Carpworld 339 November 2018

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Pecky’s Progress

Darrell limbers up for his autumnal Euro adventures on a whistle-stop tour of Belgium with a camera crew on standby, the last of his Korda duties for a while...

-Darrell Peck

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Royal Berkshire

After calling time on his previous water and a last-minute change of plans to a European trip, Rob Beckett’s unplanned trip to a lake near Reading provided him with just the type of venue he’d been looking for...

- Rob Beckett

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66 Ask The Experts

The editor unburdens his recent difficulties, but despite all the adversity he’s faced he is determined to spend some time on the bank

This month Mainline’s experts answer readers question on using solid PVA bags, washed-out baits, and the right situations to use short and long hooklengths

-Rupert Whiteman

12 From the Bivvy 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 - Carpworld

15 Kevin Nash Interview We bring to a close our three-part interview with Kevin about his last 30 years in carp fishing and the tackle industry - Carpworld

40 The Redmire Restoration Welcome to the first part of what will become an ongoing project for us, as we watch the efforts of Mark and his team as they restore quite possibly the most iconic water ever, to its former glory...

- Mark Walsingham

48 Rigworld Keeping with the recent theme of anniversaries, it is a quarter of a century since Mike dreamt up the mighty hinged stiff rig. This month he sits down with a modern luminary to discuss how he has adapted it to suit his own fishing requirements whilst on a large East Anglian pit...

- Mike Kavanagh

56 Urban Banx – Underwater If you ever get an opportunity to do something in life, whether it is to jump out of an aeroplane, or race a car around a track, you should always take those opportunities.

Recently, one such opportunity was presented to Alan – would he like to learn to dive?

- Alan Blair

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71 The Art of Escape Part two of Rob’s writing on his travels and escapades, sees him once again swap the rivers and lowlands of northern France for the towering peaks and vast expanses of water on his journey back down and across southern Europe...

- Robert Gibson

127 Think Tank

78 Back in the day

Alistair White, Mike Bridges and Perry Alabaster answer this month’s probing question

Chris again rummages through his store of epic carp tales, and the ‘pages’ this month fall open at the story of a monster carp that existed in the 1970s in a small secluded Kent lake, known as East Peckham - Chris Ball

81 The F Word Mr F’s extraordinary run of luck shows no sign of abating, with another mix of stunning and large carp destined for the album this month...

- Carpworld

131 There’s a first time for

everything - Part II This month sees Jules conclude his glance back at the 10 waters he feels shaped him during his formative years as a carp angler.

Some, so much, that he has continued to hold tickets for them until the present day...

- Julian Cundiff

- Paul Forward

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96 Baitworld

Steve Briggs brings us his usual round-up of what’s been occurring big carp-wise across the continent over the last month

This month we take a look at the Originals bait range from Solar, and the new Hard Hookers from DNA Baits

- Sticky Baits

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156 Fishery Focus - Eden’s Lakes

100 A Man for All Seasons

In this month’s Overseas Fishery Focus we take a look at a venue in the beautiful La Creuse region of France

As we recover from the first big winds of the year, Dave looks on as autumn passes the baton to winter, reminiscing on battles won and sights seen at this special time of the year...

- Dave Lane

109 Discovering Day-Tickets It’s taken a few months now, but our intrepid reporter has finally wound up at the country’s best-known venue for a 48-hour session to see what all the fuss is about...

- Loz East

- Eden’s Lakes

158 Still Unbroken It would appear Mr Chillcott’s fire is well and truly lit at present. As well as catching lots of them, he’s catching some fairly large carp too.

The past month has seen a visit to his latest syndicate, a fish-in and a trip down memory lane to the Yateley complex...

-ian Chillcott

167 Still Carping On

We have a round-up of new gear from Nash, Dave Lane, PowaPacs, Banana Rods and Solar Tackle

Another potpourri of angling related matters from the ‘godfather’ of carp fishing. As is usually the case, Tim’s feature addresses topical and varied matters that are swirling around in his mind at the moment

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- Tim Paisley

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Urban Banx –

Underwater

If you ever get an opportunity to do something in life, whether it is to jump out of an aeroplane, or race a car around a track, you should always take those opportunities. Recently, one such opportunity was presented to Alan – would he like to learn to dive?

