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Londoner Len Lands a Lovely
Len Smith from London had an amazing string of fish during a session on his lovely Norfolk syndicate water. Using the Warlock fishmeal boilies in Cranberry and Garlic flavour Len landed many doubles but the biggest fish was this stunning 28lb 8oz common. Well done Len...exceptional angling to say the least.
Sean Sees a Sure Session Success
Sean Lewis fished on Shropshire's Hawk Lake for a 48 hour session and was rewarded with this nice looking 21lb 8oz common. The fish fell to the Warlock fishmeal's in 14mm sizes with this years devastating blackcurrant & garlic flavour. Sean found a hard spot on the far reedline where he presented his baits and his work obviously paid off. Well done Sean! Hopefully one of the lakes biggies will be coming your way soon.
Biggest Mirror for Gaz in Trio of Bests
This nice looking 23lb 3oz mirror was caught by Gaz Wharton during the Hawk Lake pairs carp match and won Gaz the biggest mirror carp prize for the weekend. Not only that but it contributed to Gaz and his match partners overall weight of fish to acheive 1st place. The fish took a liking to the warlock fishmeal boilies in maple flavour and is also Gaz's personal best mirror carp...first place? biggest mirror? a personal best and a pocket full of cash? cant be bad for a weekends fishing? Well done Gaz!!!
Ian scores at his Cuttle Mill Pad
Ian Jones fished a day session on the well known day ticket water 'Cuttle Mill'. After an early move into a swim in a quiet corner of the lake near a set of lilly pads Ian introduced small amounts of the Warlock strawberry boilies and pellets throughout the day to try and gain the interest of one or two fish that were evidently moving amongst the pads. About an hour before dark Ian had a tremendous take on the pad rod that he had walked down and dropped in over the baited area and managed to coax a hard fighting fish into the net after a tremendous battle. The common went 25lb 8oz on the scales and was Ian's first fish over 20lb's from the historical venue.
During the weekend of 11th-13th July Bill Hopkins ran the Annual 'Cyprinid Products' Carp Match on Shropshire's Merrington Pool.
A total of 16 anglers took part in what was to be an enjoyable yet slightly messy weekend.
Bill said 'when the lads all turned up in the car park on the Friday it was more like a line up from "Crime Watch" although these are some of the best lads I have ever had the pleasure to fish with'.
On the Saturday night the BBQ went into the early hours and in all quite a few of the lads were only there for the weekends social.
However a few of the lads were quite competetive with Phil Madeley doing the business overall. Phil managed 82lb 6oz's of carp for his efforts on the ''warlock' strawberry fishmeals to take first place. His biggest fish of the weekend a lovely 21lb 8oz mirror (pictured).
PB for Calvin
Calvin Bailey from Whitchurch in Shropshire managed a quick overnighter on Hawk Lake and fished tight to the far reedline in the first bay. Using a 'Cyprinid Products' Cranberry & Black Pepper bottom bait with 15 freebies over the top Calvin was over the moon to catch this personal best fish of 25lbs 14oz. The common came just as Calvin was packing away in the morning and it was on the only rod he had left out after reeling the other one in.
They keep coming for Andy
Andy Madeley is still doing some mega hauling on Hawk Lake using the blackcurrant & garlic frozen readymades. Its almost getting too much to keep up with really as Andy has by now had around 30 fish since the start of the season on Hawk with almost half being over 20lb's. Here he is again with another stunning common of 27lb 12oz.
Three big ones
During a three night stint on a Colne Valley gravel pit Bill Hopkins landed 3 fish using the Warlock fishmeal frozen readymades in the cranberry & garlic flavour. The first fish was a mid double common taken from between gravel bars at 50 yards range amongst light silkweed where the fish were showing. The second fish is the pictured 35lb 12oz mirror taken from the same area only a short while after the common was caught and on the same rod after the recast. To round the session off Bill finally landed another mirror of precisely 24lb's. All the fish were caught on Snowman set-up's with 16mm bottom baits of the cranberry & garlic and 14mm Snowman toppers in the blackcurrant & garlic flavour over the top. Bill said the fight from the big mirror was awesome as he had it on for over half an hour. It powered off early morning just after the common had been returned and bored deep between the bars and at one point picking up one of the other lines. With a little bit of 'knit one, pearl one' Bill was able to free the offending line from the action just in time to stop the powerful mirror from reaching some dangerous snags in a bay to his left. Soon it succumbed to steady pressure and was coaxed into the awaiting net.
The Force in the Roots
Luke (the force) Roberts destroyed his personal best carp twice in one session. During the opening week on Hawk Lake Luke firstly banked a nice 25lb 8oz common beating his original pb of 22lb's. Luke went on to then catch Hawk's amazing 'razor' common at a fantastic 31lb 12oz. The Warlock fishmeal readymades in maple flavour did the business and the big fish put up a terrific fight in the swim known as the 'roots'. Luke was over the moon with his capture and of course now joins the Hawk 30+ club, not a bad result for the 16 year old apprentise bricklayer.
Awesome Hauling
Andy Madeley continued his amazing string of success on Hawk Lake during a further four nights on the famous Shropshire venue. Still using our blackcurrant & garlic frozen readymades Andy banked a further string of fantastic commons including this lovely 28.06. Andy has had no fewer than seventeen fish altogether so far in a total of five nights fishing with eleven fish over the twenty pound mark. Thats 'Awesone Hauling''
6 "drop off" for Andy
Andy 'the cat' Madeley had an amazing result from a swim known as the 'drop off' on Shropshire's Hawk Lake. During an 18 hour stint Andy landed a total of 6 fish including two doubles a 21lb 11oz mirror a 25lb 8oz common a 26lb 1oz common and to top the session off a 27lb 12oz common. Andy was using the 'warlock fish mix' frozen ready made boilies flavoured with his favourite blackcurrant & garlic smell (the two biggest commons are pictured). A cracking result from a cracking angler!
Oz and Nic go the distance for their best performance in a week long session to savour
Austin (Oz) Hopson and Nic Roberts spent the last week in April on the lovely Chateau Lake deep in the heart of the Loire Valley in a party of eight anglers who were all using Cyprinid Products leads.
After spodding a large bed of bait over a 250 yard stretch between the group the best session ever was soon to come. Everyone had a pb with more fish landed than ever before when they had been on previous occasions and pictured is Oz with a cracking 39lb pot bellied mirror and also Nic with a 40lb 8oz stunner.
. For reference Oz is the one having the bad hair day
...well done boys!
Oz and Nic were both using the 4.5oz distance leads that we do and reckons that we supply the best leads on the market which have been faultless during the past five years or so since first coming to us.
. ...............whilst Nic is a little shorter up on top with the 40lb smile
...well done boys!
Darren's got a "Pretty One"
Darren Mann from Whitchurch really found his form on farlows lake in Buckinghamshire. