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EXCLUSIVE
In the modern day carp
scene, there’s lots written and
talked about the great amount
of products out there, but the
hunting aspect of angling is
often forgotten about. Looking
really hard for often the smallest
of signs and tapping into the
primal hunting instinct which
was instilled into us way back
b a c k t o a r e a l l y s i m pl i st i c
approach
of
casting
to
where you’ve seen them and
getting bait in with minimal
disturbance is the single
m o s t i m p o rt a n t t h i n g i n c a r p
f i s h i n g. G e t t i n g t h e r o d s
out to signs like a cluster of
b u b b l e s , a s u b t l e sh o w, b i r d s
s p o o k i n g, c o l o u r e d w a t e r i n
when.
I t’s a frequently o verloo k e d
a n d massively important s i d e
o f carp fishing, I can ’t th i n k
o f any significant capt u r e s
o f mine in 20 years that h a v e
b e en off the back of a hun c h o r
a guess, everything go od t h a t
I ’ ve ever done in carp an g l i n g
h a s been in some form o ff t h e
b a ck of a sighting or a so u n d .
I t ’s all well and goo d hav i n g
t h e most i ncredible techn i c a l
a s pects of carp angl ing b u t
w i thout the hunting th ou g h t
p r ocess, y ou have no th in g to
g o on.
With the hunting co m e s
s t ealth, once you have fo u n d
t h e carp, stripping everyth i n g
t h e m a rg i n q u i e t l y a n d b e i n g
p r e s e n t e d ar o u n d a b e d o f
s m a l l 1 2 m m b o i l i e s a pp l i e d
w i t h t h e c a ta p u l t d o e s n ’t g e t
m o r e st r a i g h t f o r w a r d b u t a l s o
d o e s n ’t g e t m o r e e f f e c t i v e ! ”
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