Boost your carp skills with technical guides, tips and techniques that focus on improving tackle, baiting and tactics for success on the water.
Rob Inns braved the chilly weather this spring and it sure did pay off! If you’re considering a late or early season trip, have a read below… In March 2012 I was lucky enough to be invited to Lac Du Villefond for the filming of the Angling Lines venue video. It turned out to be […]
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 […]
Ron and Ken Discuss Slack Lines Vs. Tight Lines in this short video from their fishing trip this year. For more technical videos to get the most out of your carp fishing trip to France click here.
Following his hugely popular video on slack lines and running rigs, Duncan de Gruchy is back with a follow up. This time Duncan reveals his baiting tactics. If you have missed ‘How to Catch Carp in France 1 and 2’ you can go straight to them here: Part 1 – Slack Lines and Running Rigs […]
I have spent a lot of time this season fishing very short sessions on the river for barbel and some of these evenings in real over grown swims have seen swarms of mozzies and midges all wanting a bit of the Harrison blood. Now I am quite attached to my blood and don’t really want […]
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!
Anglers being anglers we often find ourselves complaining about the weather. Be it too bright, too hot, too cold, too windy, too wet and so on. But, to be fair hot weather conditions might not be conducive to heavy feeding at the moment but they are absolutely perfect for taking full advantage of in two ways. […]
Here’s a few quick tips courtesy of Shaun Harrison at the Quest Baits blog… 1) Location – Depending what you are after. If you simply want to catch as many as possible then set up on good shows of fish, but the larger ones can lead more solitary lives and can often be found in quieter areas. 2) […]
I have decided to write a piece to try and help people to get the best of their week fishing our lake, Villefond. As the fish grow on in leaps and bounds and with the lake average now pushing over 40lb the carp are becoming ever more wise and wary. I have explained in previous […]
One of my instruments that I use to catch that weary carp is to watch the weather. After a long period of high pressure in those summer months, when we have those nice warm days and pleasant nights, I am always waiting for that break in the weather. The lakes come alive in low pressure […]
Lac Du Villefond has been fishing really well recently and with a gap in the bookings I decided to take the opportunity to spend some time catching the monsters that swim our waters… I wasn’t able to fish a whole week so I decided I would at least pre-bait for a few days on the […]
With leadcore being banned on most venues due to the danger to fish welfare, Paul Cooper shows us some of the alternative uses for leadcore… Including being used in the construction of the combi-rig and a replacement for heavy mono on a marker float set up and spomb. For over 60 other technical carping videos […]
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 […]
Liam Whalley’s group visited Villefond in February and out of the nine carp caught, 6 of those were 40+, including the two beautiful big commons below.
Need an insight into what tackle is used by some successful anglers abroad? We asked some of our experienced and highly respected anglers to give an insight into their own tackle choices. Unbiased, as they are not ‘sponsored anglers’, we simply asked what they use and why they use it. This week we look at […]
‘Mr Sixty’ Wayne Naylor has bagged half a page in the new Carp-Talk for the 67lb Mirror caught at Laroussi in February this year. For more information on Laroussi follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
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 […]
Need an insight into what tackle is used by some successful anglers abroad? We asked some of our experienced and highly respected anglers to give an insight into their own tackle choices. Unbiased, as they are not ‘sponsored anglers’, we simply asked what they use and why they use it. This week we start with […]
