How we long for those summer days to return, watching the cruising carp, slapping those mozquitos as they penetrate the follicle as the suns rays bring the tranquil evening surface to life. The high-pressure days can be so hot that we silently hope for a splash of Scotch mist to cool the prickly skin, absolutely stunning summer conditions, but not necessarily advantageous to feeding activity or big...

If you are out there fishing for rainbow or brown trout you are fishing for the largest trout you can find. If this is the case then perhaps you should try using a larger fly for your fly fishing expeditions. The larger the trout the more likely it is to want to consume larger meals. Large trout like to sit in deep slow water and tend to not use very much of their energy. This allows them to be...

By Marc Gough Part One A year ago two fishermen & I embarked on a quest into the unknown! Our mission, to winkle a few large carp & some of the resident Cats out of Manor Farm fisheries in Headcorn, Kent.

With very little knowledge of the complex consisting of a match lake with a few carp up to the 20lb mark, a specimen carp lake with carp to the low thirties & specimen carp/catfish...

The chairman’s letter confirming I had been accepted into the B.C.S.G also reminded me of the need for us to supply material for “The Carp” he said it didn’t need to be of a technical nature, whew, glad about that. The letter did however suggest sending in a picture of a good fish and a letter describing its capture and the circumstances leading up to it, so here goes. The fish is a lovely...

News: Pulborough Angling Society will be holding their annual Teach In at Goose Green, near Ashington on Saturday 11th July 2009. At this event they give one to one tuition to novice anglers with preference given to juniors. Methods used are Pole, Whip or Waggler with all tackle being supplied by the tutor, all of whom are experienced Pulborough AS members. There is a lower age limit of seven...

Nether Mill Coarse Fishery is my local fishery and I fish it every week ... it's outstanding. It is stocked with loads of fish such as, carp, tench, bream, perch, roach, orfe, eel, ide, skimmers and a few trout. The carp are plentiful, running to a lake record of 20lb+. The average good carp caught is about 9lb. However Adam (bailiff) has just added 1000 small 1lb carp to the lake and bream run...

Despite the generosity of Priory Farm lakes offering me a years complimentary membership, it had been over a year since I had last visited this stunning 4 lake coarse and carp fishing complex in the heart of Surrey. On that occasion in February, I had struggled all day in the cold conditions and didn't even register a single bite. Determined to do better this time,( I certainly couldn't do any...