Editor’s letter
07/10
THE EDITOR’S LETTER
Right. The season has finally begun. Officially. Although most venues now are open 12 months of the year, the official season kicked in on June 16th. So it’s a time to look forwards and not backwards. Let’s forget the frozen lakes, the snow-covered trees and almost three months of the most ridiculous weather known to man that we were faced with during this last winter. And lets not mention those freezing cold winds we endured during my favourite month of the year, May. It’s time to focus on now, June and July, and to help with that CARPology has gone to extraordinary lengths this month.
But before I highlight some of the key features that I personally think you should read and study as if it was the bible, I want to briefly talk about mental attitude when it comes to angling. There’s no doubt about, confidence breeds success. It’s the same in any sporting discipline. When you’re on top of your game the results seem to come easily. Take a look at some of the big names in our game: Steve Pagulatos couldn’t put a foot wrong between 2002 to 2004, Jon Mac during 2007-2008, Nigel Sharp 2007-2009… When you’re on a roll, when you’re confident, it can almost become easy.
The whole mental attitude aspect of it was bought home to me during my last two trips. The first was a return visit to Kevin Nash’s venue, Church Lake. Rob was buzzed up for it, ready, prepared, whilst I was the opposite. He caught, I blanked. Fast-forward ten days to our trip to Vallee Lakes (P52) and I couldn’t have been more organised. I’d researched the lake, fine-tuned my tackle and was buzzing at the prospect of the trip, whereas Rob wasn’t. I got off to the belting start and he struggled for the first 48hrs. It just goes to show that by getting yourself into the right frame of mind that it can make a massive difference to the outcome.
So: the key features for the July issues then? It’s got to be Ian Russell in Below The Surface (P28), Adam Penning’s Interlude (P42), Dave Lane and James Armstrong’s diary pieces (P60 and P70) and finally Keith Sykes’ Leadcore Issues on page 110.
Read, learn, catch and enjoy. See you next month.
Joseph Wright, Editor
Editor’s letter
07/10
THE EDITOR’S LETTER
Right. The season has finally begun. Officially. Although most venues now are open 12 months of the year, the official season kicked in on June 16th. So it’s a time to look forwards and not backwards. Let’s forget the frozen lakes, the snow-covered trees and almost three months of the most ridiculous weather known to man that we were faced with during this last winter. And lets not mention those freezing cold winds we endured during my favourite month of the year, May. It’s time to focus on now, June and July, and to help with that CARPology has gone to extraordinary lengths this month.
But before I highlight some of the key features that I personally think you should read and study as if it was the bible, I want to briefly talk about mental attitude when it comes to angling. There’s no doubt about, confidence breeds success. It’s the same in any sporting discipline. When you’re on top of your game the results seem to come easily. Take a look at some of the big names in our game: Steve Pagulatos couldn’t put a foot wrong between 2002 to 2004, Jon Mac during 2007-2008, Nigel Sharp 2007-2009… When you’re on a roll, when you’re confident, it can almost become easy.
The whole mental attitude aspect of it was bought home to me during my last two trips. The first was a return visit to Kevin Nash’s venue, Church Lake. Rob was buzzed up for it, ready, prepared, whilst I was the opposite. He caught, I blanked. Fast-forward ten days to our trip to Vallee Lakes (P52) and I couldn’t have been more organised. I’d researched the lake, fine-tuned my tackle and was buzzing at the prospect of the trip, whereas Rob wasn’t. I got off to the belting start and he struggled for the first 48hrs. It just goes to show that by getting yourself into the right frame of mind that it can make a massive difference to the outcome.
So: the key features for the July issues then? It’s got to be Ian Russell in Below The Surface (P28), Adam Penning’s Interlude (P42), Dave Lane and James Armstrong’s diary pieces (P60 and P70) and finally Keith Sykes’ Leadcore Issues on page 110.
Read, learn, catch and enjoy. See you next month.
Joseph Wright, Editor
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Endured my longest and hardest fight ever whilst over at Vallee Lakes. The result? A 52lber! Page 52.
Received a fistful of legendary ‘Ology-related’ images this month. Conclusion? We love you guys.