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- Rob Beckett -

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Berkshire After calling time on his previous water and a lastminute change of plans to a European trip, Rob Beckett’s unplanned trip to a lake near Reading provided him with just the type of venue he’d been looking for...

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t all started for me when I received my ticket through the post on June 16th. I knew, however, that I still had a lot of angling to do elsewhere before I would be able to start my new adventure. As it turned out, I did manage to get it done sooner than expected and with one of my close friends, Liam, having time booked off work, it was game on. We set to, organising a five-day trip, but instead of going across the water, we decided to spend a couple of days at Linch Hill and, on the way back down south, stop at Reading.

After the first part of the trip was done, we arrived at our second destination. Opening the gates we didn’t know what to expect... and whatever either of us had in mind, it certainly hadn’t included an empty car park and the tracks and paths all being overgrown. It was at this point we knew we’d hit the jackpot, and that the gate that we had just passed through, was going to see a lot more of us in the near future! We set to exploring what the lake had to offer and, within minutes, we had found a lot of fish tucked up in a shallow bay, on the back of the wind.

A quick sprint back to the van saw me grab the floater rod and a tub of my faithful Krill hookable floaters – I had my first chance.

Watching the carp moving in and out of the bay via a weed bed, I looked to position just a single floater along this patrol route. In typical floater-fishing style, I watched, shaking, as the carp were

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Pecky’s Progress

Darrell limbers up for his autumnal Euro adventures on a whistle-stop tour of Belgium with a camera crew on standby, the last of his Korda duties for a while...

Darrell Peck

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The Redmire Restoration Mark Walsingham Welcome to the first part of what will become an ongoing project for us, as we watch the efforts of Mark and his team as they restore quite possibly the most iconic water ever, to its former glory...

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eptember and October are the most important months of 2018 for me because it is during this time that the long-standing conservation plans for Redmire Pool come to fruition and we will be carrying out the work on site to restore the pool and set the foundation for its future.

If you have any interest in carp angling whatsoever, the name Redmire will conjure magic and open a gallery of images in your imagination, from a time when carp fishing was in its infancy and everything was a glorious and exciting adventure. Whilst the underlying beauty and magic of Redmire can still be found, you need to look pretty hard these days. No small pool, the size of Redmire, can possibly sustain the angling pressure it has experienced, without showing the signs of wear and tear that are evident on the banks. These days though, there are far more significant pressures on Redmire than just the constant attention of anglers.

The land around Redmire, is cropped for potatoes and the Pool is a sump in the landscape

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for all of the silt, nutrients and pesticides that run off the surrounding fields. Potato cropping leaves bare soils every winter and the heavy rains of the past few years have taken their toll, leaving the pool so badly silted that you can now stand on the spot where The Bishop snaffled Chris Yates’ sweetcorn, without even getting your boots wet. Wasp Island is now just a part of the boggy bank, the shallows are filling with sediment and even the depths off the dam are a fraction of what they used to be in Walker’s day.

In short, Redmire is dying.

The death of the Pool and the remaining stock of Leney carp could be very close unless steps are taken now to protect the lake and its fish for future generations to enjoy. The nitrate and phosphate run-off from the farmland are potentially even more of a threat to the Pool than the siltation. Last year, in the spring, there was an algal bloom at Redmire that shaded out the rooted weed growth and left the pool barren of weed throughout the summer months. Then in the autumn, another algal bloom took hold and when the bloom crashed, the decaying algae caused oxygen levels to fall to dangerously low levels. The shift from a rooted-weed ecology to

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Next Month

In the December issue Adam Clewer The sound of silence... Adam joins a new syndicate water and soaks up the idyllic, intimate nature of the venue.

Steve Briggs Steve turns his attention to a venue that he has been keeping tabs on for a number of years, Lake Balaton.

Loz East Loz rounds off a year on the road with a trip to somewhere slightly more local than usual, Old Mill lakes, at Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.

Also... Dave Lane, Darrell Peck, Jim Wilson, Tim Paisley, Chris Ball, Paul Forward, Iain Macmillan, Plus much much more...

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