Archivos del Autor: CARPdiem

My final night session of the year produced some good fish. I use «final night», as I have now fished San Martine for 1 year! To celebrate my final night it rained and rained and rained. So much so that I had a temporary river running through the base of my camp/bivy, not good. Sometimes […]

In Spain particles can be found and used no problem. Actually come to think of it, it’s dam hard to find a bait ban for particles anywhere. You will however find other strange and wonderful rules but as of yet a particle ban is no-where in sight. Spain has not yet moved to the position […]

It’s been a lifetime since I wrote here hasnt it? Really it’s not been that long, it’s just that recently I have been away in Iceland. So other than enjoying time with Vikings, what’s been going on? Some of the larger Mirror Carp from my local lake. I had previously only seen these fish from […]

Should I say Barbel-ish-ous? Mmmmh, either way these munching torpedoes are falling thick and fast to The Method. In the photos you can see my mate Raul (above) with a lovely fish and myself later with a low double. These Barbel are suckers for the Method and our mix of hemp and Halibut Pellet is […]

The 2006 World Carp Classic has been won by the Polish team. It seems like it was hard going out on the mighty Orient, with just 17 fish caught through the 6 days of grueling competition, well let’s face it, it was never going to be easy! Jaroslaw Plochocki, and Mariusz Ciach of the Polish […]

Regular spodding, a Korda wide Gape B Size 6 Barbless hook and a pellet tied lasso stlye, will do for me! GRRrrr-Ripper would be the only way you could describe the screaming power runs which we sampled last weekend. One of the runs tore the line from my big pit reel at such a rate, […]

The most eagerly awaited event of the year has begun. The Orient World Cup Classic probably the most prestigious prize in the World of Carp fishing. This year it’s been extended to 114 hours, making this enduro fishing, 6 days & 5 nights not for the faint of heart. With a 100% rise in prizes […]

I was just looking for a translation of a fish from Spanish to English. The fish known as El Alburno (in Spain),is a small silver fish known as a Bleak (in the UK). Whilst searching for the little Bleak rascal, I found this cracking webpage with some amazing and colourful wildlife photos by Michel Roggo. […]

I don’t want to talk much about this session, simply because it was hard. I will say I had the blistering joy of daily temperatures of 55 Deg.C with the shade running in at 42 Deg C. under the umbrella! Extreme fishing eat your heart out, and dont forget sweat your balls off! Extreme fishing […]

It’s no new concept but now a day, in the UK market you come across plenty of artificial baits. I have not had much interest in artificials un-till recently, when I noticed The Enterprise Baits Imitation Bread (in the UK), for about £2.25 a packet. In Spain we generally dont see products like this in […]

Arrgh, it’s so easy to be an Alcho-Frolic in Spain. Alcho-Frolics are the users of this marvelous dog food/bait. So many of today’s top Carp journalists, people like Ken Townley are plugging the beefy, tasty and nutrious, Frolic! I too am a big user, and self confessed Alcho-Frolic, hooked on the Beef flavour; it’s an […]

Having made another short night session on the aformentioned 10,000 hectar water, and my local Buendia here are my results. I managed 5 fish, of which 2 were Barbel to 10lbs, and 3 were Carp to 26lbs 10oz. All fish fell to our current winning bait an 18mm Concept for you – Liver Boilie, with […]

Crucian Carp – (Carpin in Spain) can survive without oxygen for months! I mention this as the breath taking news ties in nicely with my having the pleasure of several large Spanish Crucian Carp. In recent months we have been taking fish to the 3lb and into the 4lb bracket. Since the current UK record […]

Jean Michel Jarre will hold a Water for Life” concert in the sand dunes of the Moroccan Sahara on 16 December. Using his hallmark state-of-the-art visual and sound technology, the French composer/musician will stress the importance of protecting and properly managing the planet’s limited freshwater resources and halting the advance of desertification. «We want this […]

Mmmh, another intesting question Watson! There are various theory’s as to why Carp jump, some say it’s for joy; I like to believe that, others for insects, or for oxygen. I found something on an American Bass forum, which referred to Silver Carp and Bighead Carp rather than the Common and Mirror Carp, but from […]

I met a Carp Angler last week on a favorite water – St Martine De La Vega. We talked the usual, then we decided to go fishing at the weekend, so back to Buendia we ran! On arrival we did as done, took note of wind, scanned the pegs near the old ruins – (see […]

Recently I have been using The Concept for you brand of Boilies and have to say they are really good. They are my current bait of choice especially The Stimulator 20mm liver flavored baits. The German based company Concept for you seem to be – right on track with their baits, which not only contain […]

Whilst fishing here in Spain I have been using insect repellant to keep flies and mosquito’s at bay. One point which might be worth bearing in mind for those of you thinking of fishing in Spain and using a repellant is to make your mix’s for spods, funnel web, method feeder and other before using […]

This weekend was my first session on Buen Dia this season, since I did not fish so well on my last session I wanted to make amend. My new fishing mate Raul picked me up Friday afternoon and we promptly headed out to Buen Dia for a one night session. On arrival at Entrepenas the […]

I have been fishing my favorite gravel pit for 8 months with mixed success. My top swim has recently gone off, and I was beginning to think the fish had moved. Having just listened to the BBC Lancashire show – At the waters edge, where the late Dick Walker gives some dapper tips in a […]

A recent question we were asking has been, how to identify a male or female Carp? I started to investigate the question and found a few links/ websites and resources which seem to contradict themselves, one states: The identification of the male and female of Common Carp is not difficult, if it is practiced. Generally […]

We went fishing the other day in Madrid. I took my 9 year old Nephew as he wanted to try his hand at Carp fishing. It was a calm and very hot day, so I did not fancy our chances; anyway, as luck would have it we landed this lovely long Common Carp. The fish […]

Last week I finally managed to go fishing with Peter Staggs in Ruidera. I was both curious and excited about meeting Peter and fishing in Ruidera, after all Peter has played a large part in helping advance Carp fishing in Spain. in 1996 Peter founded the 1st specialist Carp tackle shop in Spain El Carpon, […]