Fishing Tips, Techniques & Recipes

Here are a few bait tricks that you may not have considered before. Winter is now with us and if the forecasts are correct we are going to have a...

A few weeks have past since part one. Sorry with apologies for the slight delay, here is part two of the Natural Extracts series. Liver extracts and concentrates are superb...

Thursday, 4th October 2018 Tostedt. Robin Red® and Monster Crab are among the most effective boilie ingredients ever. In collaboration with Robin Illner, Radical has combined these ingredients into a new two-layer...

Those hazy heat wave days are now a distant memory but if, like me, you dislike extreme heat (where carp fishing is concerned) you have the consolation of knowing that...

I would like to look again at the subject of attraction via the use of non-synthetic products that rely on natural extracts and foods. While synthetic flavours are by no...

Our annual trip to Le Queroy had come around at last. This would be our twentieth visit to this wonderful fishing venue and our second in 2016. Our annual trip...

Because of my busy schedule I haven't planned any longer fishing sessions this summer. I decided to go for some weekend fishing when I have time. This is how I...

Last month I looked at my choice of the top five particle baits, so let's round off this article by looking at numbers 6-10. 6) MAPLES Maples were among the...

You may have noticed over the years that the name of a certain Cornish reservoir has played a huge part in both my angling and working life. Since 1982, when...

Well having read Adam Roots recent blog (Short Day Success) I was inspired to visit a local water. One of several deep-water quarries along the old route of the A30...

Wednesday, 4th July 2018 A quick update on how to create your own customized or cultured hookbaits An Update: You may recall the following article, part of which showed you how to...

Ever since Dave Moore put together the 'bait of the century', namely Big Fish Mix, red fishmeal and red bird food bases are the go-to mix for thousands of carp...

Many moons ago I wrote an article for Carpworld outlining my strategy for making "boilie particles", which was a term used by Tim Paisley in a lot of his early...

Prosecto Insectivorous and Red Factor… Another bright idea from Haith’s Baits! If you have been around the block a few times - I’ve been around it so often I am...

Durante l’anno le carpe mutano le loro abitudini in base alla stagione in corso e il carpista attento che vuole continuare ad insidiarle con le proprie esche, deve per forza...

Tuesday, 3rd April 2018 I have never had the slightest intention of fishing Robert Raduta’s lake in Romania; not even when the press was being flooded with articles and pictures of huge...

Hi there, and welcome to my look at what I consider to be some of the best particle baits around. In this article I will give you 1-5, and next...

As you will have probably gathered if you have read some of my other contributions to these blogs, I am getting on a bit and have circled the block more...

If you look through the catalogues of the main bait companies you will be hard pushed to find many suppliers of essential oils. I find this curious as there was...

If you watch a DVD or read an article about fishing small commercial French waters it is all too easy to fall into the trap of thinking they are easy!...

I have written about maize before in this Blog but I thought it might be an idea to revisit this amazing bait. Maize is one of the best cereal baits...

In this month's Carpworld magazine: "Robin Red has been around since the birth of specialised carp baits and has been used by the likes of Fred Wilton, and Rod Hutchinson....

First of all let me set out what I mean by the word 'educated'. Clearly carp cannot be taught to solve complex equations, summarise Proust or decipher signals from outer...

Our bait expert Ken Townley takes a look at one of our principle carp and specimen baits, Red Band Pigeon Conditioner.   I thought this might be a good time...

My local pub has a fishing club, they’ve been together for three years and I was persuaded to join. I’d never fished in my life before but I thought I...

Haith's has launched a new, fresh brand identity for its flagship brand, Robin Red and has invested in a series of adverts to express how anglers feel about the legendary...

During a thrilling 36-hour session at my local syndicate, I had the privilege of landing five impressive common carp, with two standout catches weighing in at 21-4 and 22-7 respectively....

L’ Amur o carpa erbivora proveniente dal fiume Amur nella Siberia orientale dal quale ne prende il nome è un pesce che fu introdotto per la prima volta in Italia...

A guide on how to prepare peanuts for fishing. Includes an easy to follow peanut and hemp recipe Peanuts are one of those baits that have a very mixed reaction and...

