Total Carp Staff

New carp tackle brand's web site goes live. Brand new carp tackle manufacturer Taska has unveiled its new website. Packed full of features, the new site includes information on the company’s new products, up-to-date news and profiles on its team of sponsored anglers, along with plenty of videos highlighting its brand new product range. Obviously the most import thing to carpers will be the full list of Taska products, and everything’s there - hangers, sticks, tools, leads, rig bits, PVA, rests, and there’s plenty more to come too.

Continuing on from my last piece, the conditions started to get more and more favourable for the Manor and I decided that now I could start to increase the amount of bait that I was applying to the North West bay that had been so good to me through the colder months. One particular area that I had plumbed and plumbed to ‘fine tune’ the spot would start to receive 2k of Richworth’s NV, mixed with 4/8mm Multi-Stim Pellets that have an excellent breakdown time while still maintaining the same attractors that are in the bolies. Size wise it was 10/14millers every 3 days. This spot was a ledge that started at 3ft and dropped to 7ft, at the end of this nice fine pea-shingle was located with the lead and every time I cast to that spot the tip would absolutely crack down, just the way I like it.

Trials for national carp team see anglers decided for final round. The finalists for this year’s Korda Carp Team England Trials have been announced following round two of the selection process held at Lancashire’s Wyreside LakesEight pairs contested the second round, with England management pair Ian Huntington and Pete Holehouse watching proceedings carefully to get the measure of the anglers both individually and as a team. Despite tough conditions on Wyre Lake where the round was fished, and the fact that none of the anglers taking part had ever fished the venue before, the England managers were impressed by what they saw. “We wanted the trial to be as fair as possible, hence setting it at a venue that none of the anglers had fished,” said Ian Huntington.

Since my last entry on the TC website things have once again been super, super busy. I have however managed to get out and about and I’m pleased to say that I have tripped a few up along the way. My first trip in May was an overnight session on the first day of the season on Cleverley Top Lake and after coming out dead last in the draw I managed a stunning, scaley 28lb 8oz mirror known as ‘Busted’ just a couple of hours after casting out. The remainder of the session was very quiet with no more carp but it was great to be off the mark on the tricky Top Lake so quick.