Carp Catchers Blog

One For Me

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:18:32 +0000

Here’s a dumpy carp that I caught recently. It weighed 30lb 8oz and fell to my usual old skool D Rig tied with GLT No Can See Fluorocarbon to a size 6 Gardner Longshank Incizor . I fished a clear spot in weed at about 60yrds and scattered a kilo of Mainline Activ-8 boilies over the spot.

Best Fishes,

John

Recent PB

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:27:28 +0000

A recent quick overnighter saw me bank a new PB in the shape of a fish known as the ‘Long Common’ at 34lb 2oz. The fish fell to a corkball pop up fished on a chod rig consisting of an ESP Stiff Rigger Hook, Gardner Tripwire and 6 ft of ESP Original Camo Leadcore.

Tight Lines

Dave

French 50 For Rob

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:35:32 +0000

Customer Rob has been fishing in France for a 5olb common for some years now and he’s finally done it. Rob fished Vallee Lake and had a hectic weeks fishing catching 56 carp for 1189lb!!! All Robs’ fish were caught on size 4 Korda Wide Gape Hook tied blow back style to Atomic Jel-E-Wyre . Well done Rob awesome weeks fishing.

Best Fishes,

John

Two Tone

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:02:19 +0000

Sad to here that the British Record carp Two Tone has died. Two Tone resided in Mid Kent Fisheries Conningbrook Lake and will be missed by those that fished there and those that didn’t.

John

New Products – Solar Weed Effect leaders, Hooklink & Leads Plus ESP Chod Rigs

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:22:39 +0000

We now have the Solar Weed Effect Range in stock. First up we have The Solar Weed Effect Hooklink which looks and feels like weed. The Weed Effect Hooklink is tied with a size 6 Longshank Hook, but has a unique system which makes hooks interchangable, so any size or pattern of hook can be used. The soft feel anti tangle fibres will absorb dips and flavours or lake bed odours for either increased attraction or concealment. For more information or to purchase please click on the above link. The Solar Weed Effect Leadcore Leader has the same realistic soft touch anti tangle weed effect fibres and comes in 35lb B.S. 1 metre lengths with spliced loops at each end. The Solar Weed Effect Leads have colour coded tags attached to the swivel to differentiate between sizes and feature the same fibres as the above products. For more information or to purchase please click on the above links.

A lot of carp anglers struggle to tie chod rigs, so ESP have done something about it. The ESP Chod Rigs are tied with ESP Stiff Rigger Hooks, Bristle Filament and a smooth Japanese Uni Link Ring Swivel. These look really well tied and uniform guys and you get three in a pack at a decent price. To check them out or to buy please click on the above link.

Solar Weed Effect Hooklink

Solar Weed Effect Leadcore Leader

Solar Weed Effect Leads

ESP Chod Rigs

Best Fishes,

John

Pretty Carp

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:01:17 +0000

Here’s a pretty linear mirror that my mate Gary and I had at the BCAC qualifier at Farlows Lake. The pretty one weighed 18lb and ounces.

Best Fishes,

John

Happiness

admin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:23:08 +0000

Lots of catch reports lately, we’ll get back to rigs and such as soon as I catch up. Still catch reports are good as they show that carp can be caught and gives you the methods they’re caught on. Below is my nephew Julius with a 14lb common carp caught on his first cast on his first carp fishing trip. How happy does he look ? Julius used Dynamite Baits Red Fish Shelf Life Boilies and a PVA bag of pellets on the hook to bag his first carp. The winning rig was a Rigmarole CamH2O Fluorocarbon Readymade Rigs . Julius used the new Nash rod and Shimano Baitrunner ST 6000 RA that he got from Carp Catchers.Well done Jules!!

Best Fishes,

John

Nice Comeback

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:32:09 +0000

After a period of time away from one of my syndicates a recent trip back saw me land 8 fish to 24lb including this scaly scraper 20lb mirror that I’ve now caught 3 times, but who cares when they look like this! All fish came to Atomic Jel-E-Wyre hooklinks with size 6 Korda Wide Gape Hook tied blowback style. The lead set-up consisted of Armaled Loc-jaw leadclips, ESP Original Camo Leadcore and Korda 3oz pear leads.

Tight Lines,

Dave

New Products – Korda Subline & Ace Velocity Leader Line

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:17:53 +0000

A couple of new lines this time. The Korda Subline comes in translucent green or brown and is extremely tough supple and super heavy. This stuff sinks like a brick and comes of the spool with virtually no twist and has a very soft supple feel to it. If you fish slack lines and want a tough reliable line, Korda Subline may be the answer. For more information or to purchase please click on the above link. The Ace Velocity Leader Line is aimed at the angler fishing at distance. It features a high breaking strain leader end which tapers down to normal mainline i.e. 25lb leader end tapering to 10lb mainline. This means no more knots to catch and cause birdsnests. The Ace Velocity leader Line has the tapered leader at both ends, so when the leader gets a bit worn you just turn it round saving you money as well. For more information or to purchase please click on the above link.

Korda Subline

Ace Velocity Leader Line

Best Fishes,

John

Tackle Theft – Warning

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:27:53 +0000

No sooner than Dodge Green from the previous blog had got home than all of his fishing tackle was stolen. Luckily he was insured, but you can’t replace all those little unique things you pick up over the years, nor the feel of your tackle. You can insure your tackle on your home contents policy or there are now some specialist policies available(see mags). So if you are not insured consider what you would do if your kit was stolen.

Best Fishes,

John