Current Issue
Current Issue 96 - March 2012
Here’s a selection of pages from the soon-to-be-released (subscribers get their copies on Saturday 18th, on-sale in the shops, 23rd February) March issue.
THE SOCIAL
It’s the bit which tells the story with pictures.
DEBATE
What wakes carp up from their winter shuteye?
TRAVELS WITH MY RODS
Our carp-crazed scribbler recalls how a trip to Holland resulted in more than just a plateful of schnitzel.
REGAN’S RAMBLINGS
This month: clever carp, Mr. X and people denying they know our funny man – plus the now usual cartoon strip which just adds to the entertainment.
RIG EVOLUTION
James Armstrong on how his blowback rig has developed over the past ten years.
LOCATION IN THE COLD
When it comes to winter/early spring success, our cover star, James Turner’s has a full set of straight A*’s.
BELOW THE SURFACE REVIEW 2011 (COVER STORY)
Rob Hughes analyses the best stuff to emerge from the 2011 series of Below The Surface
TOP ROD
If someone on your lake tripled their catch results in a year you’d sit up and take notice, right? Well that’s exactly what Karl ‘Pretty Boy’ Hall did.
THE MIGHT OF FEN DRAYTON
In the final part of this epic tale, author Gary Bayes looks at the mystery of Fen, it’s myths and huge uncaught commons.
NIGEL SHARP’S DIARY
Going on past history, Sharpy just knew he had to be on CEMEX’s Sandhurst at the beginning of January – and his prediction didn’t let him down…
THE NEW KING
How do you make one of the greatest all-time baits better? You colour it in.
AROUND THE TRADE
What the country’s finest tackle shop rates right now.
