Angling Lines Blog

by Gareth Watkins
Hi there
I saw an interesting interview with quest Baits boss Shaun Harrison on the Carpology e-news letter that I’m signed up for, and one question in particular grabbed my attention.
“Where do you see carp fishing in 10 years time?”
“Good question that one. I think we will see more and more commercial type fisheries […]

by Gareth Watkins
The secret to a good fishing trip to France is preparation and being well equipped. This necessarily means a certain expense, but if you want to enjoy your trip and not have it turn into an unpleasant fiasco: like the boy scouts say “Be Prepared”. Keeping warm, dry and well fed will go […]

by Gareth Watkins

While writing the recent post on Carp Fishing tackle Icons, I touched on the fact that a battery of parallel rods has become synonymous with Carp angling over the years. I got to think about modern Carp Fishing rod support systems and their pros and cons. A practical, efficient and stable system is […]

by Gareth Watkins
Over the years I’ve had a whole range of different vehicles that I’ve used to get myself fishing. In the early days it was my parent’s cars, so whatever they had at the time, and varied from an Audio 80 to a Triumph Dolomite. Not always very practical… Since then I’ve had […]

by Gareth Watkins
Like so many things in life, Carp Angling follows fashion. In fact, it is fashionable to go carp fishing at the moment. Hundreds of young anglers are taking up the sport because of the trendy image that it has, the tackle and the fashions. Trends though always throw up objects that achieve iconic […]