Total Carp Staff

Spod and marker rods each in 12ft and which complement the Ultracast fishing rods. The marker is both sensitive as well as able to cast 3oz to 3½oz marker setups with ease and the spod is a medium-to-long-range model with 4. 5lb test curve. JRCUltracast Spod And Marker RodsRRP: £99.

Durable, hard, anodised pans set, with pots, frying pan, plates, cups, universal lid and gripper. Each item is lightweight and efficient and it all fits together to make one easily transportable item, which then fits in a dedicated mesh bag. Prologic Survivor Eight-Piece Cook SetRRP: £44. 99Website: www.

Top tackle firm signs deal to support England's international carp anglers. English carp fishing received a huge boost this week with the news that one of the UK’s top tackle brands is to inject over £100,000 into supporting the country’s anglers in the World Carp Championships. Korda has signed a five year deal with the sport’s governing body the Angling Trust, which will see the company plough the six figure sum into backing England’s best carpers as they compete at international level. As well as helping to fund the physical logistics of competing at international level, including getting the anglers to wherever in the world they need to be, the Trust is also hoping that Korda’s support will push coverage of the sport to a new level in the UK.

This month I’ve been here, there, and everywhere else it seems. If I’m honest it hasn’t been the most successful of months fishing wise, although not without some success at least. The river is starting to look really good now, I’ve only done one night there this month and blanked, but what’s been most encouraging is that I’ve been seeing fish, and one was an absolute clonker! I’ve set myself a target of catching a 20lb+ fish from the stretch this winter, and from what I’ve seen and heard it’s certainly possible. A lot of anglers would smirk at a target weight that low but, to me a river 20 holds as much merit as a lake-caught 30 or even 40 pounder, they’re certainly equally as rare.