Interview with Drennan Cup Winner Iain McDonald

We sat down with Drennan Cup Winner Iain McDonald last week and talked about some of his superb catches from the season

Steve Ringer’s Skills School – PVA bag secrets for carp

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Want to know how to get the best out of PVA bags for carp? Look no further!

In this exclusive Angling Times video World Champion Steve Ringer reveals the secrets you need for bigger catches as he takes us through a bagging session at Boddington Reservoir.

You’ll learn all about his simple rig which will help you land more fish, his tackle set-up for longer, accurate casts, and how to make the perfect PVA bag mix.

There are also a few extra tricks that will get you bites in even the toughest conditions.

PLUS You can read Steve's exclusive weekly column every Tuesday - only in Angling Times.

We join Danny Fairbrass on the banks of his new Cawcutts fishery

Catching doubles on a freezing February day might not seem like the pinnacle of Danny Fairbrass' career.

But these fish represent something special for the Korda boss, who was filled with pride on the banks of Cawcutts in Cambridgeshire as an afternoon feeding spell brought six quick bites.

We joined him on the bank - watch the video below and read the full, exclusive feature in the February 23rd issue of Angling Times.

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Steve Ringer's Skills School - Carp on the bomb

Angling Times joins World Champion Steve Ringer as he shows us how to bag up on the bomb and pellet. In this exclusive video, Steve takes us to the famous Barston Lakes where he reveals his tricks and tips for catching carp and F1s including his deadly rig, bait advice, and the edges he uses to win matches in the cold.

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How to catch big carp on maggots from a commercial

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Andy Kidd has been taking his local commercial snake lake apart catching masses of carp using pints of mixed maggots.

The lake contains a huge amount of smaller fish, such as roach, but his feeding technique ensures that the roach don't really get a look in and each time the float goes under, it's another carp on the end.

The venue he's been fishing is The Oaks in North Yorkshire, where pellets are the principle bait for big carp weights. But as the season changes another bait has to be found to keep the carp's interest.

Andy Kidd reveals how he beats the smaller fish to catch impressively large weights of carp from a commercial snake lake using pints of mixed maggots