Carp Catchers Blog

PLEASE NOTE, We will be open bank holiday Monday 27th May. The Closing down sale continues. We still have some Shimano rods left, an assortment of bivvys, quite a few rods and some bits and pieces of luggage. We also still have plenty of terminal tackle. Pop in and pick up a bargain, 50% of everything except Korda, Mainline and Sticky.

The Bivvy’s we have left are as follows:

Trakker
A Lite was £139.99 now £70
Specimen Armo 1 Man was £199.99 now £100
60″ Oval Brolly was £149.99 now £75
Armodome was £479.99 now £240
Crossfire was £449.9.99 now£225
SL Dome was £399.99 now £200
JRC
STI Single Skin 2 Man was £200 now £100
STI Twin Skin 1 Man was £314.99 now £160
Dave Lane TX Bivvy was £359.99 now £180
Cocoon Carp Crib was £119.99 now £60
Contact 2 Man was £219 now £110
Venture
Razorback Bivvy VT5000 was £428.99 now £214
Razorback Nylon Shelter was £219.99 now £105
Angling Intelligence
Airframe Bivvy was £349.99 now £175
2 Rib Shelter (Airframe Light) was £209.99 now £105
Traditional Brolly was £229.99 now £115
If you require them posting out to you, you will have to pay postage of £6.95

We were closed Bank Holiday Monday but we are open again now and will continue the 50% off sale until the end of the month. We still have bivvys, Shimano reels and rods all at 50% off. Call in and have a look.

The Closing Down Sale continues – pop over and see whats left

We will be closed Bank Holiday Monday 6th May and re-open Tuesday 7th May.

We will be closing down at the end of May. We are having a 50% off sale – if you come to the shop. Pop over if you need anything. Thank you all for your custom.

The long-awaited and highly anticipated Sticky Krill boilies are now available and in stock today.

Both Jim Shelley and Sean Leverett have been having some incredible results on this bait during testing over the last year and these results can be expected to continue with the general release of this bait to the angling public.

We now have 16mm shelflife boilies and pop ups, 12mm dumbells, matching pellets and the matching glug in stock.

Pop in or call for details.

Regards

Dave

The 2012/2013 rod licences have now expired so don’t forget to renew your rod licence before you next head out fishing. They can be renewed by going into your local post office or applying online.

Here is the direct link to the post office website if you wish to renew yours online http://www.postoffice.co.uk/rod-fishing-licence

Another quick reminder to all you carp anglers out there who choose to use 3 rods, don’t forget you need to purchase 2 new licences, as each licence only covers you to fish with 2 rods.

Tight Lines

Dave

The 2013 edition of the free carp fishing DVD from Korda is out now. Packed full of the latest products and tactics from the Korda lads it’s not to be missed. Here’s a quick sneak preview in this short trailer of what to expect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okcJRbSbaas

Pick yours up in store soon with your next purchase.

Dave

The daylight hours are slowly increasing and with that the temperatures are sure to start climbing soon too. Before long there will be an abundance of natural food swimming around in most lakes and the carp are sure to take full advantage of this and so should you. Spring has always been a good time of year to fish Zig rigs, although this method has only really been brought to light in recent years. For those of you who don’t understand the principle of Zig rigs, they are generally small bouyant hookbaits fished mid water to imitate a natural food source. The small hookbait could be anything from a small piece of foam or cork to a custom made imitation bug or fly and can be any colour or colour combination, although personally I favour yellow or a natural colour such as that of cork. There’s a wide range hookbaits made for Zig fishing, such as the Nash Zig Bugs, Avid Carp Zig Lites and Gardner Zig Rig Foam all of which provide you with a variety of hookbait options.

Zig rig hooklinks are usually light mono hooklinks tied up with something like Korda’s Kruiser Control Mono or Drennan Double Strength. The lighter the breaking strain or lower the diameter the better as a less obtrusive hooklink will get you more bites. The same rule applys to hooks as well, the smaller the hook the better. Although thick weed, snags and other obstacles need to be taken into consideration when choosing hooks and hooklinks as theres no point hooking fish if you are going to keep losing them. The Korda Mixa Hooks or the Drennan Super Specialist Barbel Hooks are both good examples of a good, strong zig hook.

The next thing to take a look at is your lead setup, I prefer a simple leadclip with no rig tubing or tail rubber to ensure the lead is dropped on the take. A large lead swinging around on a long hooklink is a recipe for disaster. Anti Tangle Sleeves such as those from Korda are also vital to help cut down on tangles. Some Pva Tape like Korda’s Woven PVA Tape will help secure the lead in place for the cast.

Once you have all the tackle required to tie up your zigs you need to get out on bank and give them a go. The depths you fish your zigs at is entirely upto you, although its worth varying the depths over your rods to cover as many depths as possible until you get a take and find the depth the fish are sitting at. The Gardner Rig Bin and Gardner Mini Rig Bin are ideal for preparing a range of zigs at home so they are ready to use when your on the bank, saving you having long lengths of mono all over your swim.

Here’s a nice Zig caught Mirror I had on a small piece of cork on a 10ft zig in 12ft of water.

Get out there and give them a try this spring.

Tight Lines

Dave