Fox Guide to Modern carp Fishing
This is not a new book, having been published about two years ago. However, it is worth a mention because it is such an excellent production - specifically for anyone coming into the sport for the first time (or after an absence). It is absolutely packed with help and good advice, and was put together by Andy Little, Ian Chillcott, Ken Townley, Adam Penning and Max Cottis - explaining much of what is required to get a few carp on the bank. The whole 184 page, A4 book is stuffed with
diagrams and photographs - all of exceptional quality - really making explanations
easy to follow which is ideal for newcomers to carp fishing.
At only £7.99 the book is tremendous value for money and highly-recommended.
Available from the Carp-Talk shop at www.carptalk-shop.co.uk.
Richard Walker Biography
This book is brand new, and one that many ‘old lags’ have been desperately waiting
for. Researched and written by Barrie Rickards with considerable dedication, it is
a fitting tribute to angling’s most influential individual. For anyone who was a
part of Walker’s revolution, or who is the slightest bit interested in how angling
has evolved into where it is today, then this is a wonderful insight into the mind
and the person that orchestrated it. So well done to Barrie, he’s done a tremendous
job that I can’t think anyone, other than perhaps
Fred Buller, could have accomplished. Only available through Medlar Press at www.medlarpress.com
Terry’s bagging
Make sure you get hold of next week’s Carp-Talk (issue 675) which goes on sale Wednesday 15th August, where you’ll find photos of the awesome Terry Hearn with some of his latest captures! Terry recently became the second man in angling history to land five different UK carp over 50lb when he slipped the net under the big mirror known as Sid, weighing 51½lb from a Berkshire stillwater. In the same issue you’ll also see Tel with some stunning mirrors from an Oxfordshire venue and an interview with the angling legend, detailing how he tracked these stunners down, which including a previously uncaught mirror! Check out this week’s Catch Reports to see Terry with a superb 35-9 mirror from Oxfordshire, one of two fish he caught recently in a single night.
Obituaries of anglers
The death of a couple of well-known anglers have come in to the offices this week. Roger Standen, who was a journalist for a great many years, writing for many publications, died of cancer on the 30th July. He was a contributor to one of our sister publications - Coarse Angling Today - and will be missed by his many friends and family. He leaves a wife, Anne and three children. There are more details about Roger and his funeral on the website of The Freshwater Informer, a free magazine he was instrumental in founding.
The other angler who has passed away is Alan Otter, from Nottingham. His friend, Eric Richardson, passed on the news to us that Alan died in his sleep on Sunday 5th August after suffering from emphysema for about five years. He leaves a wife, son and daughter and was in his early 70s. Alan was responsible for the formation of The National Carp Group in 1968, a predecessor and inspiration that led to the creation of the British Carp Study Group, The Carp Angler’s Association and The Carp Society. Alan was also known for his exploits at Mapperley Reservoir in the 1960s.
Friends celebrate Tim’s 70th
Tim Paisley found himself the subject of a surprise 70th birthday party when he visited Newmarket races at the weekend. Angling Publication’s Pip and Jemima had organised a truly fantastic day for one of carp angling’s most famous characters, hiring a marque near the finishing line. Surrounded by family and friends Tim was wined, dined and lost a few quid to the bookies. Still it was a great day and Tim was more than a little merry when they group made their way to the coach at 6pm. However, the day was still young and another surprise was in store. A short trip into Cambridge found the wobbly-legged group installing themselves on a longboat - loaded to the gunnels with more champagne and booze, food and a rockin’ band. The rest of the night was spend cruising up and down the River Cam. Merriment was the strict order of the night and somehow, despite the vast quantities of alcohol consumed Tim managed to stay vertical and talk sense (he even had a full English the next morning - amazing). Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and even Kev and Lilley didn’t fall out! Problem is how can you follow that for his 80th!
Canada losing out to America
Paul and Lisa Hunt who own Canadian Carping Holidays, and have regular customers visiting from England, Europe and even Austrialia, are frustrated by the ‘one person, one rod’ fishing rod regulation which they believe is the reason why their business is declining on the Canadian bank of the huge St. Lawrence waterway. Canadian carp anglers can only use one rod per angler, yet across the river on the U.S. side they can use two. This is attracting more anglers as they have a better chance of catching the bigger fish. “Size is the thing as everyone wants to catch the biggest fish,” claimed Paul, “and being able to use two rods obviously increases the chances of more and bigger fish.” So holiday makers and anglers wishing to fish are going to the U.S. instead of Canada, resulting in a loss of business. Paul and Lisa point to a number of popular fishing magazines which advertise the U.S. as allowing anglers to use more rods than in Canada.
