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This is our busiest period of the year, so fishing time is at a premium. However, I managed a couple of trips to a local water and caught this, and another chunky common in the mid-twenties. I’ve been trying to improve my floater fishing, something that might take some work I can tell you, but persistence will pay eventually, I’m sure! I’m still getting the odd round of golf in too – remember fishing is just part of our lives, not all of it. MARC COULSON, EDITOR.

I recently joined the TC team and I’m loving it! I can’t wait to get stuck in to my career here. This month I’ve done a few nights on my local pit and snuck a few out. Mainly, though, I’ve been spending a lot of time walking and prebaiting my local river. So, hopefully, if all goes to plan, I’ll have something special to show you soon.

Massive common breaks county record as angler does his home work to target fish. The biggest carp ever caught in Lancashire has been landed at a weight of 47lb 6oz. 

Banked at Clitheore’s Pendle View Fishery, the fish known as Butt Head was captured by Scottish angler Adrian Blantford during a week-long session at the venue. “I was working in Lancashire so instead of booking into a bed and breakfast I decided to book onto Pendle View for the week with the intention of catching Butt Head,” said an ecstatic Adrian.

New carp reel 'will change the way you fish' according to manufacturer. A carp reel, heralded as offering the ‘first genuine innovation to the carp reel market since the baitrunner’ is coming to a tackle shop near you this autumn. Wychwood’s Solace 10ACS looks like nearly every other baitrunner type reel on the market, but the manufacturer claims it will offer complete confidence when fishing on the clip thanks to a new intelligent line clip system that 'will change the way you fish' for good. Originally seen on the match reels of Wychwood’s sister company MAP, the patentent ACS clip allows you to fish with the usual casting accuracy of standard line clips, but without the hassle of clipping and unclipping your line before and after every cast.