I’m Going To Disney Land!! Danny FB’s new Norton Disney water is in my Manor. Its only 19 mins from my front door! So I’m going to pop down, Wednesday mid-week, for a quiet day session of unbridled pleasure. Gonna hit it Blind. No coaching from any of the local Guru’s. Let’s see if we can’t catch a few of Mr Scott’s little darlings. I do hope it’s not “Micky Mouse”. TT.

King For A Day Once you have a water sussed its game over. It’s not rocket science guys. Tight Lines.

I’m Not Arguing With You Tiger Nuts are the Best Carp Bait on the market. End of argument. “Let it go. Your ‘Kin’  wrong. Simply accept It”. No arguing. None at all please !

Very Proud To Announce My Position With Lincoln DAA I have just been made a Trustee of Lincoln DAA. I’m looking forward to working closely with the Committee on all the new projects. I would like to thank Andy Founds, LDAA Secretary & Treasurer for putting his faith in me. There are one or two waters which I fished as a kid, that I now have access to again as part of the job. It will be a very interesting to see if any of those old girls that we caught at 12 Lb - 15 lb back in the day by the older boys on the lakes have stacked the weight on over the years. I remember one of the Top Lincoln Wheatears boys landing an 23.5 Lb Mirror Carp way back when. It looked huge to us kids as it lay on the bank. Interesting and very excited to be back on some very old Lincolnshire Syndicate Waters that I fished all those years ago and had almost forgotten about. It’s a new day, a new challenge and Karma kicks in again. Tight Lines.

The Lincoln & District Angling Associations - Crazy Gang Crazy about Fishing & Teaching Fishing that is. We had a wonderful session today teaching local Kids to fish on the water at Saxilby Village. Hopefully we managed to get a few Kids well and truly hooked on the sport, which can only be a good thing. They all caught a few fish and left with huge smiles on their faces. The grown-ups had a few Pints in The Pub. So its happy days. Well done us! Great KARMA points. TT.

Burghfield Main Lake Yes. Still at it. Chasing the biggest Carp in the water. Shuuuuush…..   It may be a Huge Mirror & not a Common. Don’t tell anyone. It’s our little secret. TT.

I have just retired at 56 and I have a retirement plan The Plan Is Carp Fishing full time ! 5 days on. 2 days off. I’m now free to peruse my lifetimes passion, full time. Be Afraid ! You either have it. Or You Do Not ! It’s never personal though. This is my time ! Tight lines. TT.

Dissolved Oxygen and Big Carp We all know that oxygen crashes in lakes are one reason for large fish kills and all lakes suffer from it annually. It’s no secret that if we do not introduce a shed load of oxygenated fresh water into Carp Lakes, the shit can and will hit the fan during very warm summers months. So it was wonderful to observe Tony and his team at Bluebells taking care of their business on Swan Lake this year as the thermostats hit 35 degrees and the water levels started to drop. What I never gave enough thought to was the constant changes in DO (Dissolved Oxygen) levels that in the normal course of a year will take place. We all know that DO is produced by means of photosynthesis from algae, weed and other aquatic plants and as aquatic photosynthesis is light-dependent, the dissolved oxygen produced will peak during daylight hours and decline at night meaning that the early hours of the morning will show the lowest DO readings of all. Which may explain the Carps penchant for taking Zigs at night right under the surface as opposed to the day time on very warm days. Due to hydrostatic pressure you will find that if the concentration of dissolved oxygen is at 100% air saturation at the surface, it would only be at 70% air saturation three meters below the surface on a relatively deep lake. What this means from a fishing perspective is that at times you will have a situation where DO levels are high near the lakes surface but very low near the lake bed. I won’t bore you with the anorak science of the right and the wrong time to fish a float under the surface for Big Carp. (Yes, I have been fishing a heavy Wagler Float for 40 Lb Carp this year and have done the business on several lakes). It’s very Old School. What did strike me as strange on this day was thus. I was not fishing a session on this day. I had popped down from Lincoln to do a recce for a later session for a paying Student who was struggling on the water.

