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Talking Bait With Lewis Harmes
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 24, 2016  |  0 comments
I love fishing with boilies as well as spodding, but at certain times of the year boilies are a winner! They can be brilliant bait nearly every carp angler uses them. Nevertheless, I have a few little tips that make mine stand out from the crowd 365 days of the year. My favourites at the moment are TNT and Liver Pro from Hydra Baits. TNT, meaning tiger nut and toffee, really is a special combination of flavours.
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Accessories
Ridgemonkey Vault 12v/5v Powerpack
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  0 comments
With the explosion of electric devices featuring more heavily in today’s angling, it only makes sense that you can keep your phone, tablet, camera or other toys full of power, ready for action. Developed with the modern carp angler in mind, the team behind RidgeMonkey sourced the Vault as the ultimate fishing power pack. It featues multiple charging ports and ultra-reliable lithium ion battery for prolonged and reliable use. The charger is protected via a heavy-duty rubberised case which prevents damage when in use or transit.
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Bait
Bait Tech Super Seed Hemp
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  0 comments
The pulling power of hemp is no secret and some of the best prepared particles are found in the Bait-Tech stable. Available in small or large tins and larger pouches, there is a quantity to accommodate your style of fishing, whether you fish small day sessions or longer campaigns. One thing for sure is that the quality never falters. Free from preservatives and chemicals, all you’re buying is pure hemp! Using top-class grade A ingredients to start and prepared in-house, these oily, crunchy little morsels are perfect for getting the carp to feed, and once they get on it they won’t leave until it has all been mopped up.
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Bait
Dynamite Premium Squid Liquid
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  0 comments
Liquid food additive Pungent squid ingredients Includes liquid CSL Versatile and impossible to overdose £9. 99 WWW. DYNAMITEBAITS. COM Don't forget - subscribers to the magazine get 5% OFF THIS PRODUCT at Angling Direct.
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Accessories
Fox Exocet Line
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  0 comments
Marc Coulson’s verdict. . . If Carlsberg made monofilament main lines… I’m always extremely wary of saying that any version is my favourite in a category of product, but I’m hard pushed to remember using a monofilament main line that has impressed me more than Exocet.
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Carp Care
Fox Digital Scales
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  0 comments
The first set of digital scales I ever tested were made by Fox and, while they were entirely new and took some getting used to, I kind of liked them. It didn’t take long, however, for me to return to a traditional dial scale and I’ve not paid digital scales much attention ever since. However, these new digis from Fox arrived with a request to review them, so I took a closer look. They’re extremely easy to set up and, even better, are quick and easy to zero once the weigh sling has been hung on them.
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Rods
Daiwa Emblem Br 25a Reel
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  0 comments
We love these! - great product at a great price Designed around the medium-sized-water premise, the new Emblem BR 25A is a compact size coupled with big-pit performance. In recent years it appears the trend has been to either go back to ‘cult retro’ reels or look for large big-pit machines because bigger is better, or so everyone thought. It will be equally at home on an intimate five-acre water as it will on a large expanse of 80 acres. Is this possible? According to the technical guys at Daiwa it is not only possible but a reality, while keeping the price within a sensible range.
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Rods
Sonik Gravity X Spod And Marker Rods
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  0 comments
To match the impressive Gravity X range of rods, Sonik has introduced one of each of the utility rods and they both appear, at first inspection, to be well up to the task. I’ve not had the chance to really put them through their paces, but a few casts on a local lake have provided me with at least a first impression and, I must say, they feel spot-on. Both boast a clean crisp action, with the spod rod obviously being the beefier. In fact, it’s so beefy that I had to load a spod right up to feel like I was properly compressing it, but bear in mind that I do not consider myself a huge caster.
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Bivvies, Shelters & Brollies
Trakker Utility Shelter
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  0 comments
Ideal for foreign trips and longer sessions with your mate or even family members, this neat tent sits in your swim (or between yours and your mate’s bivvies) and offers the ideal place to socialise in between bites. Although not sold as a cooking tent for various health and safety reasons, I reckon that as long as you do so with care you can easily get away with preparing all your food in here. Failing that, set up a bait table, fill the whole thing with beer and use it for evening socials and suchlike. It’s extremely easy to erect and doesn’t take up too much room in your motor when packed away in its carryall.
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Bait
Sticky Krill Active Mix
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  |  0 comments
I first had a play around with this early last year and immediately saw where the name comes from – it begins to release tiny items of attractive bait up into the water column literally as soon as it touches down on the lake bed. As with all Sticky’s stuff, it’s made only with quality ingredients – no corner cutting or bulking out with cheap agents here. In fact, Sticky makes a good point on the website in that because there are no bulking agents, you can, if money is a bit tight, safely bulk it out yourself with crumb or similar to make it go further. Ideal for use in stick mixes, it can also be added to spod mixes and PVA bags – only your imagination will restrict its uses in actual fact.
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