Articles - Carp Fishing and Specialist Fishing

CARP ARTICLES

Carp Fishing ~ Rig Evolution ~ Then and Now ~ Lewis Read
In this piece Lewis Read looks at the evolution of carp rigs, and how developments in terminal tackle, new ideas and angling situations have effected this.
Carp Fishing ~ Gold Lake Social ~ Nigel Sharp
Nigel Sharp recounts his time on Gold Lake fishing a social with the Gardner Team at the end of the summer. With some good and some not-so-good looking carp ending up on the bank.
Carp Fishing ~ Baby Black ~ Nigel Sharp
Carp Fishing About two decades ago I came to realise that I'd probably never fish for a record carp so I decided to set my own targets. Over the years I've achieved such [...]
Carp Fishing ~ As one door closes… ~ Jim Chisnall
Living in the carp fishing Mecca of Essex, I am fortunate enough to be slap bang in the middle of some awesome lakes and rivers. In my opinion timing is [...]
Carp Fishing ~ A Right Royal Adventure Part 1 ~ Ian Lewis
Earlier this year, around March time, I kindly got an invite from the Crown Estate Fishery Team at Windsor Great Park who run the carp syndicate on the two lakes [...]
Carp Fishing ~ Estate Lake Magic ~ Ian Lewis
Carp Fishing Around Christmas time I bumped into an old fishing friend, Lewis at my local gym. We had the usual catch up and eventually got onto the subject of where we’d [...]
Carp Fishing ~ Camp Kevin! ~ Lewis Read
Sometimes it’s very easy to get in a flap about nothing! Take last week for instance... The Long Suffering Wife and our (utter hero) daughter went off to sun themselves [...]
Carp Fishing ~ School’s Out! ~ Louise Bowes
After weeks and weeks of hot weather and the lake not fishing particularly well, I had a week ahead of me and I wanted to make the most of it. [...]
Carp Fishing ~ Bobbins Bonanza ~ Carl Udry
The weather this summer has been absolutely incredible for us all! Personally, during the summer season I opted to spend time with the family, in the garden, enjoying summer holidays, [...]
Carp Fishing ~ Angling Adventures 2018 Part 1 ~ Ian Lewis
After 3 months away from angling from mid-December 2017 due to family health, any future angling laid very much in the balance of my wife and mother-in-law’s road to [...]

Hints & Tips

Carp Fishing ~ Rig Evolution ~ Then and Now ~ Lewis Read

In this piece Lewis Read looks at the evolution of carp rigs, and how developments in terminal tackle, new ideas and angling situations have effected this.

Carp Fishing ~ Give ’em a good kicking! ~ Lewis Read

Hooking Arrangements Cyclic fads and the constantly changing fashions in carp rigs sometimes undermine us angler's perception [...]

The Peperami Rig

Oh the delicious greasy spicy filth that is the Peperami is almost irresistible to carp and it seems to trigger [...]

