Follow Paul Cooper’s carp fishing stories, trip tips, tactics and venue reviews from real sessions to inspire your next carp fishing trip in France.
Angling Lines’ David Keep and Paul Cooper escaped to Old Oaks for a session this September. Here is Paul’s account of what turned out to be a tricky week’s fishing… Sometimes you have to bite your lip and follow the flow. I didn’t and I paid the price. It was late September 2013 when David […]
It’s approaching that time of year again when the carp go on a massive feed before the Winter sets in. September and October are, in my opinion, the best times of the year for a number of reasons. Firstly, the carp should have fully recovered from this years spawning and will now be at their […]
This year has been a difficult year at most fisheries in both England and France. The long warm sunny period that we have just seen, has encouraged massive weed growths on lots of lakes along with huge algae blooms… This certainly has effected catch rates on these effected waters and bait presentation has become difficult […]
Paul Cooper shows you the perfect barbless hook rig… As some of our newer lakes, such as Jonchery and Brie, now enforce a barbless only hook rule, our field testers have been set the challenge to find the right rig for the job. This is the rig Paul Cooper found to be most successful when […]
It’s 5am on Saturday morning following a week’s fishing on Brie. The air is heavy and sticky and Jim gets a single bleep on his right hand rod. He’s out of his sleeping bag and standing by his rods, a second bleep and he is into the fish, a magnificent 43lb specimen. By the time […]
Paul Cooper shows you that you don’t always have to cast to catch carp. By wading out to your chosen spot you can place your hook bait & freebies EXACTLY were you want them… Carp Fishing tactics & techniques – 65 technical videos to help you put more carp on the bank!
Another short video on barbel fishing by Paul Cooper, focusing on his rig of choice… Follow the links to watch Paul’s previous video barbel fishing on the River Dove and a short video on the essential barbel fishing tackle. You can also watch over 60 technical fishing videos on the Angling Lines website here.
Paul Cooper is one of our expert Field Testers, here’s the most recent post from his 2013 Fishing Diary… With the weather warming up I have been keeping an eye on the fish in my local syndicate water for signs of feeding fish. I called onto the lake mid-afternoon on the Sunday and saw around 20 […]
It was the end of March and Jim Kelly and I were about to take on our first field testing trip of 2013. We were off to Northern France to fish a lake on a trial for Angling Lines. With these first exploratory trips on a new lake, our purpose is to provide feedback to both […]
I have been out for a couple of short day sessions over the past couple of weeks but I have failed to bank any carp since the last mild spell in January. I have been keeping an eye on the weather forecast which indicates that we are due some warmer south easterly’s on Tuesday. This […]
Part 1, Part 2 Angling Lines have asked me to put together an itinerary of the tackle that I use for my carp fishing in France, and to talk about tackle in general for the angler just setting off for his or her first French carp fishing adventure. In part 1 I covered the most essential parts […]
Part 1, Part 3 Angling Lines have asked me to put together an itinerary of the tackle that I use for my carp fishing in France, and to talk about tackle in general for the angler just setting off for his or her first French carp fishing adventure. In part 1 I covered the most essential parts […]
Paul Cooper shows you how to tie 2 extremely useful knots. Carp Fishing Videos – 58 Technical “How To” Videos
Part 2, Part 3 I have been asked by the management at Angling Lines to put together a few blogs which contain sufficient information to assist new and existing customers, in their quest for carp in France. In these blogs I will suggest what I would list as the most appropriate tackle for the job in […]
Being an Angling Lines field tester has its ups and its downs. New lakes are coming on to the French angling scene all the time, with new owners purchasing lakes or lake owners needing the helping hand of companies such as Angling Lines. The huge inaccessible part of a magnificent lake After the initial enquiries […]
A view from the dam to the bays on the Southern part of the lake As with any lake, it is important to do your research as best you can prior to your arrival at the venue. With the venue that I am going to talk about, I was fortunate enough to have previously fished […]
Paul Cooper & Jim Kelly enjoyed a prolific session on Alder taking 161 carp in the week, even though temperatures exceeded 30 degrees most days. In this short video Paul gives us some tips on how to ensure the carp are well looked after on the bank in such hot weather. Carp Fishing in France […]
Paul Cooper & Jim Kelly enjoy a prolific session on Alder – 161 carp in the week! Now that really is a runs water! Carp fishing in France at Alder
If only there was an easy solution of working out when our favourite species of fish feeds. There are triggers that we are all aware of such excessive low pressure fronts, new warm winds and thunderstorms. For those who can bare it out in extreme weather conditions the results can be quite productive. But do […]
I have been testing new waters for Angling Lines for a number of years now and each lake has its own challenges. Unfortunately with some of the new waters there is little or no information available to research for a forthcoming trip. 2nd visit to Blue Lake… what a transformation! My next visit to France […]
