Carp Catchers Blog

Here is a list of rods we have left with 50% off. Don’t forget we are closing at the end of this month, so you need to be quick if you want one.

Century
NCS 12′ 2.75lb – one only RRP £245.00 Sale Price £122.50
FG 12′ 2.75lb – 40mm butt ring – one only RRP £197.00 Sale Price £98.50
FG 13′ 2.5lb – one only RRP £232.00 Sale Price £116.00
NG Spod – one only RRP £154.00 Sale Price £77.00
Greys
G Series Spinning 8′ 15-25g – 2 only RRP £74.99 Sale Price £37.50
Leeda/Wychwood
Solace 12′ 2.75lb – one only RRP £69.99 Sale Price £35.00
Solace 12′ 3lb – 2 only RRP £69.99 Sale Price £35.00
Recon Marker – 2only RRP £89.99 Sale Price £45.00
11ft Feeder Rod – 1 only RRP £29.99 Sale Price £15.00
Chub
Outkast Stalker 9′ – 1 only RRP £64.99 Sale Price £32.50
Shimano
Aerocast 275 Double Leg – 3 only RRP £194.99 Sale Price £97.50
Alivio BX 12 – 300 Marker – 1 only RRP £59.99 Sale Price £30.00
Vengeance Specimen 12′ 2.5lb – 1 only RRP £74.99 Sale Price £37.50
Vengeance Specimen 12′ 2.75lb – 1 only RRP £74.99 Sale Price £37.50
Alivio CX Marker – 2 only RRP £59.99 Sale Price £30.00
Vengeance Spinning 240 ML – 3 only RRP £32.99 Sale Price £16.50
Catana Carp Rods BX 2.75lb – 2 only RRP £79.99 Sale Price £40.00
Drennan/ESP
Mk2 Terry Hearn 12′ 2.75lb – 2 only RRP £199.00 Sale Price £100
Nash
H Gun 12′ 3lb – 3 only RRP £73.99 Sale Price £37.00
H Gun 12′ 2.75lb – 1 only RRP £73.99 Sale Price £37.00
TFG
Force 8 Stalker 9′ – 1 only RRP £59.99 Sale Price £30.00
Ron Thompson
Destructor 12′ 3lb – 4 only RRP £59.99 Sale Price £30.00
Dominator 12′ 3lb – 1 only RRP £59.99 Sale Price £30.00
Abu Garcia
Telescopic Specimen Road (Specialist) – 1 only RRP £49.99 Sale Price £25.00
Berkley
B4 Carp Rod 13′ 3lb – 1 only RRP £49.99 Sale Price £25.00
We also have 1 Chub Low Lite Chair left

Don’t forget if you are ordering over the phone you will need to pay carriage on all orders which is £6.95

The New Korda Chod-It Tool is a unique tool purposely designed to make tying chod and stiff rigs easier. It has been machine made with aluminium and a hard anodised coating. The Chod-It has several key features designed the make the perfect ‘D’ on stiff rigs and form perfect loops in boom sections while the special mushroom cap is ideal for tensioning ring swivels.

Get yourself a Korda Chod-It and make stiff rig tying a piece of cake.

Tight Lines

Dave

I recently did a quick overnighter on Elsons Lake at the Stanwick Lakes Fisheries. I set up on the toilet bank after finding the bulk of the fish and set about getting some baits in the water with everything set it was time to sit back and take in the atmosphere of this historic water. About 11.30pm I had a take on the right hand rod which resulted in a 15 minute fight out in the lake. I caught a glimpse of the fish 5 minutes in so had a good idea of what I was connected to. The fish was soon in the net after a few tense moments, it was Swanny, one of the lakes larger residents. Although down in weight at 31lb 4oz I was over the moon, the weight is irrelevant as I’ve always wanted to land this fish since the first day I saw the photos. The fish was followed up by 2 more on the right hand rod weighing 17lb 4oz and 21lb 10oz, both of which were commons. All the fish were landed using CC Moore Odyssey XXX freezer baits and corkball pop ups on hinged stiff rigs, incorporating GLT Green Stiffy booms, ESP Uni Link Swivels, Gardner Trip Wire and ESP Stiff Rigger Hooks.

Tight lines

Dave

The Korda Hybrid Lead Clip design features an integrally moulded Ring Swivel ensuring that the swivel simply cannot pull free from its housing. This forces lead ejection in the event of it becoming jammed ensuring that carp can be landed easily in weedy, snaggy conditions.  The streamlined one-piece design means there are no fiddly locking pegs or hinges to worry about – just connect the leader to one end and the rig to the other! The up rated arm allows leads up to 5ozs to be cast safely even at extreme range and the clip is available in all four of the key translucent Safe Zone colours: weedy green, clay, gravel and silt.

Here is a demonstration on how to set up the Korda Hybrid Lead Clips.

For the purpose of this demonstration I used Korda Dark Matter Rig Tube, Korda Tail Rubbers and a Korda 3oz Pear Lead.

Step 1.

Cut your tubing to your desired length, a couple of inches longer than your rig is enough to prevent tangles and thread your mainline through it.

Step 2.

Now thread on a Korda Tail Rubber. Please ensure you use a Korda Tail Rubber as the Hybrid Lead Clips have been designed to work safely with them.

Step 3.

Then tie your mainline to the eye of the swivel housed in the lead clip using a Palomar knot.

Step 4.

Clip on your desired shape and size of lead, wet the clip and slide the tail rubber into place.

Your setup is now ready for you to attach your desired rig and its away you go.

