There are often situations that arise whilst carp fishing when we have to decide whether to use a pop up or a bottom bait. As with most methods there are many different theories on both the success and downside to using either or method. I know of carp anglers…

New Rods, New Bait, Gore-Tex Clothing, and Five Thirties to 39lb 7oz. There has been much going on since my return to Spain after my overdue Christmas break in the UK. With a gap before my first clients arriving, I knew I had plenty of time to try out…

2012 has been a long year in more ways than one. It has been my second year guiding at Sierra Brava, and happily I have had the pleasure of guiding four times as many clients than in 2011. Lots of fish have been banked by my clients, which as…

I have had my Sonik NCT rods since May, but due to clients, and hot weather in Spain over the summer, I have only been using them over the last few weeks. I chose the 12ft 3.25lb/tc version on director Ian's recommendation, and also due to the fact I…

It’s the last week of the season and I had worked hard all year looking after my anglers and it was now time for me to have a fish. I decided to fish the lodge as I had seen fish crashing there all last week and knew I would…

Trip two: A “secret” Venue September 2012 My second and totally unexpected trip to France came about after chatting to a Belgian angler I know called Chris Vandenhaute. He happened to mention that he had been fishing in France on a little known venue and had caught fish to…

My First ever trip to France in search of carp was way back in 1992 when along with some friends I travelled the 619-mile journey to a little known lake in the Limousin region. Between us we caught numerous fish up to a respectful 42lb, which was a very…

Last week I was lucky enough to fish the fantastic Rainbow Lake and even better, swim 18! This is without doubt the most exciting and best big fish swim in the world. My friend Jan was joining me in swim 17. I had a plan to fish only days…

Over the years I have witnessed and to a degree experienced an element of jealousy amongst anglers when somebody has caught a fish. This is something that I personally have never really understood and in my opinion if somebody has had a “result” through quality angling then fair play…

The weather was set to be a month’s worth of rain in one day - should I or should I not leave this week to wet my lines again? In the end it got the better of me and I decided to go, so Thursday morning off we set…

I said I would give you an update as to how my session panned out at Sierra Brava; so true to my word, here it is! I started my session on the 1st of May and the lake was extremely busy. I couldn’t believe my luck, when after travelling…

I have just enjoyed a very busy month with clients at Sierra Brava in Spain. Apart from the fact that many carp were caught and several personal bests were beaten, all the clients had one thing in common. They were all using rods from the SK3 range! I supply…