"Timmy"

Mark is one of my shift pards at work who i got into carping about 3 years ago. He has took to carping exeptionally well, and has showed me up a few times now catching fish whilst i have blanked, his personal best to date is 25lb.

Here timmy shows me up again catching a really nice 22.08lb fish

yup he's a nutter from dudley !

"Kenny"

Mr o.c.d we call him,,compulsively clean,can't get dirty,,,ever!
ken is another shift pard from work,starting carping in 1998,but since meeting me has boosted his intrests in carp fishing 10 fold. He has to have the best gear,so you could call him a tackle tart !
ken has done well over the years,catching a 46.10lb mirror as his biggest fish to date from mirror pool in france.
here he holds a magnificent 46lb mirror also from the same trip.

Ken with a 24lb near leather

"Neil"

I have known neil since school. He was seriously into carping in the late 80's early 90's but decided on taking up match fishing again. He is back,,,,,big time,, persuing some very big fish around the midlands. See Neils website Here.

A nice mirror from blackroot pool sutton coldfield weighing in at 25.12lb "the medes fish"

20lb 4oz

"Elvis"

Looking "sweet" here with a canal caught fish!
Dave edwards was one of the origional carpers on the canal around Brownhills,taking capture to some stunning fish.Dave's a very good friend of mine but has had a break from carping,i am sure he will be back one day,,, if only he would put that damn computer keyboard down and pass his driving test !

20lb.8oz for elvis from the canal

"Gypo"

Dave williams is a "true" top specimen hunter, strithing through the early years of my carping carrer showing me what to do and where i was going wrong.He did'nt just have an interest for carp,but fished for most big fish from eels to pike from crucian carp to zander,he never gave up untill women and work took over his life !!! we all miss gypo from the fishing scene,and wish he would come back one day. He is now well into his new hobby's traveling the world caving, rock climbing, skiing etc.

here dave holds a specimen crucian from hawkstone lake in shopshire

River dove 10lb 4oz barbel

Llangorse lake 22lb 4oz pike

Lake Nasser, Egypt, 114 lb nile perch !

Lake nasser, egypt, 86lb nile perch !

Anglers mail and angling times cut outs of a pb zander of 14lb 4oz,one of the biggest that season

14lb 4 oz specimen zander from the fens

"Ben"

Phil got into carping in the early 90's fishing the canals in the Brownills area.He had some good success back in the day but gave up carping a few years ago.Still a very good friend,ben has turned into a family man,and is still a really good laugh to be with.

"Les"

Les,again an origional canal carper, nicknamed me "Buzzerboy" as i was one of the first to have a bite alarm between us,,the name stuck with me. Les had a break from carping a few years ago,but only very recently took it back up again,,but with no hair now !! Here les holds the famous "two tone" from Brownhills canal.

Wayne Dunn

Wayne has goto be one of the anglers that i admire for the amount of fish he has caught over the years from all sorts of waters in the uk. He has fished some of the best lakes in the country and come away with amazing results.Mentioned in books,( terry hearn-in pursuit of the largest) has had articles in various magazines, endorsed bait for a bait company etc etc..... Here are some of the fine specimens he has caught. wayne,see you soon mate !

A Stunning Hawkstone Common

30lb mirror from blackroot pool sutton park

Another 30lb Fish from Blackroot Pool

What a fish ! 34lb from pool hall

25lb Pool Hall

28lb from the River Trent

BEN WOODHOUSE

I met Ben a long time ago back in the 80's early 90's,,much younger than me (well it feels that way). Not being in touch with ben for a long time untill we where recently introduced and finding out he was still well into carping was great news. Ben has done very well on the carp scene fishing some of the lakes i would love to try including yatley and lac desire. keep a look out for ben (stillsearching) here on the BCC forum.

32LB YATLEY PADS LAKE

30.08

41lb lac desire

and old one of ben at packington 1994

ben with a 24lb common