Par For The Course – Carping with Allan Parbery
Par For The Course – Carping with Allan Parbery It’s a few years since I did any serious carp fishing but I have to say I do enjoy it, especially if I can get into the right mindset. Most of my recent carping has been short session stuff, mostly stalking or floater fishing so when [...]
The Omnivorous Carp – Jon Wood
For a change, a guest article by Jon Wood, author of the recently published book, Carp Fishing Science. It’s a remarkably complex and detailed read that will pretty much tell you everything you might ever have wanted to know about how a carp works. Indeed you can read a more detailed summary of it here. Meanwhile, [...]
Matt Brown’s Guide To Spodding
A purpose design spod rod and big pit reel will allow you to throw a fully loaded, full size spod very far indeed and with great accuracy after surprisingly little practice. I use the Daiwa Emblem Spod reel because it casts as well as anything out there but has a super fast retrieve (over 1.22 [...]
Short Session Carping
As a match angler back in the 1980’s I never really hankered after catching a big carp. Okay I would frequently pick up magazines and newspapers to gaze in admiration at covers that portrayed some very serious angler or other cradling what was, for the time, a huge carp. I say huge, but back in [...]
