Catch Reports
Top angling Kevin
Posted in Catch Reports on 28th October 2013One angler that has escaped the radar recently is Kevin Pitfield. We know Kev has been having an extremely successful season on the B5 with a good number of thirties, but it's only recently that we've managed to collect some of the pictures.
Kev is a top bloke who tends to keep himself to himself, but quietly goes about his business of catching good carp on a very consistent basis. Thanks for the pics kev and well done from everyone here at Essential HQ.
Fluoro pop-ups
Whilst carp are not generally recognised as sight feeders, there are undoubtedly times when they are visually drawn to a food source and bright pop-ups are a classic example of this. It's not surprising therefore, that fluoro pop-ups have proved very effective, particularly if just using a single bait with no free offerings. The winter and spring months are a classic example of this and a single fluoro pop-up cast to a 'showing' fish has resulted in the downfall of many a carp.
But it would be a mistake to think fluoro pop-ups should be just restricted to single bait presentation. Quite often, a fluoro pop-up fished over a bed of bait can fool the wariest of carp and a little 10mm fluoro pop-up mounted above a standard bottom bait can act as a very good visual sight and lead to a bite or two when other methods fail to produce.
