Beginners Carp Guide

Welcome to the first beginners guide; the idea of which is to try and help newcomers into the sport formulate the skills and mindset required to catch specimen carp consistently. It’s not just for the beginner, mind. If you are ever of the opinion that you could be catching a few more, then read on! We will break the series down into the following five parts; What makes a successful carp angler? Watercraft, Bait, Approaches & Techniques, and Application examples. In this first piece we give a brief overview of what the series will cover and hopefully dispel a few myths surrounding this great sport of ours, ... [full story]

Welcome to the second part in our beginners carp guide.Watercraft; You’ve read about it, you’ve heard people talk about, but what does it really mean? And more importantly… how can you get some? For me, watercraft means the skill in being able to read a water, or to be more precise, being able to read the fish within a water. As mentioned in the last piece, it’s no good having all the right tackle and bait if you then set up in a swim completely devoid of fish - You need to be able to narrow down all the options ... [full story]