Cold-water carping can be tough, but with a current personal best of 42lb 6oz, Dynamite Baits’ Tuck Hurley reckons there’s a lot you can do to swing the odds in your favour.
Carp are anti-social creatures, often feeding at night when we should be tucked up in bed. Here are nine essential items recommended by Total Fishing Tackle to make your bankside stay in the bivvy more bearable.
The early 1990s saw an explosion of big and somewhat unknown carp being publicised in the media for the very first time. One of those was The Royal Forty, a fish that grabbed the attention of anglers around the country for over 20 years.