Bailiff’s report from Molyneux

Here’s Wally’s Molyneux report to 2nd July 2011… We had three anglers due on the lake in the forthcoming week. They arrived just as Helen and I had finished tidying round and mopping out the shower block and anglers cabin. The first to arrive were old friends in the shape of Spencer and Yvonne Powell. […]

What Size Lead for Maximum Casting Range?

Question:   Hi Shaun, .I’ve currently got the Freespirit XS rods. I’m fishing a lake at present which involves a fair chuck. What weight lead can I get away with? Cheers, Lee Nichols Shaun Answered:  Hi Lee, . I found 3 1/2′s went best for me on my X.S. but I did occasionaly use 4oz in big side […]

So, You Are Going For a Carp Session in France…

I wrote this piece around 3 years ago and it was published Carp Talk and is still very relevant now. So, if you are new to travelling across the water there may be a couple of useful snippets for you here… So You are Going to France? I only ever did it the once and […]

Carp fishing with slack lines – A Time and a Place

Owner, Dan Allen, with a 40lb+ from his venue, Oakwood Fishing slack lines is nothing new, as an 11 year old boy I was using this tactic to catch small common carp alongside a reed bed at a local farm pond. I quickly learnt that my arsley bomb set up with a relatively tight line […]