Give them a try. To purchase click on the above links.

Tight Lines

Dave

The New Rig Marole Bore Rings are an ingenius idea to make bait attachment, fast, simple and effective. No more searching for that lost baiting needle or dropping your last bait stop on the floor, you simply have to screw your bait into place. The Bore Rings are designed to be used with D-rigs, Chod rigs, Blowback rigs etc, basically any rig you would normally have a ring on the rig which your bait is attached to.

The Bore Rings are very versatile in the range of baits they can accomodate. The Bore Rings are ideal for anything from Boilies, Pop ups, Corkball pop ups, Pellets, Artificial Baits, Maize, Nuts and other hard particle baits.

The simple idea of the Bore Rings enables anglers to quickly change their baits without the need for baiting needles, bait stops, rig rings or bait floss.

The rig shown is one of many applications for the Bore Rings, they can even be used for zig rigs and surface fishing. These have been tried and tested, your bait will not come off on the cast.

Give ‘em a go! To purchase click on any of the above links.

Tight Lines

Dave

The Guru Pellet Feeder is an innovative design that protects the softened pellet loaded into the feeder during the cast and on impact with the water but allows the loose pellet and hookbait to come free of the feeder once on the lakebed. Here is a step by step guide of how to load the feeder.

Step 1.

Take some standard off the shelf pellets, such as, Trout or Halibut pellets and cover them in boiling water for a couple of minutes before draining the water off.

Check the pellet is sufficiently softened, if not repeat the process with boiling water until they are the right consistency.

For the purpose of this demonstration I only prepared enough pellet for one feeder. If you are planning a day session I would suggest you prepare as much as you think you may need.

Step 2.

Attach the feeder to your mainline, followed by a rig and your choosen bait. I would suggest something that matches the pellet in the feeder.

Step 3.

Partly fill the feeder with the scaulded pellet.

Step 4.

Then place the hookbait in the feeder like so.

Step 5.

Now top up the feeder and compress slightly. Make sure not to compress the pellets too much though, as you want them to loosen and release the hookbait once on the lake bed.

Your feeder is now loaded and ready to cast out.

The feeder will land on the lakebed with the pellet still intact.

But after a minute or so and a gentle pull back of the feeder from the rod it will release the pellet and your hookbait.

This type of presentation is perfect for any waters where weed is present or you are fishing in a greater depth than normal. Although it will work perfectly on all waters.

Give it a go.

Dave

We now have the new Spomb in stock in both black and white. The Spomb is a great innovation that accurately delivers bait to your spot with no spod spill and no need to mix ingredients before hand. The Spomb is buoyant so it retrieves super fast. The spomb has achieved a measured cast of 190yrds(173m). View the sequence below to see how the Spomb works. For more information or to purchase the Spomb please click on the above link.

Open The Spomb by pressing the red button

Spomb open

Fill Spomb

Snap Spomb shut

Spomb shut

As The Spomb hits the water it releases the bait with no spod spill

Best Fishes,

John

We now have the full Korda Stow Indicator Range in stock now. The Korda Stow Indicator System allows unparalleled sensitivity when using slack or tight lines. Korda acquired the rights to the design from Carl Pashley, the originator of the Elstow bobbins, because they thought that the concept truly represented a step forward in indicator design. That’s not to say that the development team, headed up by Damian Clarke, just copied Carl’s originals. In fact, the resulting bobbins have benefitted from a long period of refining, tweaking and remodelling. The specially configured line clip helps transmit ANY line movement into positive indications that help you to understand what’s happening at the rig end and Stows are especially good at picking up line bites. The Korda Stow Indicator Heads allow you to have more than one colour set of heads or to use with other systems. To protect the Indicator Systems there is the Korda Stow Away Case in either a 3 or 2 rod set. The Korda Stow Lites  are high powered isotopes in colours to match the indicator heads providing maximum visibility at night. Should you prefer the fashionable black chains these are available The Stow Black Chains come in both sizes. If snags feature regularly in your fishing the Stow Bars should come in useful they come in black or silver. For long range fishing there are the Stow Over Weights in two sizes. Finally The Korda Stow Magnetic Hockey Stix and Magnetic Adaptor allow you to have the Stow magnetic quick release system with other indicator systems. For information or to purchase please click on the above links.

                                  Korda Stow Indicator System

                              Korda Stow Indicator Heads

                                          Korda Stow Lites

                                       Korda Stow Away Case

                                         Korda Stow Bars Black

                                          Korda Stow Bars Silver

Best Fishes,

John

We now have the new Korda N-Trap Soft  in stock, although it is only available weedy green at the moment. Korda N-Trap is a soft coated braid and the inner is the same colour as the outer coating. The outer coating of the N-Trap is a nice dark matt colour cutting down on the reflection which you get with shinier coated braids. The coating is also very easy to strip.The N-Trap is suitable for most rigs and is also suitable for tying a figure of 8 loop knot. For more information or to purchase please click on the above link. 

Best Fishes,

John

A really cool new product now the Delkim Safe D Carbon Snag Bars which look the business and are very versatile. The Delkim Safe D Snag Bars will fit any Delkim Bite Alarm old or new via a replacement battery cover(supplied). The Snag Bars fit into slots in the battery cover and can be removed at the end of your session to accommodate the alarm cover. you can have both Snag Bars fitted or just the one if you prefer. All in all the Delkim Safe D Carbon Snag Bars will be a must have for all Delkim fans. For more information or to purchase please click on the above link.

Best Fishes,

John