The annual pilgrimage to a lake in southern France, not far from Limoges, in a sleepy little town called La Coquille was to be home for the week and the location of my latest carp session.

With a late afternoon free I wanted to tackle a small pool where I have fished before and caught small carp but always thought that there could be something better in there. Well, there’s only way to find out and that’s to fish it.

Just tieing rigs and getting tackle ready for a session or two after big carp in England ,ill be fishing one of Rob Hales waters in Shropshire and im feeling lucky the way I am catching fish at the moment. I will let you know who I get on!

Friday the 15th June saw me take my second trip to a small day ticket water in Herefordshire with a good head of carp to 30lb. The weather conditions were not in my favour at all with a strong breeze and frequent heavy thundery showers. There were no ...

I told you in my last blog was baiting up for barbel on my favourite river Severn with the SBS Undercover and to watch this space. Well the very next trip using 4mm SBS Halibut pellets and SBS Barbel Bait Hookers flavoured with undercover i took these ...

Just to keep you up to speed on my latest fishing trips. Recently fishing Dudmaston Hall in Shropshire along with my friend Lawrence Breakespear we caught thirty tench to 6lbs. We took the fish on a very basic method and that was on the float using ...

It was 04:00am on 21st May, the alarm had just gone and it was time for another session at linear fisheries, Oxfordshire. After another inspection at what the weather was going to be like it looked as if it was going to be very hot with a light ...

People always want more, but I would have been satisfied with this result, too – the first time at Rainbow Lake. My other wish was that Peti, our professional cameraman could record the catch of a nice specimen. When starting the three days of fishing ...

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I have wanted to catch a 60lb+ carp now for a number of years, as an all-rounder this is a very ambitious target but most years I head into Europe to try and satisfy that goal. My path for such a creature has taken me to Cassien in 1987 where I ...