SPECIALIST ARTICLES

Carp Fishing ~ Dropping The Lead ~ Sam Meeuwissen
An investigation into the risks surrounding discharging of anglers (legal sized) lead weights into freshwater. Sam Meeuwissen, BCSG. September 2017. Introduction: The common practise amongst anglers to either deposit, discharge [...]
Coarse Fishing ~ Light at the end of the Tunnel ~ Lewis Baldwin
2017 was the year that never got off the ground, well at least where my fishing was concerned anyway! Don’t get me wrong, I still managed a few sessions [...]
Coarse Fishing ~ Winter Barbel Success ~ Sam Meeuwissen
Fishing can be a funny old sport. As a multi species angler, it can be more on the side of ‘peculiar’ funny, rather than ‘ha-ha’ funny, as you find [...]
Carp Fishing ~ Napoleonic Adventure ~ Mike Lyddon
I recently had a trip to France with some of the guys from work and some mutual friends, for a friends 50th birthday. The venue in question was Napoleon Lakes, [...]
Coarse Fishing ~ Enton Hero! ~ Mike Lyddon
It’s been a while since I last went crucian fishing. In fact, looking back I realised that I hadn’t fished for them since last season, so I thought I would go for a quick [...]
Lewis Baldwin July Blog 2016
When Coarse Angling Today magazine announced it would no longer be running as a publication I made a mental note not to allow the fact I no longer had magazine deadlines to meet to [...]
Coarse Fishing – A Winter Pike Session to Remember – By Lewis Baldwin
If you’re a river predator angler, then the last few months have been pretty awful! With nothing but dirty brown floodwater filling our running waters for what has seemed like an eternity, with opportunities [...]
Coarse Fishing – Mega Crucian Brace – By Mike Lyddon
Over the last few years, I have always got out and fished over the New Year period, and this year was to be no different. However, my original venue of choice, the River Severn, [...]
Coarse Fishing – My Quest For A Big Pike – By Alan Stagg
During the late autumn months I often find myself packing away my barbel and chub kit for the season as in recent years I have found myself spending most of the colder winter months [...]
Coarse Fishing – 2015 Round Up – By Mike Lyddon
So where do I start for my overview of the year. I suppose the best place would probably be at the start. It’s been a bit of a year of ups and downs for [...]

Hints & Tips

Coarse Fishing ~ Prep for Pike ~ Sam Meeuwissen

Winter is on its way and Sam details the preparation and tackle he uses to land his targeted pike on the bank.

Coarse Fishing – A Winter Pike Session to Remember – By Lewis Baldwin

If you’re a river predator angler, then the last few months have been pretty awful! With nothing but dirty [...]

Coarse Fishing – K.I.S.S – By Lewis Baldwin

For as long as I can remember my barbel fishing has been focused around location. Finding where the fish [...]

GARDNER INTERNATIONAL ARTICLES

FRENCH ARTICLES

Équilibré ou décollé?
La grande diversité des postes ainsi que des distances de pêche, des natures de fond, etc... m'oblige à adapter constamment mes montages. Plus que le choix du matériel ou des esches, c’est cette terminaison [...]
A la faveur de l’automne! – Dauchy David
C’est certainement durant cette période de l’année que mon temps de pêche augmente considérablement, à la faveur de RTT durement gagnés le long de l’année, Et oui travailler plus, pour [...]
ZIG RIG POWER! – par Dauchy David
Étant à l’affût de tous ce qui touche de près ou de loin à notre pêche, j’aime à découvrir de nouvelles techniques. Et c’est ainsi qu’au détour d’une énième recherche, [...]
Bien aborder les bordures par David Dauchy
A l’heure où une année se termine et une autre qui commence, nous sommes soumis ces dernières années à une mode, celle des statistiques: nous avons désormais la fâcheuse tendance à tout classer par [...]
Le Montage de Baies
l'automne arrive... la natures relâche ses baies... profitez de cette aubaine pour des pêches rapides en extrême bordure... péchez ou tombent les baies... ces postes sont souvent copieusement amorcés par dame nature... inutile de [...]
Koh Lanta Fishing
Habitant à quelques kilomètres de cette gravière, c'est l'endroit idéal pour mes pêches rapides ou pour mes coups du soir. Il m'arrive également d'y réaliser de petites sessions de 24H jusqu'à 48H maximum. Ne [...]
Achieving the target! – by Jerome Sebille
Thanks to French angler, Jerome Sebille, friend of Gardner Tackle and member of the French Carp Connection Team, for his account in first locating and then banking this stunning carp weighing 30lb 8oz. A good [...]

