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This month’s cover star is a great example of making the right decision to catch carp. It had been pretty tough going on Bluebell’s Kingfisher Lake and Luke Vallory made the executive decision to cut the session short and squeeze in a separate night at Elsons just before we went to print. That decision would lead to one of Luke’s most prolific sessions in his adult life – to say it kicked off would be an understatement, but I’ll let you read his feature to get the full story.

Live session features like that are integral to Total Carp and they show you the reality of carp fishing in its rawest form. Sometimes anglers catch, sometimes they blank, but sometimes you witness some amazing feats of angling. One thing that’s always clear is that carp fishing is rarely EASY – decision making and determination both play a huge part in the success of these features.

Ian Russell’s feature once again proved this, as his session went from terrible to tremendous in less than five minutes! If there’s one thing to take from this magazine it’s never to give up trying, as a result could literally be just around the corner!

If that alone isn’t enough to get your summer carping revved up, then don’t worry as we’ve got loads of top summer carp fishing advice in this issue, including a number of floater fishing articles too – it’s quite possibly the most fun and simultaneously frustrating forms of carp fishing you can do!

Tuck in and enjoy, I hope it helps take your summer’s carp fishing to new heights!

ON THE COVER

QUEST FOR A DAY-TICKET FORTYContinuing his Quest, Luke Vallory travels from Bluebell to Stanwick Lakes in search of willing carp! It’s here at Elsons where Luke’s fortunes finally make a turn for the better, when simple tactics result in a session to remember.

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VENUE FOCUS

Do you enjoy catching scaly carp? Well Trent View in Nottinghamshire has them in bucketloads, and we’ve enlisted venue expert Loz East to tell you everything you need to know about this day-ticket lake in order to succeed!

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FLOATER MASTERCLASS

We’ve got a whole cluster of surface fishing features this month, including James Armstrong’s surface masterclass. It’s one of his favourite forms of fishing and to top things off, he’s just caught a whacker using these very same tactics!

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BIG-CARP MINDSET

Having spent more time than most tracking down many of the country’s biggest carp, Simon Crow knows how to get inside a carp’s head! He claims understanding your quarry is one of the most important factors to success and in this issue he talks bite times.

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TROUBLESHOOTERAs the saying goes… it ain’t over till the fat lady sings! Ian Russell’s Troubleshooter at Swan Valley Lake was looking dicey to say the least, but as always our man pulled it out of the bag and what a result it was too. Check out this month’s feature to see how it all turned out.

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