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Friday Catch-Up – 23 July 2010

Dave Preston — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:32:13 +0000

Big Weights for the Matchmen Phil Allton won at Highfield last Sunday: fishing peg 37 on Oak lake on the method feeder, he had 111lb of mainly carp. Not to be outdone, Graham Carter won his match on Beech lake at Highfield on Thursday. He had 94lb, again mainly carp, from peg 19. Videos? We [...] Related posts:

Treasure Trove!

Dave Preston — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:25:48 +0000

We were having a bit of a tidy up and came across some old hooks that had been found in a long-forgotten drawer here at the shop some months ago, and we though readers of the blog might be interested. As you can see in the picture, there were quite a few old boxes of [...] Related posts:

Friday Catch-Up – 16 July 2010

Dave Preston — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:03:41 +0000

Chod Mania Chod rigs have been one of the major developments in carp fishing over the last couple of years, and this week saw a couple of new products arrive. First off we had Korda’s new Mouth Trap Chod Filament – developed by Korda to be easier to use when tying the rig, and work [...] Related posts:

Stapeley Summer League Round Two

Chris Gorrell — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:09:48 +0000

Round two was again on the Shropshire Union Canal this time at Wardle near Nantwich. The weather for todays round was considerably different to the last match with strong winds blowing down the cut, making the fishing difficult in some sections. The lads today had plenty of time on their pegs to get ready! Ian [...] Related posts:

Shop Record Fish List

Dave Preston — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:42:30 +0000

After Lewis’s big barbel, reported in yesterday’s post, we got talking in the shop about our various personal bests. It seemed like a good idea to ask around everyone and compile a list of the best fish of each species that had been caught by current Carter’s staff. It turns out that Lewis had had [...] Related posts:

The 2009 Wrap Up…

Friday Catch-Up – 9 July 2010

Dave Preston — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:37:02 +0000

Carter’s Staff Make Good Use Of Day Off! A couple of shop staff showed their angling prowess on their day off yesterday… Big Barbel for Lewis Lewis Kennedy fished the River Ribble with a view to snaring a barbel or two. Fishing a deep hole not far from the bank, he had a 5lb fish on pellet [...] Related posts:

Friday Catch-Up – 2 July 2010

Dave Preston — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:32:51 +0000

Another Hook in Finger Incident! Dave Williams, Lewis Kennedy and former colleague Paul Dukes took a boat trip out of Cemaes Bay in North Wales. All was going well until, while catching some mackerel on feathers, Paul was heard to say “Oops, that’s not good!”. He looked down at his finger and all the colour [...] No related posts.

Stapeley Summer League Round One

Chris Gorrell — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:29:37 +0000

During the final round of the Middlewich league we got together and decided that we were going to enter a team into the Stapeley summer league. This league has run for a few years now and features some of the best canal fishing in the country, something we were all keen to experience. Round one [...] Related posts:

Friday Catch-Up – 25 June 2010

Dave Preston — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:55:57 +0000

Quite often, things happen around the shop over the course of a week that are noteworthy but not enough to merit an individual blog post. So we have decided to post a single blog every Friday summing up those snippets from during the past week. Bay Malton AC Ribble Tickets Available Bay Malton Angling Club [...] Related posts:

Middlewich Spring League Final Round

Chris Gorrell — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:00:01 +0000

The team were really looking forward to this one after a consistent series over the last five matches! Last weeks result really piled the pressure on as we slipped one point behind new leaders Trabucco Blue. Ian completed the draw and came back with much better pegs than those the previous round. Leaving me on [...] Related posts: