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"

Monday, 13 April 2015

New PB for Nick Cotterill

Folly Lumps are on the feed and Nick Cotterill bagged a new PB 42lb 13oz
Also a nice 30lb+ to finish off a dream session



 
 

Thursday, 9 April 2015

Spring weather Perfect zigging conditions!

Check out this awesome spring weather we seem to be having - Perfect zigging conditions! A section of soaked Ziggaz foam just below the surface can be lethal when fish in accompaniment with Upper Layers Riser Pellet.










Nash man, Lee Birch, absolutely caned it at the weekend using zig techniques whilst everyone else sat blanking with bottom baited rigs. These five stunners all fell victim to the zig approach on a day when most had blanked!





Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Carp Fishing – Cold Water Carping Part 9 – By Nick Burrage

This latest article demonstrates how a build up of knowledge over a series of trips throughout the winter can lead to a fantastic result if you put the pieces of the puzzle together and all the other elements of angling come good.


 




A great piece again - link here:

Monday, 23 February 2015

February Bites

As most are at home in the warm and waiting for spring to come others are still out getting bites in the bitter cold

Nick Cotterill with little pecs at 39lb bang on



Nick Burrage with a stunning February 40lb and a few more stunners for back up



 
 
 
 
 



Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Mr Cover Star

Mick Price on the cover with an absolute peach of a folly common coming in at 35lb 2oz! The fish fell to the new Test Bait and was landed using a cork ball pop-up over a bed of matching freebies of around 5 kilos

Friday, 9 January 2015

New PB For Mark

Mark Clipston - 42lb 8oz of proper Folly carp,New Pb and one iv been after for a while