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The TC boys get to grips with tackle and bait, testing them to the limit out on the bank. Here’s what they think…Sufix 832 Advanced SuperlineRRP: From £55 for 15 metres; larger spools availableWebsite: www. sufix. comTest period: Six monthsMarc Coulson says: I was first given a sample spool of this stuff some six months ago and more recently have been lucky enough to get sufficient line to use it on one set of spools.

Your favorite carp mag hits the telly in appearance on BBC comedy quiz. Total Carp magazine showed its massive popularity last night by making an appearance on BBC 2’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks programme. Hitting the small screen in the fourth episodes of the latest series, it was the August’s issue featuring N-Dubz star Dappy that got all the attention on the popular music comedy show after it was revealed that both Dappy and Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie are both avid anglers. You can find the full episode of NMTB on BBC iPlayer, here.

Huge specimen tipped to be next British record breaks 60lb barrier for first time. The biggest carp of the year has been landed at a weight of 60lb 4oz. The fish, known as The Parrot, was caught from the famous Wasing Syndicate, Berkshire, by Reading angler Chris Robson. Widely tipped as the fish to become the next British record, this is the first time the carp has broken the 60lb barrier, with the 42-year-old catching the monster specimen right at the end of an over night session on the syndicate’s 20-acre water.

Linear overnighter delivers 36pounder for TC's Marc Coulson. Our very own editor Marc Coulson got among the fish on an overnight trip to Linear Fisheries’ Oxlease Lake this week, with the capture of this chunky 36lb 3oz mirror. Marc, visiting the 26-acre lake with a few of the lads from the Total Carp office, fished with solid PVA bags filled with his own pellet and groundbait bag mix, and with plastic imitation corn hook baits to snare this and a much smaller mirror which he did not weigh. Using braided main line in order to get the required distance into the stiff wind, Marc said the bite was an absolute ripper: By the time he got to his rod the angry carp has kited to his right and managed to pick up all three of Ben Harrison’s lines in the swim next door, given that it was 2.