Elegir la línea que pondremos en nuestros carretes es a veces un dilema, sobre todo para los pescadores que están empezando. Esto se complica aun mas debido al gran abanico de posibilidades de líneas tanto trenzadas como de monofilamento que nos brinda el mercado actual, cada vez con mas calidad y variedad. Según donde pesques […]
I have just finished reading a wonderful novel called Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday. It was something I picked up whist back in the UK. It´s one of those that you cannot put down, totally captivating. OK, it´s about fishing, and you know, I love fishing but it´s much more than that, […]
Hace dos semanas se celebro la primera clasificatoria del World Carp Classic en el embalse de Orellana. El calor era extremo con temperaturas de más de 35 grados ºC. Entre todas las parejas capturaron un alrededor de 700kg de carpas. Lo podemos considerar como el mayor evento de carpfishing celebrado en Orellana. Algunos pescadores pescaban […]
Congradulations from Team CARPdiem to all the competitors who took part in the fist World Carp Classic qualifier in Spain. The winners Fran Granados and Jorge Sacristian are delighted with their result. The event celebrated last week on the mighty reservoir Orellana in Extremadura was a total success. 85% of those who fished caught carp […]
Después de 12 años de éxitos continuados en varias pruebas mundiales en el golf y la pesca, estamos encantados con el lanzamiento del World Catfish Classic. En junio de 2011, los pescadores representantes de todo el mundo competirán por el prestigio y el honor de ganar la prueba inaugural y ver izar su bandera nacional. […]
We have been asked to make an interview for the carpfishing radio show Radio Carrete. The show broadcasts from Illecas near to Toledo. Raul from my Team CARPdiem will be making an interview about the World Carp Classic which is too be held in 1 weeks time on lake Orellana in Extremadura Spain. You can […]
Tenemos sólo dos semanas para ir El World Carp Classic. Los que toman parte puede ganar hasta que 5.000 euros en premios aquí en España. Más tarde los que van a la final en Francia podría ganar otro 10.000 euros en efectivo y mucho más en equipo. Apunta ya en el evento más grande de […]
Time is something I do not have at the moment. Gone are the days when I could go fish for two days and nights. Now I have to make do with short express sessions. Lucky for me, I did that the other day. I went out and managed to catch for the 3rd time a […]
The World Carp Classic Gibraltar qualifier 2010 was an absolute success! The trophy as you can see here (left) was a gem, crystal cut glass, a whole lot of class direct from the Rock! The event took place last weekend on Lake Alfarofia, Elvas Portugal. The first fish to be caught during the event, and […]
Green lights on full steam ahead. It’s taken us sometime to get all the permissions in place but myself and Peter Staggs have done just that. For the first time in Spanish Carp Fishing history we hope to bring a team of 6 Anglers from Spain to the final of the World Carp Classic in […]
Some of you will know I am doing the World Carp Classic qualifying event for Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar. Myself and Peter Staggs now have all the paperwork and permissions organized. It’s full steam ahead. As it stands we have already sold out the Gibraltar event which will be held on lake Alfarofia in Portugal. […]
Well, I finally get a chance to go fishing and the prediction from Accweather is -11 °C. It’s fair to say this will be a winter session. I will be putting my thermal sleeping bag from Nash to the test and for that matter all the clothing will be on. The lowest conditions I have […]
Before the end of the year I set an objective for the CARPdiem team. We had to snag a few Comizo Barbel. I had the urge and it was growing. Since my first fish of the year was a Barbel, why not end the year with one too? We planned an escape, made some calls […]
Welcome to 2010 and a Happy New Year to you all. After a Whiskey fuelled knees up in Glasgow Scotland, I thought I’d sit back relax and do some random Google searches to see what I may find on the Internet about Carp. My head is frying as I somehow managed to key in some […]
As I mentioned in an earlier entry on this fishy blog, we have been doing some filming and testing out the Nash Monster Cradle. To be honest the Cradle is large, it’s a beast so it does take a fair bit of space up in your car. It is however a fantastic bit of Carp […]
I have been making carp films recently and recording videos with my CARPdiem Team and the Dynamite Baits Angler Christian Borgesson. The first of the 3 new videos is now up on The Tube. This one gives details about the Nash Monster Cradle, how to use it, why it’s better than a normal unhooking mat […]
Whilst back in the UK in August. I managed to catch up with my old mate Andy Ferns and his son Harry. We went back to our old stalking grounds in Altrincham, King Georges Pool. Over 20 years ago we fished the water so the day was a walk back down memory lane. It was […]
Can you imagine yourself sitting on that patio in the photo on the right? The patio belongs to a house which has 5 bedroom, it’s special house at the foot of the Madrid Sierra. If you were sat on that patio now you would be enjoying hundreds of swallows flying around you, the buzz of […]
This weekend I managed to get down to El Vellon (in the photo right), for the big match or should I say the CAMPEONATO DE ESPAÑA 2009 Carp fishing. It was great to walk around the lake close to Madrid and meet those fishing. The atmosphere on the bank was great with lot’s of carp […]
I have been fishing for Carp in Madrid now for quite sometime. As each year passes, we see progress and bigger fish being landed. It’s fair to say that Madrid has 3 places with fish of 40lb plus. All of which are good and bad for wild and varied reasons. Some of them have no […]
I Just had the news confirmed that my 3,000 plus word chapter about carp fishing in Spain will go into the next edition of Jason Riders books on Carp. The story I provided entitled ‘The magic moment’, was about the capture of a 40lb plus Spanish mirror carp (not the fish in the photo). The […]
Lot’s of reports of massive fish coming out of Spain. Last month I received no less than 4 fotos of fish over 60lb. Most of which have been caught from Spain’s ‘hot zone’, Extremadura. The recently (Dynamite Baits), sponsored Angler Peter Staggs has himself manged to winkle one of those big 60lb plus fish out. […]
Last week my old mate Andy F, came to visit me for a short break. Fishing was not on the agenda but we managed to winkle an afternoon and a few hours on the banks of a special little water in the south of Madrid. It was a sunny day, and the water was as […]
Lot’s going on this side. Our Magazine CARPdiem has taken a giant step forward. Apart from a total re-design and re-format we are now printing in the UK, so import times from China have been cut down. The magazine has grown in terms of team members too. I still have the original team Angel and […]
At this time last year I did the following interview with the Madrid based magazine the broadsheet The interview came out Jan. 2008. I thought i’d put this up here for you to read some of my comments about Fishing in Spain. I hope you Enjoy. Friday, 26 December 2008 TBSmagazine.com Fishing in Spain and […]
