Talking Carp Tactics with Mark Lambert of Villefond

Here’s a new feature we’re going to run… interviews with our owners.  This week it’s Mark Lambert from Villefond; 1.  What are the 5 main features you look for in selecting a swim; 1. When selecting my swim I always wait until I arrive at the lake as pictures and maps can never really give […]

Climate Change – how will it affect a carp’s growth rate?

By Dan Allen, Oakwood carp lake Dan with a fine 37lb Oakwood mirror Now I’m not pretending to be an expert on global warming matters or anything of the like, instead I wanted to raise the question of how the rising climate temperature’s will affect our carp and would welcome your feedback and your own […]

Carp fishing with slack lines – A Time and a Place

Owner, Dan Allen, with a 40lb+ from his venue, Oakwood Fishing slack lines is nothing new, as an 11 year old boy I was using this tactic to catch small common carp alongside a reed bed at a local farm pond. I quickly learnt that my arsley bomb set up with a relatively tight line […]

Blanks happen to everyone!

An extract from the Blog diary of Jake Langley Hobbs; Good evening for the final time at Salagou… As I write this sat outside my bivvy, watching another sunset into the red rock hillside, it is with regret that I am calling it a day at Salagou. It is just not happening and it is […]

The Battle with the Common in the Raging Storm!

Jake Hobbs Jake recalls a heartstopping battle with a large Italian common carp…..   Yesterday flew by and by late afternoon I had done most of my planned work. I had gone out to my distant bottle marker and placed two more to its right, to create a line about 50m long. The three rods were […]

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 […]

Tackling Pressured Day Ticket Carp Venues

Tackling Pressured Day Ticket Venues By Josh Bennett Whether home or abroad, carp fishing is becoming more popular. This has a knock on effect with the amount of pressure that venues are seeing week in week out. After a fair few years of fishing this type of venue, there are a few tips and pointers […]