Tag: Rob Shanks

16 th July 2014

Carp Fishing Diary… Rob Shanks

Carp Fishing Diary... Rob Shanks - A Lambs Tale!This spring has surpassed even my wildest expectations and since April lady luck has been extremely kind to me. After catching one of the lakes biggest mirrors early on in my campaign the bites just

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05 th June 2014

Carp Fishing Diary… Rob Shanks

Rob Shanks Carp Fishing DiaryPicking up from last time, after getting a couple of fish under my belt I was full of confidence as we edged into April and the weather was edging closer to resembling something similar to spring. We had some lovely warm

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29 th April 2014

30lb Common For Rob Shanks

30lb Common For Rob ShanksAfter taking some time off to spend with the kids over half term my wife was kind enough to give me the green light for a few days on the bank. After pre-baiting with a mixture of Sticky baits Vortex Boilies and pellets I

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14 th April 2014

More Success For Shanks...

More Carp Fishing Success For Shanks...I decided to make the effort to do Sunday overnighter after seeing some perfect conditions forecast for catching a carp or two. Knowing the lakes would be quiet on a Sunday afternoon with mild temperatures, rain

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08 th April 2014

A New Water, A New Carp Fishing Challenge - Rob Shanks

I haven’t put pen to paper for a while because quite simply between November and March I have been doing very little fishing and probably accumulated 10 hours behind the rods and an equal amount walking the banks. With the New Year came a new

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07 th February 2014

Carp Fishing Rigs, Tips & Tactics With Rob Shanks

Carp Fishing Rigs, Tips & TacticsFor this latest episode we took the camera's back down to Mill Farm Lakes, part of the Barford complex and as promised, this time we were joined by AD Carp consultant and general big Carp ace Rob Shanks!The

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23 rd December 2013

Carp Fishing Diary... Rob Shanks

Carp Fishing Diary... Rob ShanksIt’s been a productive few months if not also a little bit frustrating. In my last piece I spoke about how I’d made some rig adjustments based on the fact I’d been entirely tuned up by some carp in the edge

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20 th November 2013

Autumn Fruits... Rob Shanks

Autumn Fruits... Rob ShanksWell, where do I start? As I write this I’m thinking to myself where the summer went. It took so long to turn up but when it did Norfolk was bathed in sunshine for weeks on end, and quite frankly I loved every minute of

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22 nd July 2013

Working Hard For Them… Rob Shanks

Working Hard For Them… Rob ShanksOver the later part of May my fishing really slowed up. I’d been catching consistently but work and family life started to take its toll with me having a full two weeks away from the banks of the syndicate lake. I

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20 th May 2013

Back In The Groove... Rob Shanks

Back In The Groove... Over the last few weeks my fishing has resumed normal service and by that I mean short overnighters, the family and work commitments putting pay to any sessions. I had a great day out with Dan Wildbore doing some promotion work

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