Are you being too agreeable to catch big Carp ? As General Patton once said, “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”

Love it or hate it ? I fucking love it. An old friend of mine from Louth and one of the best Old School Carp Anglers that UK ever produced. God Bless him swore by it. It featured in his original book. The Carp Strikes Back; Released in the late 1980’s. Whenever I fished with him on the Twente Canal in Holland and on the Estate Lakes in Lincolnshire. Which we ‘Guested’ on. (Guesting = Fishing Old Estate Lakes without permission. Try it, it’s good for the soul). He always had a jar in his bag. Marmite is a potent blend of some really good carp friendly ingredients which has been around forever as a Big Carp attractor. I use a lot of it. I catch a lot of Carp. The INGREDIENTS Vegetable extract Salt Yeast extract Spice extract Niacin Vitamin B12 Riboflavin Folic acid Thiamin NIACIN (nicotinic acid, vitamin B3, C6H5NO2) This is a water-soluble organic compound that helps to keep cholesterol low. VITAMIN B12 (cobalamin, C63H88N14O14P) This vitamin has a cobalt atom with a cyanide group attached. It helps make red blood cells and aids brain and nervous function. SALT (sodium chloride) It raises the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease, but it is also vital for the nervous system. Small servings mean Marmite contributes little to daily intake. RIBOFLAVIN (E101, vitamin B2, C17H20N4O6) This is also an essential dietary component, abundant in nuts. It is produced industrially by fermentation using yeast or bacteria. YEAST EXTRACT (E620, C5H9NO4) Marmite's defining ingredient is made from brewer's yeast heated to create

Going Through The Gears In 2022 we will be going through what I call “The Gears”. Going Through The Gear’s means that we will be fishing lots of methods. 1. Expertly Fished Standard Boring Carp Set Ups. 2. Stick Floats. 3. Wigglers. 4. Zigs. 5. Fly Fishing on the surface. 6. The Big Carp Quiver Tip & Swing Tips. 7. Long Pole Up In The Water. 8. Fee Lining in the Margins. 9. As many methods as we can fit Into 1 Year.   You see 35 + years plus of fishing, 3 days a week has honed my skills to levels which I myself question on occasion. I can fish every method listed above and more, with consummate ease. It’s a fucking Joke. See you on the bank.

Conditions for Total Failure 1. Keep your sessions vague, foggy and unplanned. 2. Do not specify your goals. 3. Lie to yourself about your ability. 4. Orient your speech towards EGO. 5. Follow the fucking Crowd. 6. Wilful blindness. 7. Shit rigs. 8. Nasty old baits. 9. Listening to bad advice. 10. Disrupted plans. Do all of these things and your sessions will go sideways, on a regular basis. Get a fucking grip of “Your Own Sessions”. Ignore everyone else.

Especially Tiger Nuts. Tiger Milk and everything in-between. Neat, Peanut Butter & punched Snickers Bar on the hair, is my go-to Margin Fishing secret. (Shhhhh. Don’t tell anyone). I am certainly not apologising for using Nuts. Research suggests that eating nuts may: • Lower your low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad") cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which play a major role in the build-up of deposits called plaques in your arteries • Improve the health of the lining of your arteries • Lower levels of inflammation linked to heart disease • Reduce the risk of developing blood clots, which can lead to a heart attack and death As a result, nuts can improve your heart health and lower your risk of dying early from heart disease and other causes. What might make nuts heart healthy for Carp? Besides being packed with protein, most nuts contain at least some of these heart- healthy substances: • Unsaturated fats. It's not entirely clear why, but it's thought that the "good" fats in nuts — both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats — lower bad cholesterol levels. • Omega-3 fatty acids. It's well known that omega-3 fatty acids are found in fish, but many nuts also are rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3s are healthy fatty acids that seem to help your heart by, among other things, preventing irregular heart rhythms that can lead to heart attacks. • Fibre. All nuts contain fibre, which helps lower your cholesterol. Fibre also makes you feel full, so you eat less. In addition, fibre is thought to play a role in preventing type 2 diabetes. • Vitamin E. Vitamin E may help stop the development of plaques in your arteries, which can narrow them. Plaque development in your arteries can lead to chest pain, coronary artery disease or a heart attack. • Plant sterols. Some nuts contain plant sterols, a substance that can help lower your cholesterol. Plant sterols are often added to products such as margarine and orange juice for additional health benefits, but sterols occur naturally in nuts. • L-arginine. Nuts are also a source of L-arginine, which is a substance that may help improve the health of your artery walls by making them more flexible and less prone to blood clots that can block blood flow. Let me put this ridiculous myth to bed once and for all because its total Bollocks ! A large King Carp will suck a fucking golf ball through a garden hose with consummate ease. It will then pass it back out without missing a fucking stroke. End of discussion. What stomach, you Muppet? “The common carp has no stomach; therefore the ingested food arriving from the mouth passes directly into the intestine. The overall intestinal length relative to the total body length is related to the feeding habits of the fish species under consideration”. So could we all stop banging on about it. Prepare your Nuts properly and they are as safe as any Boilie. In-fact there is an argument to be made that Nuts are far safer. 1. They are natural. 2. They contain no chemical signature. 3. No e colours. 4. No chemical dyes. 5. No artificial stimulants. 6. Nasty chemicals flavours. 7. The list is endless. 8. Crude proteins. Let me remind you of something. Fishing Bait is NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUPTION. Which means that you can fill Carp Bait full of any none toxic, nasty Shit and get away with it.” @ £13 a Kilo. FFS !!! Carp anatomy 1 - Gills Gills of fish are for breathing. The gills sit behind the gill cover and, in a healthy fish, appear a bright red colour. The gills are extremely efficient at extracting oxygen from water allowing the fish to function normally. They can extract over 80% of the oxygen in the water passing over them (average person is around 4%). This efficiency comes at a price however. To get the oxygen in, the tissue is very thin, typically just seven thousandths of a millimetre. This makes them very fragile, so the gill cover protects them from damage. Rough

