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Contents
Issue 337 O c to b e r
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The Kevin Nash Interview – Part two
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We continue with our three-part interview recently conducted with Kevin, down at Nash HQ, about his long career in carp fishing and the tackle industry - Carpworld
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Carping at the Caravan Park
One of a select band to have angled for, let alone caught, its most revered inhabitant, Craig relives his pursuit of one of the most desirable carp in the country, the Caravan Park Linear -Craig Banks
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69 The F-Word
118 Overseas Fishery Focus
Where have all the heroes gone? Rupert wonders if carp fishing has changed beyond recognition and those we once admired for their achievements are a disappearing breed. Does the same apply to carp fisheries? Do the Redmires and Terry Hearns exist in modern carp fishing or is everyone simply going to have their fifteen minutes of fame on social media?
In between work, both voluntary and paid, Paul has still found the time to wet a line. This month sees him back down on the Tip Lake, where he also has to investigate the mysterious case of the missing sausages and the cat
In this month’s Overseas Fishery Focus we take a look at a venue set in the north east of France in the very popular Champagne region which holds carp up to mid-70s
-Rupert Whiteman
10 From the Bivvy
- Paul Forward
78 A Man for All Seasons As Dave mentioned last month, September and October have got to be two of the most important months in the carp angling diary
A few highlights from the world of carp fishing this month. If you’ve got something to share email us at editor@carpworld.co.uk
- Dave Lane
- Carpworld
This month the team at Mainline answer your questions on whether it’s better to use a clutch or back-wind, the best hookbaits to use in PVA bags during winter, and how much bait is ‘enough’ for a 36-hour session
35 Pecky’s Progress Darrell has been rattling up the mileage this month, with numerous cross-channel trips, as he forges relations with a few of Korda’s European team members, and also looks further afield in readiness for autumn as it looms over the horizon - Darrell Peck
43 Think Tank This month we ask our panel of experts if the water they’re fishing has suffered from an abnormal weed growth and, if so, how are they combating it within their fishing? - Greg Ellis, Dave Wood, Dave Levy, Kev Hewitt
48 Claims, Trains and Hospitals After weeks of hype, ever-changing team sheets, half-cocked preparation and a not inconsiderable amount of pre-match nerves, the time had come. Rupert and a group of friends met at the M25’s Thurrock services shortly before midnight on the 15th August. They were finally off, bound for Abbey once more - Rupert Whiteman
60 Back in the Day - Vic Gillings With his drainpipe jeans, winkle-picker shoes and sweptback hair, Vic Gillings was certainly different in looks to the normal specialist big fish angler of the 1970s
120 All things big and small Chilly continues his recuperation with a visit to a historic, old estate lake, set in the Hertfordshire countryside for a charity weekend. What he finds, so enchants him, he’s soon having a word with the management to get a place on the syndicate
127 Down the West Side Iain Macmillan enjoys another trip to Le Lac De Peupliers down the west side of France, armed with an unusual array of small boilies and a few gallons of liquid
- Mainline
- Iain Macmillan
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134 Tackleworld
There’s some interesting developments in this month’s Baitworld, including the news that DNA Baits have released their hugely popular S7 and SLK in new sizes. There’s also several new exciting releases for Sticky Baits and Bait-Tech
This month’s Tackleworld is a monster, with news of new products from New Direction Tackle, Fortis, Solar Tackle, Rod Hutchinson, Cotswold Aquarius, Fox International, ESP, Korda, Gardner Tackle, PowaPacs, Wychwood, and Banana Rods
- Carpworld
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96 Discovering Day-Tickets
144 There’s a first time for
Loz has really spread his wings for this month’s feature, travelling all the way down to Dorset, mixing business and pleasure into a single trip to sample one of the west country’s leading fisheries... - Loz East
105 Goslawice Lake Steve likes nothing more than fishing venues that are off the beaten track. So despite spending a lot of his time just across the channel in France, he will think nothing of going further afield to discover somewhere special - Steve Briggs
112 Inspiration versus
- Carpworld
- Adam Clewer
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everything... Part one Jules starts a two-parter, looking back on waters that have made a significant impact on his carp fishing approach and influenced his thinking. Along the way there have been some trials and tribulations, but say what you will about him, he’s a trier – and one lesson he learnt, and always passes on, is if you want consistent success you’ve more often than not got to graft for it
- Julian Cundiff
157 Echoes All the latest catch reports from around the globe – don’t forget to send us yours via our website – www.carpworldmagazine.com - Steve Briggs
In Rigworld this month we take a look at some new and exciting products from RidgeMonkey, Korda, ESP and Fox
62 Rigworld
- Lac du Charlou
- Ian Chillcott
86 Ask The Experts
motivation... Adam makes a welcome return to the pages of Carpworld. Here he looks at what makes us tick as anglers and recounts tales as to why the fires may burn longer and stronger in some of us, than others...
