After eight months of writing my ‘Bait Quest’ series in Carpworld, I want to talk about the various topics and thoughts which came to mind whilst reading the latest issue of Carpworld. What a brilliant mixed bag it has become.
With sales well on the increase, the recent facelift the magazine has undergone (complete with ‘Tim Paisley’s International Carper’ for free) has definitely been a move in the right direction, and I would like to raise a glass to all at AnglingPublications involved in the production of the magazine. There’s an awful lot of competition out there, but the first of the carpfishing monthlies can still hold its head up, and it shines through as Britain’s biggest carpanglingmagazine.Read more »
I must say that James Harrison’s ‘A Different Angle’ article in last month’s Carpworld was one of the most original, contumacious pieces of no-nonsense carp-related pieces of literature I have ever read! A sweeping statement perhaps, but nonetheless, very true. I find when I read carpfishing-related articles there are often one or two points which start to fire around in my head. The old grey matter starts to wobble and bits from some long-forgotten memory suddenly come back through to the present. I used to be so envious of Jim Gibbinson with his Carpworld column ‘Let Us Talk’.Read more »
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Here is the second part of the castingvideo I shot with Shaun Harrison and Mark Hutchinson in February of this year. This part goes through the castingtechnique recommended by Mark to get extra distance. (It’s in two clips because Youtube limits the clips to 10 minutes). So here is part 2 & 3:
“Want to cast 160 yards? Join British Record casting championMark Hutchinson on the bank as he teaches a normal 100 yardcaster how to hit the 160 mark he thought he’d never reach. No secrets - Everything revealed from tackle to technique.”