Lincolnshire Yellow Belly Lovely Lincolnshire is known for its long wide sandy beaches, popular seaside resorts, truly gorgeous coastline, and sparsely populated mostly flat inland landscapes punctuated with tranquil nature reserves, picturesque traditional villages, fine waterways, and the odd windmill. Located in the East Midlands, the pretty English county offers many fantastic destinations for day trips or staycations. We have one or two forgotten Jewels in our beloved county Quiet. Peaceful; Lilly covered Old Waters. Long forgotten about by the modern Commercial Carp Fishery Maniacs of 2022. Thank god for the long forgotten old venues like the one pictured. The Carp in this water are old, dark brown & scaly. Long. “Lenny” looking things. Beautiful Old-Apple Slice “Zip” Linear and the like. There are also a few Big Tench knocking about I’m on these old Lincolnshire lakes in 2022. Hopefully I will have them all to myself, because nobody knows that they still exist.

You may need to slow down and chill out before you start your session, and stay away from the Beer, it does not help. Trust me I like a drink or 6 down my local pub or a post fishing session with mates. But I never mix my Carp fishing with alcohol. Personally its disastrous for my decision-making ability. Stress Thanks to the work of our sympathetic nervous system, the "fight or flight" system that takes over when we're stressed. , when you see your chance to escape your normal life for a weekend, your body reacts like there's a lion on the loose. Behind the wide range of both physical and mental reactions to stress are a number of hormones that are in charge of adding fuel to the fire. Add Alcohol and it may not end well for you. Adrenaline is the worst in humble opinion: Adrenaline is not something which you want to have pumping through your system if you are trying to relax into your weekend Carp Session. What It Is: Commonly known as the fight or flight hormone, it is produced by the adrenal glands after receiving a message from the brain that a stressful situation has presented itself. What It Does: Adrenaline, along with norepinephrine is largely responsible for the immediate reactions we feel when stressed. Imagine you're trying to get down to the lake before the gates close. You set off late, your misses / partner gave you a bit of grief before setting off or the boss made you work late. You have your boot down. You are trying to move into the fast lane on the A1

Is it me or has the sport gone fucking Mad ? The last time I left the house with my tackle & a bit of bait I caught a Carp or two. Easily with no fuss or drama. Looking at some of the total bollocks on the Carp Fishing Channels on UTube recently. You need to be a fucking PHD Physicist to understand how to snag a Carp apparently. Yawn. My friends……Do yourself a favour and stop watching uneducated Morons trying to explain why you need to spend £100 quid a session on the latest fucking Bait / Potion / Glug / Dip / Tackle. It’s total bollocks. Free Tips…. 1. You need mechanically sound “Rigs”. (Ensure that your rigs work. Test them). 2. Water Craft is vital. 3. Clean / fresh bait. 4. Sharp hooks. 5. Ensure that you use appropriately sized leads. (I use 4oz / 5oz leads, when chasing 40 Lb + carp. You need to drive the hook in, on the take or they will spit the rig out)