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Carolyn's 42lb mirror

A nice story from the Angling Lines latest news section.  The owners of Beaute took time out from Xmas ferstivities for a short carp session. 

Whilst Alex has many years fishing experience, Carolyn had never caught a carp before. 

Well, of course, you guessed it… her first carp was this 42lb beauty! And even better when you consider it’s December.  Alex tells us she’s banned from fishing the lake again!

You can read the full report here.

Andy asks;

How would we travel to some of your fishing hoildays if we dont drive?

Hi Andy,

If you are on your own or a small group the first place to look at is the Roseau lakes on the all inclusive trips (max 8 persons). Great fishing at a great price, Roy picks you up from Dover and takes you to the lake, this includes a full English breakfast and evening meal, fishing for the week and return trip. The cost is £495 per person and at least one or more week in each month is allocated for this type of trip. Bait is available at the lake as well as the restaurant is open all day. Roseau is only 2 hours from the Calais ferry port so it won’t be long before you are settled in fishing.

You can also fly to the following venues Beaute, Oakview, Alder & Notaires – all these owners will collect you from the closest airport and take you to the lake. They have tackle for hire when you get there you only need to take your end tackle and clothes etc. The other alternative is to hire Roy at Clearview with his driver, van and trailer (if required) to take your group to any of our lake fishing venues.

Do not hesitate to call for further info.

Regards Linda

The reason i haven’t booked a holiday with you is I’m wheelchair bound. I signed up to your newsletters hoping to find somewhere accessible.  If you could send me info on all the lakes that cater for disabled I’ll be more than happy to book a holiday. Been looking for 2 years and nothing in France seems suitable.

Thanks, Leon

Hi Leon,

We have 2 venues which may be able to help you;

Beaute is a small lake with a max 6 anglers.  The shower facilities are located in a mobile which has a ramp up to the door and the 2 bedrooms have been converted to large shower rooms (the showers have seats in them). Alex the owner is very helpful and lives on site he also has tackle and bait for sale. The side of the lake is reasonably level and the swims access would not be a problem for a wheelchair. If you didn’t want to bivvy up the shower mobile has a pull out double bed available and therefore is self contained.  At the other end of the shower block, there is a toilet, basin and shower which is normally reserved for use by ladies, but can also be used by other anglers if the shower block is being used by disabled anglers.

Vaux has a large house next to the lake, both front double doors open for access this takes you through the kitchen, just off the kitchen is the large lounge and also a downstairs bathroom. They are happy to provide a single bed in the spacious living room for a disabled angler (bed raised on Disabled Suppliers’ plastic cones) plus a second single bed for a companion if required. This still leaves plenty of room for the social area. So you do not have to bivvy if you do not wish to do so. This venue is sold as exclusive and the house sleeps up to 8 so if you have a large family they call all go.

Access around the lake is not a problem for someone in a wheelchair and two disabled anglers this year (2009) fished off the platform, as do the majority of our anglers.

Although the owners do not live on site, Chas comes in every day and will stay on site for as long as is required, especially if a disabled angler requires assistance.

Please check these venues on the web site both have photo’s of the facilities and accommodation, do not hesitate to call for further info.

Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards Linda

The shower block at Beaute with easy access ramp

By Ian Gemson;

A holiday fishing in France has never been easier arrange, you only have to take a quick look on the internet to see there is a large number of different venues offering a wide range of accommodation and food packages to chose from. These holidays range from the most basic “Drive & Survive” to the all inclusive food, accommodation some even offer bait and tackle, for the UK angler there has never been so much choice.

I have been a very keen carp angler for many years but have never fished anywhere but good old blighty. Having spent countless hours talking to fishing buddies about their French carping exploits I started to feel I was some how missing out, for me the time was right to stretch my legs and try fishing outside my comfort zone “Look out France here I come”.

I started my search for an appropriate French venue on my favourite UK carp fishing websites, one name kept coming out time and time again “Angling Lines”. The feedback I was getting talked about the clear and easy to navigate website, with lots of useful information you will need to get the best from your trip as well as a very comprehensive pricing menu.

I was able to find lots of useful information about a huge range of waters offered across France and Spain. From the Angling Lines web site “Our Holidays” page I was able to easily see the geographical position of each lake, this is important to help you get a feel for how far you are going to have to travel once you land in France. I was able to read helpful and comprehensive write ups of all of the lake including pictures and videos enabling you to get a good understanding of the venue you are considering.

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by Bridget Keep
Being part of the Angling Lines team is a challenging but enjoyable job. We get to meet lots of new and many repeat clients each year… some of whom go on to be real friends and we also get the chance to share our passion with other like-minded people. We love this business because we are arranging holidays, something that we know people will enjoy – so I think we are really lucky in that respect. But I guess one of the most interesting parts of the job is the lake visits. Its important that we try to visit all our lakes on a regular basis – it gives us real perspective and updates us on changes so when we are talking to people we know exactly what we are talking about.

So it was that three of us headed out to France to visit around 13 of the venues including 5 new ones! Our first port of call was Genets, where we had been promised a big English breakfast to start the tour. Heathers breakfasts are renowned and we definitely needed the walk around the lake afterwards to get us moving again! Genets is a lovely lake and is going from strength to strength as the carp are growing on very quickly. The swims were in superb condition with the main bulk of the fishing from the wooded bank onto the far margins and talking to our hosts and the anglers on the lake everyone was very happy despite the unsettled weather, they were catching well. continue reading…