Well maybe not secret exactly but this time I thought I'd pass on a few bait ideas that may have passed you by over the years, slipped under your radar...

Recently I thought to try somewhere completely different to where I fish locally, somewhere with larger than average fish size potential than in my area and hopefully a challenge to...

Easy ways to prepare fishing hemp and make your own homemade hemp groundbait. Includes easy to follow hemp groundbait recipe. It's been a while since I wrote an article for...

My first night on a new syndicate I've joined produced this spotless fat bellied upper double common. As I cast my ever-trusted balanced double black Tiger Nut rig into the...

What is the biggest feature on any lake, whether the lake's big or intimate? Some might argue it's an island or a number of other significant features; however, for me,...

  A few small tweaks to try and get the edge needed to unlock what has been a very difficult water producing no more than a handful of carp since...

'Up the line' or 'Up-country' is a term some of you may be familiar with, especially if you have a connection with Cornwall, and to some, especially the proper Cornish,...

Way back in the mists of time I wrote an article for the Nutrabaits magazine/catalogue outlining how I go about making my hookbaits stand out from the crowd. Much water...

Let’s continue this mini-series about fishing French rivers with a look at a few carp fishing basics...   French rivers come in all shapes and sizes and I have fished them...

Official launch: 1st January 2017. Complex-T is a new boilie range developed by the one and only Terry Hearn and it aims to be a "true food bait," says Dynamite...

Before I begin I`d better explain that Ruby country is an area of Devonshire famed for its beef... Anyway... recently as much as I adore carp fishing sometimes it's just...

The potential for great river fishing for carp across the Channel and throughout Europe is still relatively untouched by UK anglers. It amazes me that so many anglers seem reluctant...

I hope you don't mind it I veer slightly off the usual subject of bait for a few blogs while I talk about a different kind of fishing, one that...

In the last Haith's Blog piece I wrote, I went over a few ingredients that I really like to use in one of my typical winter baits. With a large...

Monday, 24th October 2016 Now that I've covered some of the aspects of my approach, let's get back to bait, and the construction of bait. Here is one of my typical recipes...

Monday, 17th October 2016 My views on baits, particularly winter baits, might go against the more widely accepted views. May they not? But they are my views, written here as guidance only,...

Haith's have some fantastic products that they sell but one that doesn't seem to get the credit it deserves is the humble mealworm. Available as both dried and live, the mealworms from Haith's...

La pesca con le pastelle risale a parecchi anni fà quando anche io pescavo con mio zio le mie prime carpe senza l'ausilio dell' hair rig, poichè in Italia ancora...

"The young lad was doing his best to learn the art of spinning for perch and pike. Below him, the powerful river roared and swirled in a foaming torrent. High...

So the days and nights were passing without any action to the bite alarms, and it was somewhere around seven nights since my last fish out of my syndicate. It...

Here are a few little wheezes we have come up with over the years that you may have missed so we thought it might be an idea to take another...

I know it is fashionable to sing the praises of the all-conquering tiger nut these days, but in my opinion - and good though tiger nuts are - I believe...

Back in May this year I mentioned that I had been experimenting with a new (to me) mini particle, namely sunflower hearts. These are whole sunflower seeds that have been...

Carole and I first visited le Queroy in 1998 and have fished there at least once a year ever since. We fell in love with the lake and the Cottage...

Wednesday, 8th June 2016 Many anglers rub their hands on hearing a gale forecast, but I believe that 'big winds invariably bring good fishing' is something of an old wives tale. In...

A good angler never misses an opportunity to observe the water and the carp therein, as he knows he will not be successful if he spends most of his time...

Recently I was honoured to photograph the oldest male member of the village and his rather large family, from all points of the globe all gathered as one for a...

Even though it is colder than it should be at this time of the year (in most of the UK) by now the water temperatures will be climbing slowly but...

In Daz Horner’s first blog for Haith’s, he shares the results of his fishing trip to France - accompanied by his Dad and others – blends a nutritious Nectarblend base...

We have seen all manner of trends come and (sometimes) go in the bait business and the latest fad – or is it much more than that? – is boiled...

Most anglers will tell you that the autumn period from the start of October until Christmas is by far the best time to fish for carp...And they are right! However,...