Wychwood have announced that renowned big Carp catcher Jon McAllister has joined the Wychwood consultancy team with immediate effect. Jon is known for catching many of the UK's biggest, best and most sought after Carp; including the Royal Park 40, Conningbrook's Two Tone and the Black Mirror. Commenting on his new consultancy Jon said “Wychwood has been totally transformed over the last few years and I couldn’t help but notice the awesome product range they now have. I cannot wait to use products like the HD brollies, MLT rods and Solace reels, but hugely important to me is the fact I can be a real consultant, genuinely being involved in product development at all stages, and that is what excites me!”Jon will represent Wychwood at UK and European shows, through magazine features; and will play a large part in Wychwood’s film and social media activities in 2013.
Below is the new trailer from the latest Underwater Dvd from Korda and is due to be released in time for Christmas, it was filmed at the Linear complex on St. Johns lake and amongst the many fish they caught was the big mirror called 'the big plated'. This is the best underwater Dvd that Korda have made so far… so dont miss it. .
Youth, energy, experience, quality and enthusiasm; Just a few words that describe this exciting new England Team. The selection process was a long, hard, affair and the only way to choose our future team fairly was to hold some trials. This gave several of the UK’s best carp-match anglers the chance to shine and gain a seat on the prestigious plane to Romania. We asked Ian; why did you have trials? Those that have been to the World Championships before obviously have experience and a head-start.
39lb 14oz monster for Greys Manager! Greys and Chub’s academy manager Ed Betteridge has been in big fish action, banking the big common known as ‘The Immaculate’ from a 20 acre Nene Valley Syndicate water. The fish fell 2oz short of the 40lb mark on the scales and was landed using the new Greys Aircurve rods in 13ft 3. 5lb TC. Ed commented, “The bite was a strange one as the indicator climbed a couple of inches, stopped and then went slowly again.
Browns Announce New Open DayLeighton Buzzard based tackle store Browns has announced an open day, where top tackle brands will be exhibiting their goods, with a host of star anglers expected. A range of popular manufacturers have already confirmed their attendance, including Korda, Frank Warwick Baits, and Nash Tackle. For more information, checkout their website at: www. brownsangling.
74lb Belgian Common BankedBelgian-based Geert Ooms has landed one of the most sought-after big carp on the Continent. He landed the huge common known as the Big One at 74lb on the second night of a three-day session at a huge sand pit, which is connected to a 60-mile canalstretch of canal in northern Belgium. This is the second time that this fish has graced Geert’s landing net in 10 months, having landed it in December 2011 at record weight of 85lb, which still holds the title as the Benelux record common. The 34-year-old prebaited with 12kg of Solar Tackle’s Club mix boilies and fished Club Mix hook baits over the top, which is the same bait and tactics Geert used to take the ‘Big One’ at it’s record weight back in December.
High profile signing for clothing brand. Well known big fish hunter Sean Leverett has joined the team of consutants for carp fishing clothing manufacturer, Stoneroach. Stoneroach Managing Director, Phillip Cartner told Angling News Week “ Sean is extremely well known for his dedication and unwavering pursuit of big thoroughbred carp. He is also a full time angler and fishes most of the toughest lakes in the country for some of the most desired carp in the land.
Break on club water yields 23lb common for JackTaska consultant Jack Cobb was delighted when a trip to his local syndicate water yielded one of the lakes larger common carp. He explained: “I decided to have a week away from my usual syndicate lake due to my two main target fish being caught, so I thought I'd give a local club water a go, having done reasonably well on the lake in the past. I turned up at the lake at first light and found a nice south westerly wind pushing towards an out of bounds bank. I decided to sit on the point of an island, and fish long towards an over hanging willow on the out of bounds bank, you can walk round that bank and bait up but I decided to bait up with my trusty throwing stick from my swim, to keep disturbance to a minimum.
Cotswold Baits Look For Field TestersIf you fancy becoming a field tester for a brand-new carp bait, we’ve got just the thing for you. Cotswold Bait Creations is launching two new baits in 2013 and it’s looking for a team of anglers to get out there and test it before it hits the market. Blood N Gutz and UFO are the two baits in question, the latter being a revamp of a previously successful bird-food-based carp catcher. Interested? Then drop Andy Stump an e-mail on info@cotswoldbaits.
Gareth Evans lands a 33lb carp on barbel gear!After a desperate spell on the river, Gareth Evans was beginning to think that his newly bought barbel rods were never going to get a workout- so he decided to take them to his local carp water instead! The 33 year old construction advisor hoped for a double figure fish to give them a workout, but was delighted when something much bigger found its way to his net! He explained: “ My session didn’t get off to the best of starts- I'd forgotten to bring my food bag so got set up and headed to the Chinese for a bit of grub. To make matters worse, I suffered a flat tyre on the way there, which meant I didn't get back to the lake until well after dark. I was in a right mood, and sat chomping on my No66 with the cob on!Having let off some steam, I managed to get the rods out, which were thankfully already clipped up to a silty area on the side of a weedbed at approx 70 yards range. Two rods out, and a dozen or so spods of feed later, I was fishing! Between 2.