Ex-pat’s Awesome PB 60lb+ Mirror
Earlier this year while fishing in Melbourne, I had the great pleasure of meeting Hadleigh Shaw face to face for the first time. Although, we had been in contact with each other on a regular basis via email and CarpForum for quite some time prior to my visit. Hadleigh and I hit it off together from the moment we met, and we had some very memorable sessions with loads of laughs together during my stay in Victoria. Fanx Haddles It would be remiss... [Read More...]
World Carp Champ Heads South
It gives me an enormous amount of pleasure to be able write a blog in tribute to Peter ‘Fitzy’ Fitzsimmons, and to be able to acknowledge some of the incredible carp captures he’s had in the past few years. I’m sure the photo below of ‘Scar‘ will be familiar to many of you, as it was this world record capture of the iconic fish that brought Pete into the carping media spotlight back in November 2006. I felt extremely... [Read More...]
Morocco 2009 ~ Carp In The Clouds
I got back from fishing on the picturesque Lac Bin El Ouidane in Morocco in mid-April, and in many ways my head is still spinning from the experience. It was an adventure I’d dreamt about doing for about three years, having been inspired by Ronny De Groote’s amazing article about the lake and its environs in a UK carp magazine in 2006. Their were some stunning photos of the scenery, and of course its huge lake dwellers in his article. ... [Read More...]
Benson – The passing of ‘The King’ of British common carp!
News of the untimely death of Britain’s biggest common carp has spread throughout the carp fishing community on a global scale. Carp anglers from around the world have felt a pang of sadness upon hearing of Benson’s demise – myself included. Although I am based in Australia and am as far away from Benson’s home as you could possibly get, news of his death has even reached our far flung shores, and has had coverage on one of our major... [Read More...]
