Choose life. Choose a lake. Choose a swim. Choose a bait. Choose a rig. Choose sleepless nights under the stars. Choose the nocturnal music of branches creaking in the wind, leaves whispering, and the eerie night-calls of owls and wildfowl. Choose bright moons shattered in the rippling surface of lakes, and purple skies at sunset perfectly mirrored. Choose silent mist-shrouded pools at dawn. Choose visions of white-flowering waterlilies turning green-gold in the half-light. Choose the flashing bronze flanks of carp, twisting below the surface, on the edge of visibility. Choose a heightened heart-rate. Choose an emotional rollercoaster. Choose the psychological assault-course of planning, watching, locating, preparing, casting and waiting. Choose the endless hours of strung-out anticipation. Choose the rush of striking, hooking, fighting, and landing (or losing) the fish. Choose to walk the tightrope between desperate failure and the adrenaline-inducing, life-enhancing triumphant high of success. Choose life. Choose obsession. Choose Carp Fishing.
"Greg Freestone, Carpspotting 2011"

Sunday 28 December 2014

New Lake 40

Lee Birch Starting his winter fishing off with another 40lb+ and a new lake 40

Cut Tail 40lb 2oz


Wednesday 24 December 2014

Xmas Eve Stunner

All he wanted for xmas was to catch a fish and what a stunner it was

Nick Cotterill with a lovely dark mirror

Friday 19 December 2014

Winter 40lb Brace

Winter 40lb Brace and a New Lake Record Mirror 44lb 8oz (Black Spot) caught by Lee Birch

Black Spot 44lb 8oz




Martha 42lb