Ok I will try to explain it to you but you have to take it that I love all fishing but carp fishing is my first love.
In the UK it started like this
1950s the species was little more than a mystery to most British anglers, very few could manage to catch one.
By the late 1960s new developments by tackle/bait companies, new rigs and the stocking of a larger imported species, the King carps, in more waters, meant the fish grew in popularity. It resulted in the boom we are experiencing today.
As we reached the 1970s a handful of British anglers were gaining quite a reputation for putting more and bigger carp on the bank. Totally dedicated to the fish, they strived for more efficient rigs and baits. Paste baits had long been a favourite among the knowledgeable, until that is, someone realized that if you add egg and boil the pastes they form a hard skin.
This deterred nuisance fish and slowed the breakdown process. Now we had new bait that could be left in a swim with total confidence for hours, even days, without the worry of your hook being bait less.
These new "boilies" could be cast to far greater ranges without flying off the hook, making more timid fish easily reachable. Then it happened. Invented by a handful early pioneers...The hair rig, The idea was simplicity itself, but the results were devastating.
By the 1980s the fascination with carp had literally reached "fever" pitch. It was the word on most anglers lips, carp. Today there are thousands of baits, tackle, rig bits, equipment and techniques which all will help in the pursuit of carp, and no doubt the species will grow from strength to strength.
Big carp are a lot harder to catch than small they are a prised fish across Europe and the fight of a large carp is something ells compared to a pike yes we do have pike and we do have Wells but they are not an indigenous fish to the UK so you need to know where to fish for them I have caught catfish pike but carp fishing is more than fishing it has a social side to it we do long sessions on big waters just to catch that one big fish. I have tried to explain this several time on here and unless you have lived in Europe you will never know the obsession it can become. I have converted over a few people on here. You hook one on light gear and it will certainly pull your string.
Stotty
Carp
catfish
pike
In the UK it started like this
1950s the species was little more than a mystery to most British anglers, very few could manage to catch one.
By the late 1960s new developments by tackle/bait companies, new rigs and the stocking of a larger imported species, the King carps, in more waters, meant the fish grew in popularity. It resulted in the boom we are experiencing today.
As we reached the 1970s a handful of British anglers were gaining quite a reputation for putting more and bigger carp on the bank. Totally dedicated to the fish, they strived for more efficient rigs and baits. Paste baits had long been a favourite among the knowledgeable, until that is, someone realized that if you add egg and boil the pastes they form a hard skin.
This deterred nuisance fish and slowed the breakdown process. Now we had new bait that could be left in a swim with total confidence for hours, even days, without the worry of your hook being bait less.
These new "boilies" could be cast to far greater ranges without flying off the hook, making more timid fish easily reachable. Then it happened. Invented by a handful early pioneers...The hair rig, The idea was simplicity itself, but the results were devastating.
By the 1980s the fascination with carp had literally reached "fever" pitch. It was the word on most anglers lips, carp. Today there are thousands of baits, tackle, rig bits, equipment and techniques which all will help in the pursuit of carp, and no doubt the species will grow from strength to strength.
Big carp are a lot harder to catch than small they are a prised fish across Europe and the fight of a large carp is something ells compared to a pike yes we do have pike and we do have Wells but they are not an indigenous fish to the UK so you need to know where to fish for them I have caught catfish pike but carp fishing is more than fishing it has a social side to it we do long sessions on big waters just to catch that one big fish. I have tried to explain this several time on here and unless you have lived in Europe you will never know the obsession it can become. I have converted over a few people on here. You hook one on light gear and it will certainly pull your string.
Stotty
Carp
catfish
pike
