Boost your carp skills with technical guides, tips and techniques that focus on improving tackle, baiting and tactics for success on the water.
Huge congratulations to Steve Knight! He was the last angler on both Laroussi and Old Oaks & caught the last carp of the 2012 season (mid December). Steve, loving the challenge, came back early February 2013 on Laroussi to try to seduce the first carp of the year and he did it with […]
Arthur at 55.04 Winter Review Lake Manager Mark Lambert has taken full advantage of the quiet winter period here at Villefond to test out the new tweaks and flavours made in the house bait range which includes the new plum nut bait which has already had great results. Fishing just short sessions through out the […]
Translation to help with particle baits… Most Angling Lines venues will be happy to prepare particles for you and then have them waiting for you when you arrive, as I do here at Bletiere. but if your booked venue doesn’t offer this service then this will help you buy particle baits in the shops over […]
A cracking 28lb Linear mirror carp caught on 6th Jan ’13 proves that Paul Cooper’s strategy of using short hook links in winter works. Carp Fishing Tips – 59 Videos
Paul Cooper shows you how to tie 2 extremely useful knots. Carp Fishing Videos – 58 Technical “How To” Videos
Mehdi Daho, owner of Laroussi & Old Oaks, guides you through his methods to catch carp in Winter. He outlines the tactics he uses and then gives great detail on his prefered bait and baiting techniques. A real gem of a video for anyone considering winter carping. 57 Carp Fishing Tactics Videos
This is a winter carping special as Mehdi Daho & Bill Holcombe tell us about the great November sessions they’ve just enjoyed. Plus a round-up of all the November big fish captures – and there’s lots of ’em! Guide to Carp Fishing – 56 Videos
The Long Two Tone at 47.12 24hrs at Lac Du Villefond, 7/11/12 by fisheries manager, Mark Lambert Wednesday the 7th of November 2012 was the start of my 24 hour session on my lake Villefond . I had my tent set up from a previous session the week before so after a quick setup of […]
This article first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog & is reproduced with kind permission I thought I would add this little email correspondence which has gone on to-day and is so typical of so many other ones I have most weeks. It is regarding our ‘special way’ of producing shelf life boilies which definitely […]
In part 1 of this series Duncan de Gruchy demonstrated how to catch carp using slack lines and running rigs. Here in part 2 Gary Hewes demonstrates how to achieve similar results using tight lines and shocker rigs. Gary is fishing the same spots from the same swim that Duncan fished 3 weeks before. It […]
Whilst our business is all about providing great carp fishing holidays in France we do also have a great on-line video library of carp fishing hints & tips.You can find 54 videos here – https://www.anglinglines.com/videos/technical.php Subjects covered include long range casting, feature finding, bait storage, tackle & tactics – it’s a really useful resource for […]
There’s no easy way to get your chosen boilie out, no matter what the size or shape, unless you use some of the following. Throwing Stick These come in variable sizes and diameter depending on the brand you use. I find that a throwing stick gives me a better spread pattern of round bait for […]
Paul Cooper shows you how to construct the Line Aligner rig. Note from Paul; “The Line Aligner rig was first used in the early days of carp fishing and was introduced by Jim Gibbinson. This rig has accounted for the capture of thousands of carp and when fished in the right situation is exceptional. I’ve […]
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 […]
by Duncan De Gruchy During a week of day sessions Duncan de Gruchy has 20 indications, 20 carp runs and 20 carp including a new lake record. Here he reveals his secrets… and at the end of the article you can watch a video of Duncan in action. HEAVY MAIN LINE Flourocarbon mainline (pure flouro, not […]
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 […]
This post first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog & is reproduced with kind permission. Last week I posted a catch report to our website and mentioned that I had caught the fish on an ultra light aerodynamic home made long range pop-up. This has caused a fair bit of interest with anglers asking me how they […]
Barbel fishing is enjoyed by many carp anglers so we thought we’d ask Paul Cooper to shoot a couple of videos for us. Here we join him on a July 2012 Barbel session on the River Dove. Paul explains his tactics and bait and we see carp and barbel to 16lb landed. You can watch […]
Readers Question; Hi all, I started making my own boilies, but a bit confused at to which flavours to use at which time of year. One person told me fish flavours in winter and frutti in summer, then someone else told me the opposite. Any suggestions welcome. Mike Hi Mike, The actual flavour has little […]
A large proportion of anglers carp fishing in France still prefer to use free running lead set-ups incorporating little or no bolt effect. This combination of no bolt effect, slack lines and slack bait runners results in many anglers missing many takes, or when the anglers are winding down to the carp and striking to […]
