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September Success
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 09, 2013  |  0 comments
Tom Oliver enjoys a productive week at his syndicate!Unfortunately August was not a great month for my angling as I only managed to squeeze in one quick weekend trip to my syndicate and unfortunately that didn’t produce any fish. I was very much looking forward to the month of September however as I had the first week of the month booked off work and had a lengthy trip at my syndicate planned. I was hoping to spend some time in one area and build the swim over the course of the week as this tactic can often work extremely well on this venue. I also had some filming lined up with Gardner Tackle at the latter stage of the week so hopefully by then I would have something established enough to get a few bites for the cameras.
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A Dream Job
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 08, 2013  |  0 comments
Prolific water hunts for new bailiff. The Gigantica Lakes in France urgently require a new member of the team to cook for customers and maintain and develop the 100-acre site. This is a full-time, residential position in France, so it ideally suits an energetic and motivated person with no ties in the UK, who adapts to new environments and has a willingness to integrate into the local community. Professional tuition to learn French is part of the role.
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Girl Power!
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 07, 2013  |  First Published: Oct 06, 2013  |  0 comments
Dutch female duet land carp fishing's richest prize. The World Carp Classic has been won by the all-female pairing of Lizette Beunders and Bianca Venema from Holland, the first female pairing to ever win an international carp match. Lizette and Bianca, representing Dynamite Baits, were out in front for virtually the entire event and finished with a final weight of 366. 5kg, a fantastic result that saw them finish a long way ahead of runners up Lee Jackson and Rob Tough, and win by the biggest margin in the events history.
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Will History Be Made?
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 04, 2013  |  0 comments
Female duo hours away from taking carp fishing's richest prize. With less than 24 hours to go in the world’s biggest carp match the excitement level couldn’t be higher, as anglers speculate over this year’s winning pair. In the hot seat this year are Netherlands pair Bianca Venema and Lizette Beunders, who could just be hours away from taking home the biggest prize in carp fishing. Lizette and Bianca have been in first position for virtually the entire match, with their unique baiting strategy and hard work paying dividends from the very start, the duo have been catching consistently throughout.
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Bruce Ashby Passes Away
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 03, 2013  |  0 comments
Stars pay tribute to legendary rod builder. It has been announced today that the legendary carp angler and rod builder, Bruce Ashby has passed away. Bruce was regarded as being one of the UK's leading experts on building carp rods. Total Carp's Editor, Marc Coulson said: "So many of the UK's top carp anglers placed their faith in Bruce Ashby rods and were also blessed to know Bruce the man.
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Are You Covered?
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 03, 2013  |  0 comments
Insurance now included in Angling Trust club and syndicate membership. Membership of the Angling Trust now includes insurance automatically with club and syndicate membership. The standard cover includes £5 million public and £10 million employers liability to clubs, including for work parties, maintenance, coaching days and all the angling activities of their members in the UK. This standard cover can be extended to provide £10 million public liability insurance, and other items such as contents, trophies, club houses and boats.
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Sleeping Angler Was 'in Van'
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 03, 2013  |  First Published: Oct 02, 2013  |  0 comments
Prosecuted angler failed to wake for 15 minutes. Recent angling press reports about an angler "being prosecuted for being asleep" while fishing for carp have generated a huge amount of interest in the wider media and on Facebook. Today, the Angling Trust has published the full facts, obtained from the Environment Agency today by Fisheries Enforcement Manager Dilip Sarkar in order to set the record straight about why this particular angler's actions presented a threat to fish and wildlife and to reassure other anglers that as long as they can take immediate control of their rods when they are awakened by a bite alarm they will not be faced with prosecution for this normal angling activity. "Mr Holbrow was prosecuted for leaving his rods unattended and for fishing without a valid rod licence.
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Catch More At Wildmoor
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 02, 2013  |  0 comments
Winter deals and 2014 price freeze announced. Popular Gloucestershire venue, Wildmoor Waters has announced some brilliant winter bargains, for anglers wanting breaks at the prolific venue. Venue owner, Andy Stump said: "We have had our best ever year here at Wildmoor, with anglers catching more than ever before. The number of anglers we have had breaking their PB carp has been unbelievable.
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All Systems Go
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 01, 2013  |  0 comments
World Carp Classic gets underway. Yesterday afternoon saw the huge opening parade of the 2013 World Carp Classic. A huge flag bearing through the centre of Bolsena town where all 27 countries represented had the chance to show their countries colours off with pride and they certainly did. Led by an Italian marching band the 270 anglers plus event sponsors, runners, media, staff, family and onlookers made their way through the town and into the grand hall in the town square for the all-important draw.
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Rate A Mate & Win Big
Total Carp Staff  |  Sep 30, 2013  |  0 comments
New Nash competition aims to get more people into carping!Nash has launched an exciting new Facebook competition, which aims to get more people into carp fishing. The company is asking fans to encourage more people into the fantastic sport, by offering the chance for anglers to nominate a friend, who will then go into a draw, which could ultimately see them walk away with a bumper set of prizes. To enter, all people have to do is 'rate a mate' and tell Nash just why they are worthy of winning this amazing starter prize!A mate can be classed as any friend or relative and they may or may not already have another interest within fishing (game, sea, match etc)Not only will the winner receive this bumper lot of Nash kit, but they and you will also win a 24-hour session with Nash’s own Alan Blair on a local club lake!The winner will be picked and announced on October 15th, 2013. Click here to visit the Nash Facebook page, where you can enter now!.
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