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Judging from response so far there are already a lot of anglers using the new floats as we completely sold out of the first production batch within a week! Looking firstly at the Carptek range there are six different floats in the family:CARPTEK 1This is a popular carp float ideal for use with meat, corn…

Articles by Chris Gardner Chris Gardner Chris Gardner is 27, and has been fishing since the age of 9. Growing up and living virtually on the banks of the River Nene introduced Chris to all aspects of coarse fishing. Match fishing for a while, he made the under 19 England international squad three years running,…

Reports had been coming in that the fishery was producing amazing fishing, so it was with a certain apprehension that John and I left Bristol at 4.30 in the morning! I believe that I explained last week that generally competition organisers don’t want mass slaughter of fish, as this is likely to provoke criticism, which…

We have a calendar at work that gives you a thought for the day on each page, some witty, some poignant, mostly naff. Todays message warranted repeating though I thought, it read, Give someone a fish and it will feed them for a day, give someone the knowledge to fish and you will feed them…

Seven years have passed since my family and I moved out of suburban Manchester into the wilds of rural Cheshire. At the time it seemed like a good idea – but I hadn’t bargained on the cost, and we are still recovering. However, it was a good move fishing wise; only ten miles from the…

The bonus is that tope grow big. It’s not unusual to get tope in the 20lbs to 40lbs weight range when shore fishing and you are in with a realistic chance of fish to 60lbs at certain times of the year. Cod and conger aside, no other fish reach these weights that a shore angler…