Knowledge

Expand your knowledge

This is where you will find our how-to guides, advice and tips, and honest notes on the kit that goes into a session. Written for anglers who want to catch more fish, not for a catalogue.

• Reading water

  How to fish silt, mud, clay and sand

  The lakebed decides how your bait sits and how visible it is. Here is how to read it and match your presentation to it.

  14 October 2026 · 6 min read

• Rigs and terminals

  Choosing the right pop-up rig: spinner, hinged stiff or multi

  Three pop-up presentations, three different jobs. What each one does, when it works, and how to fish it.

  14 October 2026 · 6 min read

• Reading water

  Reading a new venue: finding fish before you cast

  How to work out where carp are holding in water you have never fished, using what you can see and what you can feel.

  14 October 2026 · 7 min read

• Bait and feeding

  Building a bait plan for a 48-hour session

  A feeding plan that attracts carp, keeps them on the spot, and doesn't fill them up before you have had a chance of a capture.

  14 October 2026 · 7 min read

• Seasons

  Cold-water carp: how autumn and winter fishing changes

  As the water cools, carp eat less and move less. What to change in your bait, your feeding and your patience.

  14 October 2026 · 6 min read

• Kit and kitbags

  Your first night session: kit, safety and fish care

  Everything a first overnight trip needs — the kit, the checks before you leave, and how to handle a carp properly in the dark.

  14 October 2026 · 7 min read

• Rigs and terminals

  Knots and terminals every carp angler should know

  Six knots and a handful of terminals cover almost everything you will do on a carp mark. What they are and when to use them.

  14 October 2026 · 6 min read

• Kit and kitbags

  Choosing a bivvy and a sleep system for cold nights

  How to match your shelter and bedding to the season you fish in, so a long session doesn't turn into an uncomfortable one.

  14 October 2026 · 6 min read