Then and now
How the world of angling and CARPology has changed over the years
Social media
How much Facebook pages differ from March 2010 to March 2015*
1 CC Moore 1,944
2 CARPology 1,888
3 Quest Baits 1,796
4 Solar Tackle 1,776
5 Korda 1,441
6 Dynamite Baits 1,210
7 BCAC 1,007
8 Fox International 945
9 Mainline Baits (Official) 766
10 Nash TV 203
1 Fox International 119,892
2 CARPology 115,128
3 Mainline Baits 106,596
4 Nash Tackle 95,408
5 Korda 88,454
6 Dynamite Baits 54,488
7 CC Moore 44,989
8 Solar Tackle 23,788
9 BCAC 8,201
10 Quest Baits 6,397
Product
Back in April 2004, these are the things which were making the headlines…
- Korda had the biggest selling spod
- Chilly used leads from CarpQuest
- Carp ‘R’ Us was fully operational
- Premier Baits’s ‘Matrix’ was the year’s blockbuster
- Dynamite Baits launched two new boilies: the Tiger Nut (still huge today) and Marine Halibut (now not in production)
- Fishingphone.co.uk was the equivalent to YouPorn.com
- Realtree was effing huge and it was the year they launched Max 4
- Nevis – anyone remember them?
- And what about Fishrite?
- The first cradle type mat was launched by Carp-Tech – and then copied by everyone
CARPology (i.e. Us)
Smoking in a pub? Tick. A copy of CARPology with a Realtree cover? Tick. Mark Toland (aka Cockle) talking huge carp for an interview we ran in issue 1? Tick. Original CARPology hoodie? Tick. A Sharp GX20 mobile: a device which just made and received calls. Tick. And Rob Bell with a full set of dark hair? Tick. Oh, how times have changed.
