Nov
25th
First carp caught on pop ups
By Catch a carp (MOD)
I haven't bothered a lot with pop ups previously, having caught ok
with normal boilies or balanced boilies. It had seemed to me that
having a bait sitting off the bottom would appear as unnatural to
fish as finding ones plate of food hovering off the table. This
appeared to be confirmed to me when watching the Korda Underwater
video's which showed carp veering away from popped up boilies on an
un-weedy bottom. Consequently I was left with the thought that the
only time worth considering the use of pop ups with be with a weedy
bottom.
Since the weather had gone cold I was finding bites hard to get and having read several articles recommending the use of fluoro pop ups I decided to give them a go. I did decide though to make the popped up part quite short and fished them over my normal boilies. Amazingly this has proved a successful tactic. The last few times I have been carping the rods with normal boilies haven't had any success while the rod with the fluoro pop up on has been successful.
There are 2 thoughts I'm left with here, firstly give fluoro pop ups a go and secondly if you're not having any success when fishing generally don't be frightened to give something else a try!
Tight lines
Mike
Since the weather had gone cold I was finding bites hard to get and having read several articles recommending the use of fluoro pop ups I decided to give them a go. I did decide though to make the popped up part quite short and fished them over my normal boilies. Amazingly this has proved a successful tactic. The last few times I have been carping the rods with normal boilies haven't had any success while the rod with the fluoro pop up on has been successful.
There are 2 thoughts I'm left with here, firstly give fluoro pop ups a go and secondly if you're not having any success when fishing generally don't be frightened to give something else a try!
Tight lines
Mike
Nov
23rd
Anglers Profile Social 2010
By Team AP
Anglers Profile Winter Social raises the bar.
Many socials are held around the uk by different groups and company's, but how many socials have 15 sponsors and every angler gets free food every day and in the evening gathering around with all other anglers to watch the rugby... Well this social had all of this, everyone arrived on the 19th of November 10am, within the social we added a charity match for the Cardiff children care unit so there would be some sort of fun within the event, there was a mix of anglers and it was looking tough as they were all top men from around the country including Nash very own Alan Price, the location was white springs fishery, Swansea, south wales, this fishery is famous for holding some top quality fish from all sizes ranging from early 10lb to big 42lb carp, as you can imagine everyone was itching to fish and get the chance of bagging a big fish and taking gold.
The Event lasted 48hours and you can bet it was 48hours of pure enjoyment, on the fishing side there wasn't really much showing and the anglers were all hitting it hard with all sorts so the social really did take into place as all anglers were at one of the main cabins on both nights either having a drink and a catch up or watching the rugby and even though wales lost and there was still no fish the smile was still present, Vince the fishery owner visited daily with his charity bucket, raffle tickets were sold, sponsorship forms were collected kindly, white springs really is a perfect location as it has maximum security assuring all anglers there cars and gear is safe and all facilitys are on site.
Plenty of bream was pulled out unfortunately but i guess its a fish, only 4 carp were caught size ranging between 12lb-14lb so not very big but on a Sunday morning a few hurs before the horn sounds its good enough to win it all, Gareth Davies caught 3 and Michael rob caught 1, Gareth won the event getting himself £100 and loads of goodies, michael rob won himself £75 along with his goodies, 3rd place was donated to charity, raffle prizes included products from Korda, Hinders, Pro-logic.
On site was the Anglers Profile super car which will be traveling the UK 2011 to all different shows such as the carpin'on show and all other local shows near you.
Throughout the 48hours main sponsor Lewis pies gave free pies, pasty's, rissoles, sausage rolls you name it everyone had one free along with some real crisps, other sponsors gave prizes for the raffle and winning positions and Anglers Profile would like to thank all sponsors for helping out and the kind hospitality from Vince white springs for the free cuppa ;)
Anglers Profile has seen a dream like many other people but this weekend we showed everyone a vision of what is to come, here at anglers profile we really want to help welsh carp fishing and we know a lot of mega carp fishing company are with us but we also see the bigger picture.
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Ben Phillips Team Anglers Profile.
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