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During the last week of July, I headed down to Anglesey in North Wales for a 4 night session at Llyn Y Gors Carp Lake with my brother Luke (who got there 2 days prior). Arriving on the late afternoon, I had a walk around and it did not take long to find a number of fish grouped up in...

Daiwa Infinity X45 Carp Rod Daiwa are renowned worldwide in the fishing tackle industry for continuously pushing the boundaries when it comes to their rod building technology. The Infinity range in particular has always had a reputation for quality and reliability. Therefore it comes as no surprise that they have pulled out all the stops during the development of these...

Carp Fishing on a Budget - Korda Basix Range The Basix range has been designed to cater for carp anglers on a budget, with the emphasis being on providing high quality products, which will catch fish, but at a price that anyone can afford. Korda wanted to create a range of tackle to offer new anglers or those who don’t...

Zig Rigs in Detail Its no secret that carp spend the majority of their time in the mid to upper layers of the water column. Whilst cruising around in these areas, they often encounter small natural food items such as bugs and insects. This means that they likely view small objects suspended off the bottom as potential food items, and...

  We've teamed up with Urban Bait to bring you this great bundle bait prize! The bundle consists of 5KG of boilies, a bottle of glug and a tub of hookbaits! All you have to do is 'LIKE' the Bristol Angling AND Urban Bait Facebook pages, 'SHARE' this post and 'COMMENT' 'WIN' below. Good luck! Last entry 23:59 Sunday 11th...

The recent warm weather has certainly livened up the fishing, at Bullocks Farm the owner Phil says that the match lake is fishing well, the fish are well spread around the lake and most pegs are producing. Luncheon fished over a bed of pellets is producing carp, crucians and skimmers. If you fish with maggots or casters you will catch...

The warmer weather has really started to improve the fishing, this Thursdays evening match was the best for a long time. It was fished at Redcliffe Wharfe, there was a tinge of colour from the recent rain and a stiff breeze made the fishing a bit uncomfortable. Top rod on the night was Pete Sivell, again, with 10lb 5oz which...

Tuesday, I did a feature at Larford Lakes with Des, when we arrived the lakes were partly frozen and we did not know what to expect, the object of the feature was to demonstrate the finesse and feeding needed to catch shy feeding fish in cold water, and it was COLD, the feature should be out in the March issue...

A dull grey windy peg 8 32 Coffin Dodgers fished this years match on Bridge Pool, its always well run and well supported and everyone gets a prize. The weather had really warmed up from the weekends frosts, the weather forecast was for strong south westerlies, light rain and 13 degrees. the water had cleared since my last visit...

I woke this morning to the sharpest frost of the year so far, minus 3, I was driving to the match expecting to see cat ice around the edges, but I needn't have worried. At the draw only 18 anglers were booked in, its not very long ago this match was a 100 peg sell out, how things have changed...