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To carper's quest for a winter 40 gets ever closer - and then some. Top carp angler and Total Carp regular Ian Chillcott has been putting in the hours to catch himself a winter 40 over the last few months – and with this 39 he got himself as close as your can get. Chilly’s target water is Cemex’s West Hampnett, where a recent three-night session gave him the 39 pounder, as well as a string of other specimens. “The first night gave me mirrors of 20lb and 28lb 14oz, but then I had nothing on the second night at all,” said Chilly.

Top bait firm has launched search for next star for amazing sponsorship deal. How would you fancy being sponsored by one of the fastest-growing bait manufacturers in Europe? Well this could be your chance, following an announcement by Bait-Tech that it's on the hunt for a brand new carp fishing consultant. The firm has launched a competition offering the prize of a full 12months sponsorship contract for one lucky angler that it feels could be a future star in the carp world - and all you have to do to be in with a chance of being that angler, is enter!“There are so many anglers out there that really know their stuff and would be brilliant consultants but they don’t really know where to start to get to where they want to be,” said Bait-Tech’s Andy Neal. “This competition is designed to give these guys the opportunity to jump right up to a dream position and get to the top in what can sometimes be a bit of a closed shop.

Masses of new tackle ready for your carping in 2012. Crammed with a host of new and innovative products, the brand new Fox 2012 catalogue is set to launch at the end of the months. With 218 pages of top quality kit, it features the latest in the Fox range of gear, including the FX Flatliner bedchair, new 12000 reels, Black Label bankware and a revamped bivvy range as well as popular stalwarts such as the Micron bite alarms, Warrior S rods and Evo sleeping bag. For all those with smart phones, the new catalogue also comes with QR codes to scan and view videos of the products in action.

Government's £32billion HS2 rail project to wipe out historic Colne Valley carp waters. One of the most historically important waters in our sport faces a bleak future following the Government’s decision this week to give the controversial HS2 rail project the green light. Savay lake in the Colne valley is legendary within carp circles. However, the £32billion rail line being constructed between Birmingham and London would see the water ‘sliced in two’ by the new track.