Jon 'Shoes' Jones recounts the beginning of a new carping chapter on the Sitch...
In the woodsNew rigSpecial liquidsView from the swim
The following morning the traps had worked and the season was away with two 20lb mirrors.
The following three trips also resulted in some consistent steady action. The bait, rigs and location were working a treat. But August, the most uneventful month of my fishing life was just around the corner.
First carp!
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Jon JonesSponsored Angler and Film Maker
I started fishing when I was about 8 years old but carp fishing properly started when I was about 15 years old when I went to fish the canal I saw a large carp and straight away I wanted to catch one. From that day I was hooked. I would walk miles wit... Find out more