Boux is back!

Boux is Back! After an absence of 3 years from our books we’re delighted to announce that from 2012 we’ve been appointed as the sole booking agents for Boux. As many of you will know, Boux has had reputation for producing large carp since the 1980’s with many famous anglers having visited its banks. That […]

Constructing safe carp rigs

Paul Cooper shows you how to make a safe carp rig. Ensuring that the lead can be shed in the event of a line break is the first rule of safe rigs.  In this video Paul shows you the components you need to be certain your rig is safe.

New Angling Lines Website is live!

Just to let you know that the new Angling Lines Website went live yesterday. It has a host of new features including; *    a cleaner, modern presentation that’s easier to navigate .*   ability to check availability live on-line 24 hours per day .*    a comprehensive venue search facility that suggests venues that fit […]

Carp Rigs – Tying the Knotless Knot

Paul Cooper presents a series of short video clips on carp rigs and tips… Over the next few months I intend to put a series of short video clips together showing the methods that I use when fishing home or abroad, that help me put those extra few fish on the bank. I have been […]

Bivvy Power!!!

The Power Pack Ben Young and Gary Sawyer of Bivvy Power are here for the week at La Gléhias and they’ve brought with them their ‘Bivvy Power’ pack and ‘Remote Hit and Run Lighting System’. The ‘Remote Lighting System’ not only allows you to illuminate your bivvy, but the area outside it too! – And […]

Good week at Villefond with 7 x 40lb+ carp

Villefond continues to return really good catches of big carp… we really think it’s one to watch for the future. Mr Bachelor’s party (w/c 3rd Sept) had 29 carp; *   Arnold at 47lb 5oz *   Bennets at 45lb 6oz, *   5 other 40’s, *   15 x high 30’s *   and 7 x 20lber’s Pretty good […]

Is Vincons the best bagging up water in France?

Jon playing yet another Vincons carp… Without doubt our most prolific venue is Vincons.  If you want to catch lots of carp that’s the place to go.  Here’s a bit more evivdence to support that claim; Jon & Larry fished Vincons w/c 6th August and had 79 carp in total up to 29lbs 7oz. Average size […]

Is this the biggest catch of carp ever on Laroussi?

Dan Burke & his mates booked Laroussi exclusive w/c 3rd Sept & had a fantastic catch.  Over to Dan; ” We had 99 fish in total!!! 40 carp up to 63.08 which was a new personal best for the angler…. 5 x 50’s, biggest 58.8 which I caught. My dad had a 50.2 which was is […]

Breaking More Records In The Army

The Army boys all from the 2nd Britalian Royal Welsh, based in  Tideworth, make their assult on Lillypool week commencing 6 August 2011 breaking new records with a total of 106 runs and 81 fish landed to 44lbs with a new PB for Paul Thomas. Well done lads. Keep up the good work for pleasure […]

A pig gets netted at Glehias!

This is without doubt the funniest thing I’ve ever seen at Glehias; Ben Young and Gary Sawyer of ‘Bivvy Power’ are fishing here this week at La Gléhias with Gary’s mum and dad Al and Lynn. On Thursday evening I went down to the Lakes for a chat with Ben and Gary, about an hour later […]

Automated toll payments now available to UK drivers

For those of you who go to France often and those who travel alone in the car there seems to be nothing more wasteful in time and annoyance than trying to get through the automated tolls system on the main motorways. Especially when traffic is busy and the queues stretch back, or you have someone […]

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3 x 40lb+ cats in the week from Glehias

48.08 Colin (Cat-Man-Doo) Marsh of the Wilkinson Party has landed 3 large Catfish from our lake Glehias this week (w/c 27.08.11) after expressing a desire to bank one of the elusive big ones when he first arrived here Saturday. The first Cat came on a Tench live bait at 2 am on his first night […]

Happy Summer Days at Mas Bas

Happy Summer Days at Mas Bas by Bridget Dawson I’d like to say that the day started early but in fact due to time constraints with the tunnel crossing it started for us around 5pm as we dropped off the dogs in Chesterfield and headed south to pick up our friends. We had chosen the tunnel crossing […]

Reducing The Silt Smell On Boilies

Hello Shaun! The last time I go fishing a small lake and have caught some large carp. However, the bait completely taken over after 4-5 hours by the strong smell of rotting sludge. What kind of bait and flavors suggest that the baits can retain the smell for a long time? I think that is much […]