ITALIAN ARTICLES

V2 ATTx Receiver e ATTx Deluxe Receiver
La redazione di Carpaonline non poteva esimersi dal provare e mettere in confronto le 2 centraline di Casa Garner che per chi non le conoscesse sono compatibili con qualsiasi tipo [...]
Retention Sling – Gardner Tackle
Si sa che negli ultimi anni le sacche di mantenimento/pesatura hanno fatto passi da gigante nel campo della ricerca e sviluppo, fortunatamente tutte le aziende hanno sfornato prodotti sul mercato [...]
CamFlex Leadfree Recensione di Luca Nanetti
L’Inglese Garner presenta questo nuovissimo Leader senza anima interna in piombo: Il CamFlex Leadfree è costruito intrecciando fibre PTFE pesanti ed è un prodotto 100% in PTFE, pertanto siamo riusciti [...]
Camflex Recensione di Luca Nanetti
Il Nuovo CamFlex Leadcore della britannica Gardner è un Leadcore di nuova generazione, è completamente chiazzato e ultra morbido e questo struttura di nuova generazione offre un’ottima mimetizzazione; difatti la trama chiazzata rompe la [...]
Ultra Skin Recensione di Luca Nanetti
Un trecciato fantastico di ultima generazione completamente rivestito da una pelle davvero morbida, elastica e molto resistente, perfetta da utilizzare sia in Rig semplici che particolari, un trecciato completamente affondante. Ultra Skin + disponibile [...]
Point Doctor 2 Recensione di Luca Nanetti
Mantenere il proprio amo ben affilato aumenta in maniera sistematica le possibilità di cattura, per questo motivo noi di Gardner Tackle abbiamo creato la Point Doctor 2 una seconda versione ulteriormente migliorata dopo l’enorme [...]
Medic Plus Recensione di Luca Nanetti
Gardner "Medic Plus" è un gel antisettico scientificamente sviluppato per il trattamento di piaghe, ulcere, lesioni da amo, tagli o ferite esterne. Medic Plus non è liquido, è un vero e proprio Gel denso [...]
Covert Continental Mugga Recensione di Luca Nanetti
La Redazione di Carpaonline mette sotto la lente d’ingrandimento I nuovi ami dell’Inglese Gardner I “Covert Continental Mugga” che sono l’evoluzione dei famosi Covert Mugga, ami che hanno fatto la storia di questa disciplina [...]
Bait Bucket Recensione di Luca Tugnoli
Comodi e resistenti, in grado di ottimizzare al meglio gli spazi, i BAIT BUCKET sono contenitori per mantenere cibo o esche al fresco. Queste borse, studiate per il pescatore piu esigente, possono contenere fino [...]
GT80+ Plus Clear
Si sa i materiali sono in continua evoluzione e tra le aziende piu’ attive del settore abbiamo sicuramente l’Inglese Gardner Tackle, distribuita in italia da Big Fish Tackle. Questa volta la redazione di Carpaonline [...]

BENELUX ARTICLES

Carp Fishing ~ Sermon on the German ~ Tommy De Cleen
The TT German Rig looks like a Ronnie, but by using a Covert C-Lok swivel (without the flexi ring as used with the Ronnie) it gives the rig less movement, so it acts differently to a Ronnie.
Als Alles Mee Zit
Vissen is geen exacte wetenschap en gelukkig maar ook anders zou de fun rap uit het spelletje zijn. Vissen is vaak hard werk en veel voorbereiden vooraf en dan hopen [...]
Carp Fishing ~ Club Lake Carnage ~ Tommy
Friday the 13th, saw me heading back to the club/park lake for my 3rd session on there. It’s a small lake of a few acres, with a nice stock [...]
Rigga Haken
Het ontwerpen, ontwikkelen, testen en produceren van haken is een grote investering in tijd zowel als inspanning. Haken zijn een kritisch onderdeel van de karper visserij en moeten in alle [...]
Chris V Rigga CVRs
Voor de nieuwe Rigga CVR, zijn we twee jaar terug naar de tekentafel getrokken om van een blanco papier te starten. De cruciale vraag bij deze evenwichtsoefening was eigenlijk heel [...]
Hardcore Hengelen
Rainbow lake gesitueerd in “Les Landes” en eventjes boven Bordeaux, staat niet meteen gekend om zijn “subtiele” manier van vissen. De mensen die er al gevist hebben kunnen dit meer [...]
Carp Fishing ~ September Sojourn ~ Tommy De Cleen
It’s been a funny old year on the fishing front... I’ve not really been as succesfull as I would like, but that’s fishing I guess. It’s been hard going on [...]
Carp Fishing Beach Party ~ Chris Vandenhaute
Inleiding De zomerperiode is ver van mijn favoriete tijd, om onze gevinde vrienden te belagen. Naar goede gewoonte las ik dan telkens tijdes de zomerperiode ook altijd een zomerstop [...]
Carp Fishing ~ July Blog ~ Tommy De Cleen
July is our holiday month at work and I am forced to have a 3 week break during the worst fishing months of the year. At first I struggled with [...]
Vergeten Kanalen ~ Ken Roeland
This article was written by a Gardner Tackle customer, we hope that you enjoy it. Weinig of geen info Gelukkig zijn er in België een heleboel openbare wateren waar niet [...]

