angling grew through the period from my childhood days up until my teenage years, when I soon fell in love with the eternally great Leney carp that swam around in my local home water- Tilgate Park. Not only where we were spoilt with beautiful leviathans, but we also met [...]
I first got into fishing from a young age of 9 years old. I found myself fishing on the surface with floating crust on the smaller lakes in the local area where I live, and this ignited my passion for carp angling. It lead onto various different angling methods from match to stalking [...]
I've been fishing since I was around 12 years old. It all started out on the local match lakes catching silvers, but after a couple of sessions doing so, I saw my first carp whilst walking past the 'carp lake' on the complex. From that moment I've been carp fishing whenever and wherever I [...]
I’m a self diagnosed obsessed carp angler. A lot of anglers are now instant carp anglers and if you have the money or the backing you can fish for big fish with little knowledge, which is something that I strongly disagree with. I began fishing when I was around 10 and I used to [...]
Fishing has always run in my family’s blood and it was only a matter of time before I became addicted myself. Starting out at the age of 8 years old fishing for anything that came along, it was only a matter of time before I was smitten with the carp fishing bug. I remember [...]
I started fishing when I was only 7 years old. I used to fish a local lake close to my home; the place was full of fish and with nearly every species swimming in there and it was a great place to learn how to angle. I then progressed to match fishing and I [...]
I started going fishing in my late teens. To start with I began fishing for anything with a float or ledger rod and was happy catching silver fish and tench. Then one day I went to a local canal and caught my first carp. It wasn’t huge but it gave me such a buzz [...]
As a lifelong angler I have enjoyed many aspects of the sport in both salt and fresh water. Amongst my favourite fishing memories are my first fish, a small perch, catching an 8lb Bass from the beach and winning a match with a haul of Thames bream. From a pleasure fisherman I developed into [...]
I started fishing at the age of 6 on a local pond called Tomlins and enjoyed several years catching all sorts of lovely little species like perch, bleak, Rudd, roach, gudgeon, skimmers, small tench and even the odd Wildy on crust. From there I slowly developed and caught the odd tench and then ventured [...]
I was a bit of late starter in terms of carp fishing, it was probably around the time of getting my driving licence when I was 17, that the addiction took a firm hold. I would flutter between day ticket venues and it happened to be at orchid lakes where I snared my first [...]
I started fishing from a very young age, but have been carp fishing for around 25 years. I was lucky enough to live very close to the Medway Valley so really cut my teeth on the lakes at Larkfield and on Johnsons Railway. Since then I have fished a long list of waters all [...]
I started out, as most anglers do, fishing with my dad who used to take me out on the bank from a young age. From there I started coarse and match fishing from the age of 12. It wasn't until I hit my twenties that I crossed over into carp fishing; the whole essence [...]
I've been fishing as long as I can remember. My dad got me out on the bank with him as soon as I could walk pretty much, and I had a float rod in my hand by the age of 5. After spending years on the bank with my dad learning and taking everything [...]
Fishing to me is first and foremost a hobby and always will be. Fishing is what I do to escape from the pressures and strains of life and is to be enjoyed. Enjoyment is the most important thing because if you don’t enjoy it then there’s no point in going. I prefer to [...]
I've fished since a young age, starting with a pole and seat box, fishing matches down at my local club happily bagging up with all the little species that I could. Before I knew it I was surface fishing in some of the matches, catching the carp off the top which has always been [...]
I have been fishing for as long as I can remember, but I suppose the Carp bug really started for me around 20 years ago. I cut my teeth on some of the Lea Valley waters, catching a few nice ones along the way. In more recent years I've been getting my real buzz [...]
For as long as I can remember I have had an affinity with fishing, fish and the diverse habitats they live in. It all started way back in the mid 80′s when my dad used to take me on the local canal chasing perch, these were soon replaced by the shoals of tench which [...]
I've fished for over 30 years for all different species. I started fishing in small streams for Chub and Barbel, constantly on the move and baiting different areas, always watching the fish and learning along the way. I try to apply the same principles to my carp fishing; pre-baiting and learning where the fish [...]
