Carp fishing and equipment for starters

Although an experienced carp angler will spend £250.00 to £350.00 just on one rod, if you are new to the sport you don't have to sell the house to start fishing. The more experienced anglers also travel abroad, to France and other european countries where the carp get a lot bigger and fight harder. So good expensive equipment is needed. There are a lot of fishing brands that are not that expensive and are of a good enough
quality to use in the UK, you can quite easily get away with using a £15.00 or £20.00 rod and a £10.00 to £15.00 reel. To start with if you have a river or a lake near to you, go and have a look and find out the rules of the water. Most waters have mandatory equipment that you have to use, such as barbless hooks, unhooking mats and fish safe landing nets.

All you need to start fishing is, a rod, reel, unhooking mat, landing net and some banksticks with a bite alarm. You can get all those items for around £65, a few bits of tackle that will cost a about £15 and then some bait. Now bait can be just about anything, from luncheon meat to nuts and sweetcorn to specially made boilies. Again always check with the rules of the water you will be using, as some baits are not allowed to be used in some places.

Stay on one lake or river for the first few months to get used to things and hone your watercraft skills. Get to know some of the other anglers that use the same lake/river, that is the best source of information. There is a lot more to fishing than sitting and waiting for a fish to take your bait, putting all that into one blog would make it a mile long... So for now I'll leave it and add more later.

I have put together a selection of good affordable products with the starter in mind. Keep in mind that I have listed just about everything you will ever need to go fishing and to start with you won't need all of it. I have added a few book titles you will find helpful as well.
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If you have any questions, leave a comment on this blog and I'll get back to you.

To be continued......