The Distance PVA Bag – effective carp bait delivery
Paul Cooper shows you how to make up a PVA bag that will cast 100m+
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Making a PVA parcel – effective carp bait delivery
Paul Cooper shows you how to make up a PVA parcel that will cast effectively.
Success comes from confidence in your bait
No matter how good an angler you are or how poor, if you have no confidence or have lost that confidence in your bait you are bound to fail. On a recent carp fishing trip to Boux, Jim Kelly and I were both armed with our confidence booster, Quality Baits HG42. With each of us […]
How To Protect Baits When Crayfish or Poisson Chat are Active
Paul Cooper shows you how to protect carp baits when Crayfish or Poison Chat are active;
Carp rigs; How To Construct the Ultimate Pop-up Rig
Paul Cooper shows you how to construct the ultimate pop-up rig. Note from Paul; ” I didn’t make it clear on the clip why I use the short tag of 30lb Seaguar. Well, it keeps the shrink tube in place because although appearing stiff, without the Seaguar the shrink tuibe does not maintain its shape. […]
Return to Boux Carp Lake – Field Testing Tales
Being a lake tester for Angling Lines does have its advantages; one has to be the chance of a return visit to one of the best venues in France, Domain de Boux. I had previously visited Boux in June this year along with Ron Key, and despite a hard week we still managed fish to […]
Great Boux carp session
Paul Cooper & Paul Brookes recently (w/c 1st Oct 2011) enjoyed a great session at Boux taking 33 carp including 7 x 40’s (to 46lb 9oz) & 8 x 30’s. In this clip we see carp on the bank to 45lb (common) plus a look at Paul’s successful rig.
Carp Rigs – The Blowback Rig (without hair)
Paul Cooper shows you how to construct this highly effective carp rig;
Carp Rigs – The Blowback Rig (with hair)
Another rig masterclass from Paul Cooper;
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.
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 […]
Carp Tactics and Watercraft – setting up & using a marker float
A series of Angling Lines videos that’ll help you put more carp on the bank! Here we join Paul Cooper as he explains how to set up & use a marker float.
Accurate Spodding
Hi all at Angling Lines, I’ve just read Paul Cooper’s article on accurate spodding and a bit of help is required if you have a minute please. I always used to set my baited rods slightly longer than my spod rod to allow for the arc when the baited rods came to rest, but the article […]
A Year in the Life of an Angling Lines Field Tester – Pt 5
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; Alder Lake Alder Lake was to be my last trip of the year and was planned for mid October with Jim Kelly. Unfortunately France […]
A year in the life of an Angling Lines Field Tester – Pt 4.
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; 39lb of stunning Golden Oak carp! Golden Oaks lake This was to be a family holiday for my wife, Diane and myself. With a […]
A year in the life of an Angling Lines Field Tester – Pt 3
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; Part 3 – Lac Du Villefond It was late September when I visited Lac Du Villefond with Paul Brookes. Our task was to try […]
A year in the life of an Angling Lines Field Tester – Pt 2
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; 40.04 Molyneux mirror for Paul Part 2 – Etang Molyneux Another call from David at Angling Lines in early June and Pat Gillet and […]
A year in the life of an Angling Lines Field Tester – Pt 1
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; 36.04 mirror from Paul’s Sapphire trip From early Spring to late November with Angling Lines; Part 1 – Sapphire Lake I have been field […]
An October session on Golden Oak carp lake
An article by Paul Cooper describing his session on Golden Oak in October 2010. Golden Oak Lake is situated deep in rural France, just South of Limoges. The 5 acre lake is owned by Jo and Dick Muntimer, and it sits on their 38 acre estate. They purchased the estate around 5 years ago from […]
Return to Molyneux carp lake by Paul Cooper
A cracking 40.04 mirror from Molyneux As I left the gates of Etang Molyneux in March 2007, having fished through temperatures ranging from 1 degree to 18 degrees in the same week, I hoped that I would once again get the opportunity to visit this beautiful and picturesque lake under better conditions… but it was […]
