Incredibly he starts catching within 30 seconds of casting out, after pre-baiting the night before, and within just ten minutes he’s got a thirty on the bank.
But in amongst the windsurfers the action just carries on. Four minutes after casting out for a second time, following a quick cuppa to calm down, the alarm is screaming again to the tune of a linear mirror of 24lb 6oz followed by a lean, mean 20lb-plus common and, 20 minutes later, a beautiful 29lb mirror.
And just as you’re all thinking it can’t get any better, he hooks into something he immediately knows is ‘a slightly different kettle of fish’ and finds himself punching the air as he lands a fabulous near-leather carp, which he weighs at 41lb 10oz.
And it doesn’t stop there, but we’ll leave you to find out about the next two amazing days of the session.
The show’s not all about one great carp after another though: Chilly shows how to tie up the safe, semi fixed boilie-and-fake-corn rig that he uses for 95% of his fishing and passes on tips for playing really big carp successfully, and the tackle to use for them.
During the odd quiet spell, Chilly also goes in search of fish, and finds them cruising around a ‘safe’ area of the lake and he even stalks a belting mirror of 29lb 3oz from the margins. And he rounds it off with an ‘absolute beast’ that nearly takes the rod in and he just can’t control. That fish goes…. well you’ll have to watch to find out.
This amazing made-for-tv programme is just one highlight of the November issue of Carp Channel Monthly – the video magazine for dedicated carp anglers everywhere – that’s available free to view HERE on FishingMagic until 02 December 2011.
Don’t miss it!!
