Team Trakker Blog

It’s been a while since I last wrote, mainly because work has been busy and apart from the odd overnighter and feature I haven’t been up to a great deal. That said, when I have managed to get out, the carp gods have smiled upon me. We (Trakker)... Read on

From the coldest spring on record to the hottest spring, all in three weeks! I have to chuckle to myself at the inconsistency of the British weather this year, if not every year for that matter. As a bait maker and fisherman, I didn't know if I was... Read on

If you have been following my blogs from Italy, or from the beginning in fact, you will see a pattern emerging. Something always seems to go wrong, the weather is disastrous, or things don’t go to plan etc. I would like to... Read on

Well, the excitement of the big Saussaie Common had barely subsided and the next French trip was upon me. Seventeen hand-picked buddies and I were bound for Les Quis, one of, if not the first, commercial English run fisheries to open in France. A totally different proposition to Saussaie in many... Read on

What a hot summer we are experiencing and this period coincides with a time where my fishing has had to take a back seat for a short while. My target for this year was not in terms of numbers, weights or a particular fish, but number of nights... Read on