Canadian Carp Kill
Whilst on the subject of Canada we hear that more than 10,000 carp were found dead in Lake Scugog in early June. The problem then spread to Sturgeon, Pigeon, Cameron and Buckhorn Lakes, and, in the following month, into Chemong, Balsam, Sandy and Buckhorn Lakes. The public in the area have been told to double bag the dead carp and collection was organised by the local authorities. Residents are understood to have collected more then 50 tonnes of carp already. The reason for the kills is not yet known.
South-West Carp Show
The original bounty hunter Mr Rob Maylin, and Ian ‘Chilly’ Chillcott will be doing a double-bill slide show on November 22nd at Somerdale, Keynsham. There will be 300 tickets on sale for the evening and last year’s show sold out very fast. The many people who turned up on the evening hoping to pay on the door had to be turned away.
Also on the night will be a presentation of the new ‘Andy Leslie Cup’. This Cup will be presented yearly to whom four judges believe to be the ‘south-west carp angler of the year’. Tickets will be on sale from Veals of Bristol and CrazyCarp at £10.
Pallatrax sell their lake complex
The 24-acre, three-lake Pallington fishery at Dorchester, Dorset, is up for sale with an asking price of £1.6 million. The carp run to 42lb and the deal includes a house, outbuildings and fish-farming setup. If you’ve got some loose cash contact Pallatrax boss Simon Pomeroy on 01305 849333.
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Kev Knight, Tim, Rob Tough and Simon Crow toast Tim’s 70th.
Welcome to another free issue of Carp-Talk Xtra from the publishers of Carp-Talk
magazine. We have the usual offerings for you to sample - including loads of catch
reports that don’t appear in our Carp-Talk magazine. It certainly looks as if catches
have improved with the warmer weather, although sadly we are still hearing about
some carp deaths. It really has been a disastrous year with the floods and carp losses.
Now Foot and Mouth disease has broken out all we can do is hope that the authorities
get it under control quickly. Previous outbreaks have seen the access to lots of
fisheries being closed, and on top of the other problems that we have experienced
this spring, it’s the last thing the industry needs.
On a different point, we get loads of telephone calls every week from people who
send in their catch reports via email, asking us if we have recieved their individual
email. It’s obviously time consumming for us to check these out, but the email system
has been designed so that everyone will know if their email has actually been delivered
- unlike the postal service! If your email hasn’t been delivered you will get an
email back from your service provider telling you that the email (and there will
be a reference to the actual email you sent) was undelivered. Emails can be undelivered
for numerous reasons - perhaps you made a slight spelling mistake in the email address
(very common) or the recipient no longer has that actual address. With free email
packages about (from such as Yahoo and Hotmail, etc) then people tend to move email
addresses quite often.
On the subject of the post service we have to apologise to anyone who is a subscriber
to Carp-Talk magazine. As has been widely reported in the media Royal Mail employees
are in dispute with the management and our collections and deliveries are being seriously
disrupted at times.
Some of you might also fish for other species and may know that apart from the Carp-Talk
magazine, we
Since we have mentioned America/Canada and the St. Lawrence watershed, readers may
be interested to see a photo of the biggest carp caught during the recent Specialist
Tackle 2nd International Carp Challenge match (mentioned in the last issue). It’s
a fantastic-looking 32-pounder caught by Dylan Kent - and those St. Lawrence carp
are really built to scrap. They are seriously some of the hardest fighting carp in
the world. However, it does suggest real ‘biggies’ are a bit of a rarity. With 7
tonnes of carp caught during the match, obviously fish over 30lb are not that plentiful.
Still, size isn’t everything as I keep telling the wife!
If you are interested in taking part in next year’s event, that is being held between
Wednesday 9th and Saturday 12th July, at the same venue near Waddington, New York,
then contact Specialist Tackle on 01708 730513 in the UK. Entry is $1000 per two-man
team and will be dealt with on a first-come basis. There will be a maximum of 40
teams taking part. This year’s first prize was $10,000, second prize $5,000 and third
prize $2,500, plus section prizes as well.
also publish Coarse Angling Today and Pike & Predators. If you read the weekly angling
papers you may have noticed that we had a bit of a result this week, with both the
Mail and the Times having to pick up on a big scoop we had in our last issue of Pike
& Predators. The story concerned a 46lb pike exclusively reported in our magazine,
and the weeklies were reduced to having to scan our contributor’s article for the
details. To do this they had to give us a bit of free publicity which was very welcome.
Never look a gift horse and all that... Anyway if you want to find out a bit more
you can have a look on our P&P website by clicking here or buy the mag!
I’ve been hitting the bank this week resulting in two fish. Although they were the
smaller residents of the lake the fish were still very welcome and makes the fishing
worthwhile. I hope to make inroads into the bigger ones later this week with a couple
of session which I have planned.
Adam, Ben & Kevin
