At the start of this year I was lucky enough to finally land myself a ticket for the Yateley Car Park Lake. Landing myself a great carp on my first night, my confidence was sky high, however the following weeks passed uneventfully, the weed bloomed and as the lake became busy I was faced with

Hi guys a little introduction about myself and what I do, my name is Ian Lewis, I'm a family man, I run a small decorating business, I'm part of the Gardner tackle team uk, I've been angling since the age of 8 (I'm 36 next month), a lot of my carping has been done in

Looking back at it now just brings a huge smile to my face, what a year it truly was. For me it was a challenge to fish such a tricky, pressured small venue and be determined to be there as much as possible each week, you know a proper campaign as it were. But by

Seems an age now since I started crossing the channel to further my quest for big carp on venues across France, whether it be to a commercial venue, a big public water or river. The build up before a trip, preparation of tackle, bait and doing some homework on my chosen venue all adds to