We asked Jim Kelly and Paul Cooper to travel out to 7 acre La Fonte, in the Normandy region of France. Here’s what they found… La Fonte is situated in a wooded stream valley. It is very picturesque, with tree lined banks and a multiplicity of birdlife. The dawn chorus is particularly spectacular and sets […]
At the end of April we sent Matt and Mike Linstead to field test and film another new lake to our portfolio, La Fonte. After travelling through the night on the Friday, we hopped off the Euro tunnel in the early hours and headed south to the quiet corner of Normandy where the lake is situated. A three […]
No sooner had the previous weeks weather arrived, causing mayhem in it’s wake, than it started to dissipate. Saturday morning dawned bright and clear, and the prospect for the following seven days was for it to remain that way, with warmest temperatures of the year so far… More importantly the night time temperatures were high […]
Mike Linstead introduces our newest venue, Deux Iles. An 8 acre lake with two islands, each equipped with it’s own lodge. Ideal for up to 4 anglers and with stunning looking carp to over 50lb. The video was filmed in April this year and you can watch it below… Want more information on Deux […]
Mike Linstead is back from Deux Iles, a 7 acre carp fishing lake settled within a 22 acre plot in the heart of the Eure Valley in Normandy. Here’s his report… It’s not everyday you get the opportunity to fish a lake that has barely seen a line in the water. But, back in December, whilst reporting […]
Some great news just in from Villefond – an unforgettable catch report. Here’s owner Mark with the latest… We had four guys fishing our lake who have been before and knew our lake well. One angler told me ever year he comes it has been better than the year before so they had high hopes. His […]
Lee & Tracy have been developing great additions to the Glehias lakes. In 2014 they completed the wonderful floating cabin and now they’re paying particular attention to the swims on the lake… Last winter, over a cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows, we discussed what lake projects and general maintenance projects would take priority this year. Due to water […]
Ben Austin is undertaking an adventure of a lifetime, 12 months travelling Europe in the search of big carp. He’s spent the last few days at Vaumigny and caught this beautiful 41lb’er… ‘Well here she is what a amazing creature 41lb on the nose and she fought like a absolute demon!! After picking up the smaller […]
We’ve just had the catch report in from the first clients to visit Deux Iles and the lake has not disappointed! Here’s the feedback from anglers Ian Park and Scott Bryant…. Holiday date: Sat 9th Apr to Sat 16th Apr 2016 Name of customer: Ian Park Number of anglers: 2 Details of your catches: 5 x 40s, 9x 30s lots […]
We welcomed the Miller brothers Jamie and Grieg for our season opener at Lillypool, both of the boys on their first trip to France. It hasn’t been ideal weather for the first few weeks of the season but after a walk of the lake we all felt confident of a few fish. The guys both […]
Boux French carp lake is offering 25% off on weeks commencing 25th June, 2nd July and 9th July… Boux has had reputation for top class carp fishing in France since the 1980’s, producing many big carp for famous anglers such as Tim Paisley. That tradition continues and Boux still produces hard fighting carp at consistently high […]
Tom Robson and Rowan Charnick had a very successful winter carp fishing session at Old Oaks this February. They had carp on the bank to 55b including 2 x 50s, 10 x 40s, 6 x 30s, 2 x 20s and 1 x 10. An impressive average weight of 39.8lb. For more information on Old Oaks follow […]
Ross Hunter returns with an article on his session fishing Brocard Large, a 39 acre water that embodies everything a traditional French carp lake should be… Angling can be very hard at times, and at others very easy, seeming that you can’t put a foot wrong. Then at other times just impossible and no matter what you try, the species […]
After another long wet Winter the 2016 season is at last upon us. La Glehias regulars Richard Parks and Scott Bryant arrived yesterday morning and to kick start the new season, Scott managed to wet his net by finding a lovely 27lb Mirror within a few hours of getting a line in. Before we opened for 2016, works […]
Hi there, my name is John Allen and I am a “mature angler”, I was raised on Redmire Pool carp news (never been there, yet alone fished it). This was something I avidly read about through Angling times, when it was a massive newspaper, describing how the latest lump was caught on a worm, bread […]
A quick round-up from Nick Burrage after his recent session on Jonchery… “Starting our week with a breakdown on the M25, then four frosty nights and freezing winds, wasn’t the start we were after to be honest. Little did I know that after a very quick bite, resulting in a 49lb plus mirror; that this […]
A cracking review from Ross Hunter, who recently spent a week at 5 acre Jonchery #7, a venue ideal for 1-3 anglers to share exclusively. After getting to Jonchery #7 after 3.5 hours from Calais, I couldn’t wait to get my session started. I had fished the main lake in September this year, and just fell […]
After the work party of last week we were looking forward to welcoming our first guests of the new year at Molyneux in the shape of a lovely bloke Jack, who has visited us a number of times now. He brought with him for his first trip his brother in law Jamie, a fairly […]
Last week we placed all the fish back into Brocard Small. The fish were held in a lake over winter so we could do some maintenance on the lake. Along with with this we added some real corkers to over 50lb. Here’s some of our favourites from the day… Brocard Small is situated within picturesque woodlands […]
The owners at Notaires, Chris and Steph Dagg, recently filmed a new video which documents a session in October 2015. Take a look below…
