Around 50% of our working day is spent moaning about how cold it is. We whinge about it on the phone, via e-mail and on MSN, but it isn’t just the fact everyone is riddle with nasty bugs because of the ball-crushing temperatures, it’s the fact that the fishing is so damn hard.
      Clearly, we’re summer people (ain’t we all?), but some anglers seem to have the knack of pulling them out one-by-one regardless of how cold it is outside the confounds of our scorching office. We recently heard of one chap who managed to take five doubles, six twenties and a thirty in a 24hr session. That’s mental. Another chap (you might of heard of him, Jon McAllister) had the famous Bruno out of Dinton Pastures at 47lbs. Dinton’s rock hard in the summer, let alone in the winter! I myself managed to get out the other day for a dangle on D Lake over at the Waveney complex for our next round of Celebrity Cricket Fishing. I blanked, but Rob caught, and as you’ll see, he’s got a couple of clever ideas – which are clearly working.
      Luckily for us all (I need it), our saving grace is this special issue of CARPology, which seeks to improve both your mental attitude and your angling ability. Nigel Sharp and Benny Hamilton detail their ‘Hot Method Mix’ on page 52. Our little superstar, Jed Kent lays down some info on bait and clever winter rig gadgetry – i.e. a camo Chod Rig. It’s different and it’s on page 83. And of course there’s our star feature: The Rotary Letter, where three of the country’s finest all talk together.
      And if those don’t appeal? Then you can read how Cundiff shite himself and Dorsett’s ‘I saw him get chased with a knife’ story. More? Page 91 for that legend, Pete Regan.

                        Right, I’m now off to the Carp Spectacular Show – enjoy the issue.
Joe Wright, Editor

Words: Keith Moors, Nigel Sharp, Dave Lane, Lewis Read, Adam Snowden, Joe Morgan, Jed Kent, Kenny Dorsett, Julian Cundiff, Keith Sykes, Simon Scott, Jason Hayward, and Pete Regan. Pictures: Joe Morgan, Dave Lane, Lewis Read, Adam Snowden, Jed Kent, Kenny Dorsett, Nigel Sharp, Keith Moors, Jason Hayward, Keith Sykes, Pete Regan, Hall of Fame entries and various tackle companies. Special thanks this month to: JRC and Simon Scott.