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New article added!

The third installment of ‘Moroccan Carping: Real Pioneers’ has now been added to the site:
Click here for Part III
Enjoy!

A week on Rouge

With no customers on Rouge this week, and having watched it fish steadily for the past three weeks, i was gagging to get down there and have a few out myself. The lake holds so many surprises, and has a real character, even though i’ve fished it countless times, i still always look forward to […]

New article added!

The second installment of Moroccan Carping: Real Pioneers’ has now been added to the site.
Click here for Part II
I hope you enjoy it - let me know what you think!

For sale: Wireless remote and memory card

Edit: Both items now sold
Canon WL-DC100 Wireless remote
For compatible cameras in the Canon Powershot S (S1 model only) and G (G2, G3, G5, G6) ranges - the fisherman-friendly flip screen ones

Here’s a link:

What have I been reading today?

A Favourite Carp fishing Session - And I Caught Nothing!
A nice story
(tags: carp fishing story)

What have I been reading today?

Bailiff Clothing
Check out these nice t-shirts and hoodies!
(tags: clothing carp fishing)

New article added!

I have uploaded the first installment of a four piece article documenting my trip to Bin el Ouidane in Morocco. Check it out by clicking the link below:
Moroccan Carping: Real Pioneers Part I
As ever, your feedback is appreciated.
Part two is written and ready, and will be released next week!

And finally

Now that our season is upon us (the first guests at Etangs Des Papillons arrive today), it’s time to pull off the lake and hang up my rods for a while…well, a few days at least.
I fished my last session on Rouge on Tuesday night and had another 4 runs. Of these, one broke my […]

A couple more

After a blank on Thursday night, where i got snapped up by a catfish (to be expected on light mono hooklengths) and pulled out of another fish, i made amends early on Friday evening. Reasoning that the warm SW wind might have dragged the fish far up into the shallow water to my left i […]

A little beauty

Well, after an easter break in Barcelona I was itching to get back on the bank, so despite having had only 4 hours sleep aboard the night train home to Limoges, and pouring rain outside i managed to catch a window of dry weather and race down to the lakes. Just as I got the […]