The Carp Column

By FM

BIG RIK (CARP ANGLER)

Big Rik Belenger is better known as 'Carp Angler' on the FISHINGmagic Forum, where he is appreciated for his generous help to all and sundry. He has now extended that help with a regular carp fishing column for FISHINGmagic, 'The Carp Column'.

Rik started fishing at the age of four on his local tiny tidal river, catching eels and small wild trout on worm.

Not having had any angling family members, all his early fishing was solitary and this seems to have carried through to the present.

Like most anglers nowadays, he has a full time job and a family, so his fishing time is limited, although he does, he tells us, have a very understanding wife. He currently lives in the depths of Hampshire, and so is within easy reach of some excellent venues.

He has in the past, and still does, fish for most species, although his greatest love is for carp fishing, which is how the majority of his time is spent.

He now finds himself more thrilled with overcoming the intricacies and problems associated with catching carp, rather than the actual weight of the fish he catches and the so-called glory that goes with it.

See below for a full archive of carp column articles.

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