26th october 2008 - it started off as a bit of banter,,then it turned into a full blown match ! , the guys at work are allways giving me jib about how much better at fishing they are than carp anglers,,ppffft,,match anglers eh ! so we had the match,,no i did not win but i came 4th, you can read all about it in the forum. or just click -HERE-

as for the carping scene, well most of us at black country carpers have been buisy at work, but plan to have a session in november. if you have any news or stories please get in touch.

i have also started to do a list of all of the tackle shops in the country ,but please support your local tackle shop,,they need you ! click -HERE- for the list or click the tackle reviews/ shop menu from the left

roy

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8th sept 2008 - the forum is back !!! there have also been some changes on the whole site and is more or less finished. many thanks to carl for building the site and repairing it for me, i would be lost without him !! i am sorry to all that have been affected by this glitch,,hopefully it wont happen again, happy surfin !!

Roy

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4th sept 2008 - please exept my apologies, due to a technical error we have somehow lost the forum, dont ask why and dont even go there !!!

It is causing me a lot of problems with the forum down as i am getting emails from members of the BCC forum and great linford lakes members asking whats going on. i am sorry and i intend to try and get it back up and running asap.

sorry again - roy

on a good note, i have finally managed to get my head around (well sort of) the website software, and i will be able to keep it updated more often (i hope !)

13th July 2008 - New website updated! Please let me know what you think of it!

• There is a new section on the forum for Linford Lakes members, ONLY for members! This means you need to contact me if you're a member once you're signed up and I'll assign you the priveledges to use the private forum.

As for fishing, well i have been busy at work and with other things have not been able to get onto the bankside so far this month. I will however be going very soon.
kenny and mark, my shift working comrades have decided to not go fishing any more,,well it seems that way ! they just go camping once a year to keep me company i think ! they too have been very buisy at work and not had time to get out there.

June 2008

I am out again next week for a long session down at linford lakes. I have been getting plenty of questions on Linford, unfortunately i dont think there are any places left but you can allways try calling dave marle or ask at the onsite tackle shop. For more info please look at the linford lakes website which is regularly updated with monthly catch reports and news. Click here or the logo to goto the linford lakes website.

(update 25/6/08)
Well i finally managed carptalk,,its took me years of not bothering to publish any of my pics etc and i thought stuff it,,i will give it a go this week and hey presto i am there !! well chuffed !

WooooHooo!

More news, a young lad had the shock of his life last week when he hooked a common carp on the brownhills canal whilst fishing for small stuff on maggot. A large crowd gathered round whilst he battled with it for nearly an hour, i dont know the end result as my friend dave had to go,he did take a photo of the battle in progress. hopefully the lad got it in and the fish was looked after, but on a size 20 hook and 4lb line it was touch and go !

May 2008

Well,i was'nt going to do it,,but we have our own forum. Its still under construction but its getting there.Please join the forum, it wont work without members and it will be very usefull for finding out info and news around the midlands / and rest of the uk.we need your input !!!!
The clothing is now done ! If anyone should want any,please contact me.
As promised, here is some more info on the clothing, modeled by kenny on our trip out this week is the stylish bcc t shirt !
fruit of the loom,heavy dutry.the t shirts are around £10 ,hoodies around £15, fleece coats are around £20, sweaters are about £12, polo shirts are around  £12 .the more orders i get the more cheaper it is. Ken had been wearing this Tshirt for 3 days hence it was a little ruffled !,the badge is much redder,,the sun made it look faded red on the picture for some reason,,,,and yes we blanked again, apart from 4 bream and 2 big tench for me,,no carp,tut !!!!

April 2008

well,its started to warm up now and the fish will be on the move. After a hecktik start to the year i will finally manage to get out in a few weeks down to linford lakes in milton keynes for a few nights. I have managed to get on Kieths fieldtesting team at blackcountry baits and i will be letting you know how i get on with his new mix he assures will be a good catcher.
timmy and myself have come up with a carp logo and will be doing carp clothing very soon,if you want a t shirt,polo shirt,fleece coat,hat or any other thing you can think of give me an email, buzzerboyroy[at]btinternet.com and we can sort it out for you. pics and price list will be comming very soon.Also if you have caught a nice fish from the west midlands let me know.

- Roy

Congratulations to Mark Russell with this capture of a 17lb common from a private lake in wolverhampton. This was caught using 2 peices of popped up rubber corn over a bed of blood worm pellet and was the biggest of 5 caught on 15/2/08. Look out for Mark, he should be making a regular apperance on here.

Mark with his 17lb Common

We finally got together!

It took a long time but after about 10 years or more, me and my old chums finally got together for my wedding reception, it was a great night, and was a nice supprise to find out Dave Williams aka Gypo (the one looking like Terry Nutkins from animal magic!) may be perswaded to go on a session carping with me soon, after a bit of a break of 13 or more years from the scene,,i shall keep you posted ! Apparently i looked like Marlon Brando out of Acopolipse Now, Neil would not tell me much about his new stratergy on carping apart from he was pre-baiting the next day in the snow! Ben was his normal joker self trying to give me stubble rash by kissing me or sticking his tongue in my ear, and Elvis looking mean for the camera in one of his many poses,,some things just never change LOL!

me, ben, gyp, neil, elvis

Don't forget to buy your new rod licences due April 1st!

On a non-fishing note, I finally got married!

It took me 15 years but we just got back from getting married in Barbados, i did'nt manage any fishing, but i did catch Jaime on the 17 march 2008!