CARP INSIDER – WITH THOM AIRS

WE humans like to think we have a handle on the weather, but carp are in another league when it comes to making long-range forecasts.

It happens every year – in the few weeks before the country is hit by sustained cold weather, carp go on a pre-winter feeding frenzy in anticipation of leaner times ahead, and over this past week exactly that scenario seems to have unfolded at venues up and down the UK.

As the reports on these pages testify, Dave’s remarkable haul is just one of a stunning array of big-carp captures over the past seven days.