Estoy de vuelta después de una vieje de 24hr sin parar. Nancy, Francia a Madrid. Es bueno estar de vuelta!

Pescamos la final del World Carp Classic en el lago Madine y representó a España. Yo mismo Raúl González, Jorge Sacristian, Fran Granados, Peter Staggs y Antonio Sánchez.

Fue genial ser parte de la final y realmente experimentar qué se siente al competir a este nivel. Ahora puedo decir que he sido a la vez organizador de un evento del World Carp Classic y un competidor, ya sé qué se siente al estar en ambos lados! Entonces, ¿cómo era? Estupendo, desde el primer momento, los españoles mostraron un espíritu que fue fantástico. Los españoles sin duda sabes cómo pasar un buen rato, y yo también! Hemos conocido a gente fantástica, vimos algunas cosas asombrosas, hemos aprendido mucho acerca de la pesca y comimos pulpo de galego y la alta gama en gastronomía, basicamente comimos como reyes.

Quiso la suerte que tenemos, no tire de un puesto de ganar, lo hicimos sin embargo un par de peces, una de las cuales fue una hermosa carpa royal francés de 17,6 kg o 38,8 libras. Sace el pez con un Snowman de Vital Baits 25mm Pinapple Boilie y uno de K12 20mm popup. Los peces vinieron desde la zona de Hutchys puesto no 9. Este puesto no era uno ganador pero desde esto coge el pez más grande desde la sección!

Mi premio era una vieje a S.Africa. El vacacion es por valor de 1.000,00 libras y es una vacacion de pesca, puedes leer sobre Carp Afrique aqui No tengo claro cuando mi voy, pero creo en la proxima primavera o algo similar.

Hay un vídeo de corta duración abajo o buscar en youtube. Le doy un poco de información en ingles sobre la situación en que estábamos, y lo que se enfrentaban.

Puedes leer todos en la proxima nuemro de CARPdiem disponible pronto!

I am just back after a 24 hr. grueling non stop drive from Nancy, France. It´s good to be back!

We fished the final of the World Carp Classic on lake Madine and represented Spain. Raul Gonzalez, Jorge Sacristian, Fran Granados Peter Staggs and Antonio Sanchez Mateos and myself. It was great to be part of the final and really experience how it feels to compete at this level. I can now say, I have been both organizer of a World Carp Classic event and a competitor, I know how it feels to be on both sides! So how was it? Great, from the word go, the Spanish showed a spirit which was fantastic. The Spanish know how to have a good time, and so do I. We met some fantastic people, we saw some amazing things, we learned a great deal about fishing and we ate like kings. As luck would have it, we did not pull a winning swim, we did however manage to bag a couple of fish, one of which was a lovely french mirror carp of 17,6kg or 38.8lb. The fish came from the Hutchys swim 9. This was not the swim we wanted, neither was my first draw Ultima 9. Neither of the swims were winners, but both of them were awarded with biggest fish from the section so it seemed like it was my destiny to pick that prize up,(see photo left) and I did!

I have just found out where I am going, I am going to South Africa to fish for Carp, come on! Carp Afrique in Johannesburg will be my host. You can read more about them here I am really looking forward to fishing in South Africa. Some of the Mirror carp that way look stunning. The idea of having Giraffes and Wild animals running about while I am fishing is really exciting. It looks like I have won the package for 10 days. to the value of 900 pounds! I dont have it clear yet when I will go, but as soon as it´s all booked up I will let you know. I will also do a feature in CARPdiem about this trip!

There is a short video up on you tube about the swim we fished. I give a little more info about the situation we were in, and what we were up against.

I will provide more info about our session in the next issue of CARPdiem, and sometime later in English on this blog!