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168 Still Carping On Tim decides to relate some past events and develop one connected reflection to another, with Hutchy, perhaps not surprisingly, being a prominent theme -Tim Paisley
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INTERVIEW Interview by Beverley Clifford and Rupert Whiteman Typesetting by Tom Gibson
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Carpworld: When did you deem Nash Tackle a success? Kevin Nash: That’s a really difficult question because if I think back, Nash Tackle was a massive success in the late 80s because there was only Nash Tackle supplying the majority of the needs of a carp angler – there were no other companies. I remember doing an advert on the back of Carpworld where it showed different segments of our range – unhooking mats, etc. – and we were the only company that really, by that time, more or less sold everything. But did I see it as a success? No, I just saw it as my vehicle to happily go fishing. Certainly in recent years I would say I now understand how successful we are and that’s because of the massive achievement from Alan and the kids and now I think in recent years I’m more focused on the business, whereas before it was just a means to an end to go fishing. CW: With the industry ever changing and some of the major players selling out to major investors or major corporations, what does the future hold for Nash Tackle? KN: I honestly couldn’t tell you Bev. CW: You still answer the phone 99% of the time! KN: Well, that’s not quite accurate. I answer the product and fishing info/support line, if I am in the office. It’s my favourite part of the day when an angler calls for product or fishing advice. I love talking to anglers, especially helping them to put more fish on the bank. I am also extremely mindful of the response I get when anglers realise it is me on the end of the phone – shock, astonishment, they don’t expect it! I think it’s really great that we are the only company where you can get through to the person who heads up the brand. After all, isn’t it showing respect to our customers? CW: Are you ever going to retire? KN: Speaking personally, as I say to the boys, I hope I can hobble down on my zimmer frame in my 80s and still piss them all off – that’s what I keep telling them, because I just absolutely love the involvement. It is a business, but a lifestyle too and like I said I always want to take every call from our customers as I just love talking to fisherman and helping. I’ve always just wanted to help other anglers catch and this goes back to your earlier question ( see part one) – my writing, my slideshows, it was all about wanting other people to enjoy what I’d enjoyed: catching carp. I’ll always say I got dragged into the industry selling tackle and bait, and it purely happened because I just didn’t have any dough to finance my fishing. At the time I had a young wife and suddenly the mortgage shot up from 4% to 15%. It was a tough time. I had to find a way to still go fishing, so I started making tackle. In the early days I only ever made tackle to supplement my fishing, we were all like that. There’d be me, Rod Hutchinson and Martin Locke – our prime concern was our love for carp fishing. The business was just a route to ensure we did that. Then the businessmen arrived – Danny Fairbrass and Cliff Fox to name a couple of the best, and everything changed with this new professional approach to the industry. Myself and Nash Tackle, we were just amateurs, so the brand begun to suffer and around 15 years ago it was losing ground steadily to the new emerging brands. It is probably fair to say that I would eventually have had to close the doors. I had no choice but to wake up, grow up, and look at Nash Tackle as a business, as so many staff I CARPWORLD
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employed relied on Nash Tackle to live and provide for their families. This would be about the time I brought Alan in and thought, right, I’ve got to learn to become a businessman now and grow the brand in a way our competitors have. I don’t know whether this is going off track here, but I never want to sell the business because I want to be in it until the day I die. We’ve been approached, I think five times, in the last three years to sell, and the view has always been we are enjoying it too much. Nash has always been more than a business, it’s a lifestyle and quite unique in that way; the lads come to work and put in the long hours because they are passionate about it and love it. When I was first approached it made me think long and hard that the day will come when I won’t have a role in the company anymore. After all, I can’t live forever. I asked myself what would I do with a big pile of money? Answer: sit on a beach, be bored and become an alcoholic. I don’t need much money, I just need stimulus and to enjoy each day. I gave my son, Lee, and Alan 49% of the business. They get my lump when I die. They can then decide the future of Nash. I think one of my biggest achievements is taking the company through to a second generation. Few manage it and end up selling when their business goes into decline because they haven’t thought about the next generation. I need a reason to get out of bed on a morning. I need something to stimulate me, so personally I don’t want to sell or retire. Lee and Alan feel the same at the moment because they’re enjoying the venture but I can never say never. The high street is a warzone at the moment. There is massive change happening. CW: So we hear some rumours that Gary Bayes is retired, is there any truth in this? KN: You know what, I do not know of an industry where the rumours are so rife. Normally they are so far from reality and this is a case in point. The biggest rumour I picked up on was that Gary and I had fallen out and he had walked. The reality is Gary has always been alongside me, with the same passion for Nashbait as I have for tackle. So it has always been about getting the job done, not it’s time to go home. That could mean 18-hour days. In fact, in Gary’s case when he relocated from Lincolnshire to Essex, he decided not to bother buying a house and this may sound a bit incredible, but for a couple of years or so, he lived in the bait factory. We put a shower in the corner and he slept on a bedchair! Talk about living on the job, but just like me he is getting older. His lakes take up a lot of time so in effect he is doing two jobs. Sometimes I looked at him and thought he really looked tired. He too was complaining about being tired all the time, so he eventually came to me and said he wanted to reduce his hours. It was as simple as that. Gary doesn’t need to be working hands-on in the factory anymore. What we really need Gary for is his incredible bait knowledge. I sincerely believe there is nobody in the industry who has such experience and knowledge of bait as Gary does. Gary’s key role now is bait development. The rest of the time, as far as I am concerned, he can go fishing or work on his lakes or do whatever gives him enjoyment – he has deserved it! CW: So, how after all these years can you still get up every morning and go to work at Nash Tackle?
