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Tag: carp
Carp at the beginning and end with bream in the middle (carp article and video, entry 429)
Click images above to enlarge As an all-rounder it will soon be time to say good-bye to certain species, as … More
Eel do nicely thank you (eel article and video, entry 424)
Click images above to enlarge One species that I have neglected so far this summer has been the eel. Not … More
I ain’t afraid of no blank (carp article and video, entry 423)
Click images to enlarge One of the great things about the angling life I lead is that I can please … More
It’s amazing what you can catch on a boilie (carp fishing article and video, entry 415)
Click images above to enlarge Although I claim perch as my favourite species, you wouldn’t think so of late, as … More
Not only think outside the box, but live there as well (carp article and video, entry 413)
Click on images above to enlarge One of the great things about this time of the year is that I … More
There is more than one way to skin a cat (carp article and video, entry 411)
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First twenty off pool two (carp article and video, entry 410)
Click images above to enlarge If you read my Angling Journal on a regular basis you will know that I … More
Rumours, don’t you just love them! (carp article and video, entry 376)
As an all-rounder I don’t have time for the irrelevant rivalries and petty squabbles that are prevalent in the … More
Right at the end of session three (carp article and video, entry 369)
Left to right: with Des Taylor… cinnabar moth caterpillar… a canal chub… the carp on session … More
Living life in the fast lane with an M1 boilie (carp article and video, entry 362)
Living life in the fast lane with an M1 boilie Left to right: A canal bream… … More
Once,twice, but not three times a blanker (carp article and video, entry 361)
Once, twice, but not three times a blanker Left to right: Rod out but no action … More
Carp, badgers, tawny owls and an otter (carp article and video, entry 358)
Carp, badgers, tawny owls and an otter Left to right: one of the chub caught, the … More
Carping around on the canal (carp article and video, entry 357)
Carping around on the canal Left to right: The fish that brought great pleasure, the badger emerges, … More
Caught by design! (carp article and video, entry 317)
Caught by design! You may or may not place too much importance on the Bible, but there is a … More
Two rods plus two nights equals one bream (carp article and video, entry 259)
One of the waters that I fish is a syndicate on the lower Severn. I know that to many anglers … More
Friday the thirteenth (carp fishing article and video, entry 257)
I am definitely not a superstitious person and so the prospect of an angling session on Friday the thirteenth did … More
Another carp from the lower Severn (barbel article, entry 219
With a busy week ahead, I managed just the one session. It was an overnighter though, so as far as … More
A carp pushing 30lb – and not a beer belly in sight (bream article, entry 199)
Now that the days are getting longer – and the nights therefore are shorter – I have moved away from … More
One hundred not out (carp article, entry 100)
After several weeks bream fishing, I decided to switch back to my canal carp campaign. This would be the final … More
And when I say small, I mean small! (carp article, entry 95)
When planning a fishing trip there are many things that we take into account. Most of them, of course, are … More
The Big Apple – so nice it got photographed twice (carp article, entry 92)
I have two real passions in my life – football and fishing. If you ask me to choose, it’s impossible … More
Chub, Chub, Chub, Chub, Chub (carp article, entry 91)
The start of the week was quite mild, and with an evening to spare I headed for the local canal … More
Still no sign of any carp! (carp article, entry 90)
A bank holiday combined with a little bit of sun is guaranteed to draw large numbers of anglers out to … More
I feel like a chub magnet! (carp article, entry 89)
It is often said that most people can only effectively concentrate on one thing at a time. And whilst I … More
Face to face with a bear (eel article, entry 46)
As we are now on the run-in to June 16th, I have decided to have a mini-campaign in pursuit of … More
Not quite the cream off the top… but still good fun nevertheless (carp article, entry 42)
With limited time, I was forced to take a break from bream angling for a week. In fact, time was … More
Ghost-free session – in more ways than one! (carp article, entry 38)
‘You are excited about going fishing tomorrow aren’t you?’ enquired my wife, the evening before I was due to start … More
An eventful start to my gravel pit campaign (carp article, entry 37)
Until the rivers open again in June I am going to be focusing on a large gravel pit in pursuit … More