With blue sky, bright sunshine and a thermometer hitting 85 degrees, I arrived at Somersett Creek on Andros Island on a flooding tide with my guide, a friendly fun loving Bahamian Chuck Thompson. He could spot a feeding bonefish at a 100 feet.
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Carp [Species Menu] [Carp articles] Common name: Carp Latin name: Cyprinus carpio Record weight: The current record fish is affectionately known as ‘two-tone’ and is slowly edging towards 60lb. This lovely fish lives in a large gravelpit in Kent called Conningbrook. The current (September 2001) record weight for this fish is 59lb 7oz captured by…
Specie: Common Carp Weight: 22lbs 8oz Location: Sumner ponds, large lake at Barns Green, W. Sx. My friend Mr Terry Dawson and I had been method fishing for about 3hrs, when I decided to put two really black casters on the hook. Bingo! this little beauty, was hauled in.
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As it is so much lighter and stiffer than traditional rod making material, most modern fly rods are made from some form of carbon fibre. These are also much thinner and lighter than the older alternatives. This, coupled with the fact that they have in real terms fallen in price, makes carbon fibre the ideal…
I attended their latest event at Wraysbury Two and was very pleased with the organisation and support that they had received. This was a pike fish-in which is not every anglers cup of tea. However there were over eighty participants on the day which I thought was excellent. The venue had been donated completely free…