Carbology Explained - by Lee Swords. Part 1… (of several…) Carbelling: The fusing of barbel fishing and carp fishing Carbology: The science of catching barbel using techniques evolved from those used in the carp fishing fraternity. Carbologist: One who involves themselves in the science ...

I’ve gone mad, it’s official. A year ago I gave up the day job and put together the kind of early retirement plan I’d been dreaming about for more than a decade. It was going to be a life full of indulgence with three days fishing in the week and lots of weekends away with the better half. A y...

Welcome to the June angling blog. If you’re a new visitor then I hope you enjoy it. I try to tell it as I see it and occasionally inject a little bit of wicked humour but do beware, there’s an odd swear word here and there in the graphics if you pay close attention, so please don...

Green Un Club Match Angler Championship Final Wold View Fisheries, Silver lake - 22 pegs Sponsored by Climax Tackle     Richard Romps Home   On a day when wild winds whipped up a torrential squall in mid-match it was perhaps fitting that a sunbed engineer should take the honours in what prove...

As the days lengthen and the thermometer rises I find I’m buzzing around like a blue a***d fly. There’s so much to do and I haven’t even renewed a single club ticket yet. Mustn’t make the same mistake as last year, eh? Lost out on a ticket I seldom used but it was nice to have if only for th...

Well, a month has flown by and I’ve done precious little fishing. Mind you, I was ready for a break from it if truth be told. There comes a point, especially if you’re struggling to catch a great deal, when you can find far more pressing matters to attend to. And it’s good to maintain a balanc...

Author: John Wilson Publisher: Little Egret Press   Let us be in no doubt, John Wilson is an iconic figure. He effectively brought angling to the masses with his ‘Go Fishing’ television shows, while his trademark laugh and catchphrases quickly polarised viewers. John was the angling’s very o...

Carp Along The Way, Volume One by Rod Hutchinson Pub: Angling Publications Ltd   If there’s a more disorganised angler in the world than Rod Hutchinson, I’ve yet to meet him.   The first half of this book was written by Rod around 40 years ago in a manuscript titled ‘An Angler By...

Uninvited Guests   There are some really anal folk in the fishing game and you’ll find plenty of them posting various degrees of bile on Internet forums. They really won’t like this next chapter because I’m going to share a few of my experiences of ‘guesting’. Call it poaching if you like...

Welcome to my web site. Please feel free to have a look around. I’m sure you’ll find an article or two to keep your fishing juices flowing. I’ll be adding fresh material on a regular basis, updating my blog and chucking in a few chapters from the two books I have in the pipeline. ...