Hi Guys and welcome to my blog… Thanks for stopping by and spending the time on the site. I am an avid angler and literally every spare minute I have is spent either talking carp or fishing for them, yeah I know that sounds a bit sad but when you have a passion for fishing and for the fish you angle for then it brings you into a realm that most “normal” (if there is such a thing) people don’t understand. The passion for the sport has been bred through years sprat bashing on my local waters learning most of the trade which is the basis of my carp fishing today.
We see a lot of people now who come straight into carp fishing who have never fished before, and it is possible, I suppose, that instant carp anglers have been misguided into the sport because of the vast array of different technological advances that has brought carp angling back down to being an affordable hobby,
The way we fish for carp now as apposed to 20 years ago is also very different, gone are the days of putting a stone on the spool and a tin can underneath it. This I think has helped grow the carp fishing communities and have made sleepless nights a thing of the past.
I started fishing when I was about 4 years old, days spent watching a very static float on my local river waiting in anticipation of the fish that lay in the depths. It feels strange to think that the dreams that I had as a child still stay with me to this day, the quality and type of fish have got bigger as the dreams have gone on but one day its possible that dream may just turn into reality.
The progression to carp fishing came for me at about the age of 12 when a group of friends invited me for a nights fishing in someone’s back garden pond. I certainly wasn’t at all equipped for night fishing at the time and spent most of the night sat up in excitement, waiting for something to happen… Then as it is now I got to morning without a thing to report. In the lake there was a little tree stump that come out of the water. I remember walking over there and putting a bit of sweetcorn on the size 4 hook I was using, I gently lowered it down and within seconds the rod bent round and I was into my first ever carp. The scrap it gave me was like nothing I had ever experienced before but was certainly something that lit a passion in my belly that still burns brightly today.
Over the years I have fished some lovely little lakes and rivers but I think where I feel most comfortable on Snake Pit in Colchester. Most of my growing up in carp fishing come through Snake. I have met a few people along the way who are now very good friends and who are also awesome anglers. I feel proud enough to have taken some photo’s of some very big fish in my time, All I need now is the opportunity to sit on the other side of the camera. So here we are you can now read my quest to be sat there holding the fish instead of being in awe taking the pics.
My current antics see me wandering around some club waters in Colchester just trying to break the new tackle curse. Ever since buying a new landing net I have seemingly suffered a curse of not being able to catch anything, and I can promise it is not through the lack of trying. Keep and eye out on the blog front and I will keep you regularly updated to when and where I have been and hopefully what I have caught.
Till then Tight Lines!
Hoops
