You'll hear many anglers at this time of year say the carp ‘are starting to wake up’. Technically, carp don’t really sleep, but they go into a somewhat dormant state in winter. But, as days get longer ...

Spring is a time when it can be easy to get many things wrong. I think part of this is the result of pent-up inactivity over the preceding winter months, coupled with the idea that the carp must ...