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50lb Fish Die At Church Pool
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 31, 2012  |  0 comments
Fish found dead at Essex Lake. Nash Tackle boss Kevin Nash told of his distress at the death of two fifty pound fish from his Essex water big fish water, Church Pool. The report comes just days after news of an oxygen crash which saw a total of six fish die, following an algae bloom. He told Angling News Week: “Contrary to popular belief, it is not actually the algae bloom that kills the fish, but as the micro organisms die they draw the oxygen from the water –which is what causes levels to crash.
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Tc Tackle Awards 2014
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 29, 2012  |  0 comments
Vote for your favourite gear and win!Click on the button below now and vote for what you think is the best tackle and bait of the last year. As well as the chance to let the world know what’s worth spending your hard-earned on, one participant will be drawn at random and win a goody box from the TC offices worth at least £250. . .
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Huge Polish Carp Banked
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 28, 2012  |  0 comments
Massive fish falls to Solar boilies. Jan Zowada has set tongues wagging with the capture of a 61lb 11oz mirror. The previously unknown fish fell to Solar Club Mix boilies, and came from a large gravel pit just outside the city of Katowice in southern Poland. This is Jan’s biggest carp to date and was a capture that both surprised and thrilled the experienced angler.
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Bank Holiday App Bonanza
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 24, 2012  |  0 comments
Our app provider, PocketMags, is running a special bank-holiday subscription offer. New subscribers will receive 30 per cent off many subscription purchases, including Match Fishing, Pole Fishing, Total Coarse Fishing, Total Carp, Advanced Carp Fishing, Total FlyFisher, and Total Sea Fishing. A PocketMags subscription allows you to view your favourite magazines on Android, iPhone and iPad devices as well as on your PC. This offer is available exclusively on PocketMags and is only available over the bank-holiday weekend, until midnight on Monday, August 27th, 2012, so if you want to get involved then you will have to act fast! Visit www.
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Accessories
Nash Refresh Water Bucket
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 23, 2012  |  0 comments
Another neat idea from Nash and designed to use for pouring water over carp while on the mat. It collapses away in between use, which is handy, although I do have real problems getting the toggles undone sometimes and feel that these could be improved upon. Other than that, the Refresh Water Bucket is an essential bit of kit and I take mine everywhere. It’s also handy for testing rigs in before casting out.
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Bait
Cc Moore Hellraisers Pop Ups
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 23, 2012  |  0 comments
I was sent a tub of each flavour of these and asked to take them out and give them a whirl. I immediately discarded the black ones because they made me wretch! I am sure that the carp will like them, though. So far I have caught carp on all of the others, but the orange Fatal Attraction (smell like Chocolate Orange) and pink Optical Illusion (smell like the Old Indian Spice) have by far been the best performers, with the latter being my absolute favourite. I use the small, round pop-ups inside PVA bags and they’re quite easy to balance, especially if they’ve been soaked for a while in the matching liquid.
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Cotswold Aquarius Mk3 Roamer Rucksack
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 23, 2012  |  0 comments
TC reader Jimmy Beckham says: This comfortable, olive-green rucksack is very carpy and cult. There is a pocket and storage space for everything you can think of. Unlike other sacks, the space isn’t wasted either; featuring neat internal and extrernal pockets to store buzz bars, scales, tackle bags, pop-ups and other essentials. The cylindrical-shaped pouches in the main compartment to hold PVA tubes are a neat addition too.
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Accessories
Solar Strong Arm Line Clips
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 23, 2012  |  0 comments
Most carp rods have line clips on them, but many are a bit harsh on the line. These clips, which come in three diameters to suit all blanks, slide onto the rod and are very line friendly. I also like the fact that they can be slid up nearer to the buzzers if needed, which I do quite regularly. I’ve used them for as long as I can remember and will continue to do so.
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Terminal Tackle
Avid Carp In Line Inserts
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 23, 2012  |  0 comments
I have used the long versions when fishing with PVA bags, in conjunction with Avid’s excellent In-Line Groove leads and they work pretty well. The longer stem gives something to work with when tying the bags off, but I have found them to be quite a loose fit. This is a problem if I have to push the lead down into the bag once filled because the insert simply pushes through the lead rather than taking the lead with it. They also do not really suit many leads other than Avid’s, which is fine because I guess they’re not designed to.
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Bait
Enterprise Tackle Imitation Baits
Total Carp Staff  |  Aug 23, 2012  |  0 comments
There are only one or two members of the TC staff who have been involved with the magazine long enough to remember when Frank Warwick first brought Enterprise’s imitation sweetcorn to our attentions. At the time, although largely taken for granted today, it was revolutionary and anglers were gobsmacked at how effective it was. Our editor, Marc Coulson, caught his very first 20-pounder on two grains of yellow corn way back in his early career on this magazine. Nowadays there is a plethora of imitation baits available, and not just the corn either.
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