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Welcome to the Angling Escapes blog – the place for inspiration, tips, and travel stories from the world of sport fishing! Read our latest articles on unique fishing destinations, techniques, seasonal updates, and anglers' experiences. Whether you're a seasoned carp angler or just starting out
Double Back Lead
While carp fishing, I noticed that my lines don't always stay neatly on the bottom in many waters. Especially in slightly flowing water or deep channels, the line often floats above the deepest point, even with a sinking line. By experimenting with two back leads, I discovered a simple way to keep the line tight and controlled on the bottom.
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Sponge Balls
There are many types of artificial baits on the market. A tip I'd like to share with you is the use of sponge balls that are used in the hospitality industry to flush the tap lines. These sponge balls have a diameter of 10mm and are only available in orange.
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The Fully Camouflaged Rig
To make your rig and hook even more inconspicuous, you can choose to create a fully camouflaged hooklink and hook. Of course, you can also choose to camouflage only your hooklink. Both variants work well in weedy, pressured, and clear water.
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The Landing Net Support
By the water's edge, you always want to have your landing net within reach. After a catch, the net often lies wet on the ground, which could cause you to step on it or trip over it. Sometimes you lean the net against something to dry, but then it's usually not readily available when you need it.
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Protect your Hook with a Boilie
You can easily protect your hook from dirt, mussels and obstacles on the bottom. Use soluble PVA foam or a PVA stick for this. However, on some waters this can arouse suspicion. That's why we share a clever tip to protect your hook with half a boilie and PVA.
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Securing your Rod Pod on a Jetty
You probably know the situation: You want to fish from a jetty but how do you secure your rod pod firmly? There are many types of mounting supports available on the market. Nice equipment, but as a carp angler you already carry so much gear, and these supports aren't all made from lightweight materials, so they just add extra weight.
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The Boilie Burger Pop-Up
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where a single boilie doesn't work, pop-ups or snowman rigs are sensitive, or you just want to make the boilie float because there's too much debris on the bottom, causing your boilie to go unnoticed or sink into the mud.
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Static Carp Angling with Baby Potatoes
In the past, about 50 to 60 years ago, boiled potatoes were one of the most popular carp baits used for fishing. There are still carp anglers who use this bait. It's still effective, even in pressured waters where modern baits fail. The baby potato made its entrance in the eighties and originated in England.
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Transporting your fishing gear; Upgrade your trolley!
since you can't reach every spot by car, a trolley is often essential. But when you have to walk a considerable distance, you'll notice your arms and shoulders getting tired. Of course you can take breaks along the way, but to make transporting with the trolley more comfortable, I went looking for a practical solution.
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Transporting the Carp after the Fight from your Inflatable Boat
You probably know it well, you have to get into your inflatable boat to fight a fish, often because there are obstacles nearby and you don't want to lose the fish. After the fight, you then have to transport the fish to the shore. Often people put the carp on the unhooking mat in the boat, but this is inconvenient and not so pleasant for the fish.
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Power Supply at the Waterside
These days we're taking more and more to the waterside: not just fishing gear, but also electronics like phones, laptops, bait boats and batteries for the electric motor. On public waters and many day ticket waters there's no power supply, so you need to find your own solution to last a few days. In this article I'll show how I've tackled this and which methods work well.
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Deploy Lines with the Inflatable Boat
Lines can be taken out with a rubber dinghy in various ways, including taking out two rods at the same time. I mainly use this technique for long distances, because it saves battery, time and energy, ideal when you have to row alone. In this article, I will explain how to do this best.
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