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This Saturday, June 28th, sees the grand opening of tackle retailer Angling Direct’s new Halesowen store. To celebrate the opening of its 10th retail branch, Angling Direct is offering 10 per cent off everything on the day, including price-checked items. There will also be exclusive special offers available and a free prize draw to enter. The shop, which is the tackle giant’s first Midlands-based store, will cater for all types of fishing, including carp, coarse and match, and will stock thousands of items of tackle, from the smallest accessories to top-of-the-range poles – including all the top brand names and Angling Direct’s very own ADvanta product range.

Popular Bedfordshire day-ticket complex is hotting up with some huge hauls of carp. Damsel lake on the well-known Manor Farm fishery complex in Biggleswade has been throwing up some fantastic fish action. Avery successful weekend's fishing from Sam Burden and his friends saw them land upwards of 50 fish in their session. Fish were caught using a variety of methods, however, the most prolific was zig rigs with yellow or red foam.

Head over to the Total Carp – Official facebook page and you could win this awesome 2-man Maxus bivvy, courtesy of Cyprinus Tackle. It's free and simple to enter, but hurry as it's for this weekend only!https://www. facebook. com/totalcarpmagazine.

The introduction of a new technology that will dramatically cut the transfer of fish disease is the result of leading lights from British industry pulling together. BSafe – short for 'bacteria safe' – began life in the mind of avid angler Derek Willan, who believes that all anglers should be doing their bit to safeguard fish health in the UK. Derek explained: "Virus outbreaks were getting all the press, but research revealed that the bigger killers were a relatively small group of bacteria which the Environment Agency confirmed were present in the majority of fish mortalities they attended in 2013. 

“It has been proven under laboratory conditions that disease can be transferred on nets to fish, and I feel, as anglers, we have a duty of care to look into any avenue that can help ensure healthier fish stocks.

Manor Farm fishing newsletter for 2/6/14Becks: Mick Cooper caught a 14lb common on a Cell flouro pop-up. Beau Beasley caught four carp to 18lb on Cell boilies. Dick Vale caught nine carp to 11lb 5oz off the surface on dog biscuit. Stuart Minney caught an 8lb bream and 12lb carp on 14mm strawberry boilies.

Bristol-based tackle shop Veals has announced a huge tackle sale starting Saturday, February 8th and finishing Sunday, February 23rd. Huge tackle and bait bargains are available to anyone that wants to visit the tackle shop. Everything in the shop has some form of discount with many of the top deals half price or less to visiting customers. Every day there will be new bargains hitting the shelves so make sure you get down to Veals so you don't miss out.

The Chod Rig has become one of the most popular presentations in the modern carp fishing world. If you have yet to try one then here is a video guide to help you tie one. . .