How The 70lb’er Was Caught At Laroussi

70.06 Now, we can’t really tell you how to fish Laroussi per say, but I can tell you what Andrew Redfearn and myself did when we fished there the last week in March 2012, when our results certainly surpassed our expectations! Which swim? We were lucky enough to be 2 of 4 anglers on the lake […]

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Winter Barbel & Chub – Tony Miles

From October onwards, my fishing became very disjointed and only really came back to normal in February. The main reason was a succession of health issues within the family, which saw me missing a lot of fishing and only going locally for a few hours when I could get out. Consequently, I was never able […]

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A Welcome Return To Boux

Boux in the summer – heaven! I have always loved Boux, not only for the huge carp which of course brings tremendous feedback, but simply because the setting is gorgeous… the forest backdrop and then the open fields with cattle grazing are in sharp contrast to each other.  So it was with some excitement that […]

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Dave Lane’s Carp Blog

Dave Lane It’s been a bit of a mixed bag over the last couple of weeks, we have finally left winter behind and, apart from the odd cold snap, its been a glorious start to March. At the end of February it was show-time for me, I travelled out to France with TF Gear for […]

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Boux-tiful start to the season

Boux has kicked off to a great start, the lake has produced over 60 carp in its first week. Derek Ryley who took Josh (19 yrs), Liam (17 yrs) and Louis (13 yrs) with him to the lake says that each of them has caught a 50lb+ carp. Josh also had 7 x 40’s inc […]

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Advanced Carp Rigs – The Lead Drop Rig

  I very much favour heavy leads for carp fishing… you can read my reasoning here. However, once the heavy lead has done its job and hooked the carp there’s no reason to keep it during the fight. That’s why I designed this “Lead Drop” rig. So… here’s the component parts needed to make the rigs; […]

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Carp Rig Thoughts – Why I Favour Heavy Leads

By Chas Cook, owner of Vaux In my opinion when carp fishing, the most important factor after the hook is the lead set-up.  I very much favour a heavy lead… & here are the reasons why; Many anglers sit behind their rods and their non-moving swingers unaware that carp are actually mouthing, and sometimes moving off […]

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Lake Record Smashed at Old Oaks!

57lb – the new Old Oaks record! Dave Dodds is already living the dream at Old Oaks and he’s only 3 days into his holiday!  First time in France & he’s already caught 9 carp – all within 36 hours! All mirrors, weights as follows; 35lb, 42lb, 33lb, 32lb, 47lb, 33lb, 23lb, 42lb … and […]

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No April Fool – It’s The Record Catfish!

Around 160lb The Laroussi lake record catfish came out yesterday, April 1st.  Of course we couldn’t have let you know yesterday or you would have thought we were just fooling around! Matthew Parker has landed the Laroussi Monster which has remained uncaught (or should we say unlanded since its been hooked & lost several times […]

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A Step By Step Guide To Tying The Blowback Carp Rig

We’ve just loaded up an excellent step by step guide on how to construct the extremely effective Blowback Rig (with & without hair).  It’s been put together by top carper Paul Cooper… well recommended;  https://www.anglinglines.com/docs/venuearticlesdetails.php?venue=Oakview&article=160   Carp Fishing in France at 35 Lakes

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