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 [...]

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'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 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 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 [...]

Peter Springate is above all else a fisherman first and foremost. He isn’t concerned with the whole world knowing what he’s caught, what tackle he’s using or how many 30’s or 40’s he has caught. He has no desire to appear in the popular angling press or enter any kind of competitive angling. He just [...]

I first started fishing way back in 1976 at a place called Catterick in Yorkshire on the river Swale. My first decent fish was a three and a half pound barbel that almost pulled my arm off. I was to fish this river for some twelve months before we moved to RAF Farnborough due [...]