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Carping at the Caravan Park
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Darrell has been rattling up the mileage this month, with numerous cross-channel trips, as he forges relations with a few of Korda’s European team members, and also looks further afield in readiness for autumn as it looms over the horizon. But perhaps the time has come to review the CARPWORLD window-based 35 transport’s cooling system...
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ince my last piece I have flown to Italy twice, driven to France, been to Dorset for a carp academy, and I have just driven all the way home from the German border with Denmark! I have certainly clocked up some miles in recent weeks and I even sandwiched in a personal road trip to Dundee in Scotland, taking the missus and kids to meet my 90-year-old grandparents. Today’s date is the 19th August 2018 and tomorrow sees yet more work on the horizon, with another French trip and then the week after, another filming trip, with the destination yet to be confirmed. In all honesty, I have overcooked my workload this summer by trying to keep the entire autumn free for myself. The knock-on effect is that I am slightly worn out from the relentless driving and sweaty nights on a bedchair, not to mention the guilt for the amount of time I have already spent away from my young family. Autumn is now looming large and I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Once I get these next two weeks behind me, I will have a week off to recharge and then I will set about an autumn assault. Anyway, enough moaning and talk of what will be – what has actually happened this month? What have I caught? The first venue I visited in Italy is a match-style carp venue, a big lake – at a guess, around 80-100 acres in size, but absolutely loaded with fish. In the main they are mostly doubles and low 20s, but there are bigger fish too, some in excess of 50lb. The idea behind the trip was to meet up with the Italian Korda team and learn a bit about their style of fishing and where needed, pass on any English tips.
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Inspiration versus motivation... and why some anglers take up golf Adam Clewer
Adam makes a welcome return to the pages of Carpworld. Here he looks at what makes us tick as anglers and recounts tales as to why the fires may burn longer and stronger in some of us, than others…
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guess we have all lost a few angling acquaintances over the years. Common causes being work, relationships, children and for some, golf. Whilst these reasons are all valid (except golf), one component is usually in the mix too – the passion for angling that once burned bright, has now faded. The use of the word fade is fitting. Like a sunset that disappears over the horizon, light fades slowly, and is often discreet in its passing. Many of my fishing friends of yesteryear, whose rods have caught more cobwebs than fish in recent times, seldom decided one day to quit fishing. The passion simply faded – from a once burning fire, to a modest flame, until the final flicker extinguished. Life does have a habit of getting busy, but it is remarkable what can be achieved if focus, dedication and most importantly, passion endure. What’s the difference between those who fade in to the carp fishing archives and those who continue to burn with enthusiasm? In my opinion the answer is inspiration. Inspiration is timeless. Inspiration stimulates a person to action. Inspiration is rarely centred on the goal but relishes the lived experience in all the moments of wonder and woe. At times I have attempted to reach out to my fishing friends whose passion for angling was waning and tried to save them from the perils of golf, girlfriends and more time spent at the office. Interestingly my desire to motivate them to action and go fishing rarely works. Perhaps that is because motivation on its own is not enough. Let me explain... Inspiration and motivation are not the same. They’re not even close. Motivation tells you to ‘keep on going keeping on, push through, work harder, etc’. These
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Next Month
In the November issue Darrell Peck Free of his corporate shackles for a few short weeks, Darrell hotfoots it to the Continent in pursuit of carp from an unusual source
Kevin Nash The Big Interview with one of carp fishing’s biggest draws, draws to a close with this, the third instalment
Robert Gibson The ‘mushroom’ is back. He has upped sticks again and it is beautiful...
Dave Lane, Ian Chillcott, Paul Forward, Tim Paisley, Mark Walsingham, Julian Cundiff, Myles Gibson, Loz East, Jamie Bellhouse, Tobias Steinbruck and much, much more...
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