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Couple enjoy manic stay at French holiday resort. Simon and Donna Mercer from Salisbury have enjoyed a manic week at Moulin De Graf Fishery in France, banking 22 giant carp during their 36-hour stay. On arrival, Simon spent plenty of time looking around the lake and studying the fish activity before deciding to fish two different swims. He chose to fish in a deepwater swim known as 'Twin Oaks’ for his morning and evening sessions and to fish a shallower swim called ‘The Meadow’ for his afternoons, when he hoped that the fish would have moved into the shallow water.
Friendly store aims to promote Welsh angling. Newly opened Cardiff angling shop, First4Fishing, has launced a new website aimed at bringing its extensive range of products and in-depth knowledge to a broader audience. The shop's marketing manager Simon Spinola explained: "We have all been keen fishermen since we were nippers, and our obsession means that we live and breathe fishing. We even dream about it! What started as a small online store has now grown into a strong and growing local business and has a customer base spanning all continents! "Customers return to First4Fishing because they know that they are getting the knowledge and expertise of people in the know.
Spring bank promotion encourages anglers to take a friend fishing for free. The
Take A Friend Fishing (TAFF) campaign, organised and run by the Angling
Trades Association, is back again this spring bank holiday weekend.
TAFF is designed to encourage regular anglers to take their family
members and friends fishing to let them try the sport for themselves. Free
one-day rod licences (each worth £3.
33-2-0 is new Cherry Lakes best. David Mott has taken the new Cherry Lakes record carp with a 33lb 2oz carp, just five days after Wayne Chambers set a new lake best with a 32lb fish. One of Cherry's regular guests, David enjoyed a fantastic session fishing from Grebe Lodge at the complex. Benefitting from being the only angler on the lake last weekend, David caught by baiting heavily with Cherry Lake Essential Spice boilies and pellet.
Five day session yields 51lb UK monsterDiem backed carp fishing ace, James Pierce caught his new personal best carp, after a five day stint at Berkshire's Wellington Country Park. For the full story on just how James caught the famous Ulcer Fish, at its biggest ever weight, Check out his blog here. . .
James Pierce reflects on the capture of the famous Wellington Ulcer. After joining Wellington Country Park last June, I discovered that you were able to book a five night session once a year at the venue. With this in mind and knowing all about the spring at Wellington, I aimed to book my session for sometime around the end of April or beginning of May, depending on what was available. Back at the beginning of the year, I received a call to say that Monday May 6th would be the start date of my trip, so I was pretty happy with that indeed.
Lone Angler promote brand to thousands through Premiership sponsorshipLone
Angler is pleased to announce what they believe to be a first in
fishing by way of advertising the brand through a live game of
Premiership football. By using the high impact LED pitch side
advertising display system, Lone Angler was highlighted during the Stoke
v Tottenham live game on Sunday 12th May which was broadcast to between
750,000 – 1,000,000 Sky Sports viewers. This match was also seen by a
further audience, of approximately 4,000,000 viewers, on the BBC’s
subsequent Match of the Day highlights that evening. The match has also been syndicated across the planet to millions more viewers in a host of different countries.
Giant moggy caught from famous big carp water. A catfish weighing in excess of 110lb has been landed from Bluebell Lakes in Northamptonshire. The giant fish was captured by Coalville rod, Adi White - and landed after a hectic 75 minute battle. Adi,
39, explained: "I hooked the fish around midday, and didn't slip the
net under it until 1.
Famous scales manufacturer weighs in with new media!Weighing scales and tackle firm Reuben Heaton is embracing the internet and social media to raise awareness of its products. The
firm is ensuring that interested parties can get up-to-date news
information about the company, its products, the latest press releases
and event information as it happens from its RSS feed via this link: www. reubenheaton. co.