GERMAN ARTICLES

Warum Einfach, Wenn es Schwierig Geht
Im Sommer gibt es viel zu tun. Der Arbeitgeber verlangt Überstunden, Haus und Hof wollen auf Vordermann gebracht werden und der Familienurlaub steht auch noch vor der Tür. Immer wieder [...]
Eine Woche Ausland pro Jahr!
Das war die Aussage meiner Frau als sie erfahren hat, dass sie schwanger ist. Nun ja, besser als nichts, oder? Es sind nun ein paar Jahre vergangen und im goßen [...]
Maximale Tarnung
Jeder Karpfenangler war bestimmt schon einmal an dem Punkt, wo er darüber nachgedacht hat, wie er seine Angelei noch effektiver gestalten kann. In erster Linie setzt man dann bei seinen [...]
Der leichte Unterschied
In meinem kurzen Artikel möchte ich einen Kniff loswerden, der besonders vorsichtig fressende Fische an den Haken bringt. Manchmal schwimmen Fische die Futterplätze nur sporadisch an und schnüffeln ein wenig [...]
Auf dem Boden bleiben
Kiesgruben erfreuen sich vor allem bei den Karpfenanglern an sehr großer Beliebtheit. An diesen Gewässern kann man jederzeit mit Ausnahmefischen rechnen! Sie können nicht abgelassen werden, und daher wissen wir [...]
Diese Drei habe ich immer dabei!!!
Das Angebot an Vorfachschnur ist schier unendlich. Gerade wenn man mal einschlägige Webseiten durchsurft bekommt man den Eindruck, das man für jedes bestimmte Wunderrig ein spezielles Vorfachmaterial braucht. Schnell verliert man dabei die Übersicht, was [...]
Drei Länder, drei Gewässer ein Haken!
Im Gegensatz zu so manchem Tackle-Fetischisten lege ich mehr Wert auf das Endgame unter Wasser, als auf das chromblitzende Zubehör, was am Ufer steht. Denn Fakt ist hauptsächlich die letzten 25cm der Montage entscheiden, [...]
Bring Licht ins Dunkel
Auch der Beste Köder wird gelegentlich versagen, denn es gibt kaum ein Gewässer in dem die Fische immer gut fressen und somit auch gefangen werden können. Da gibt es zum Beispiel Wetterkapriolen die unserem [...]

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Multi Rig ~ Lewis Read

It’s not only extremely effective, but incredibly versatile too. Here’s why you should try it...

The Horton Rig is essentially a presentation tailored to catch the fish that are showing over an area that is both firm and relatively weed-free, and is his own tweaked/bespoke balanced bottom bait presentation...

Clone Rig ~ Carpology

Classic ‘D’ bottom bait rigs have been around a LONG time – for the simple reason that they work! It’s a presentation that offers amazing consistency by way of how the rig lays out after the lead when it reaches the lakebed, and then settles down nicely...

Articles – Carp Fishing and Specialist Fishing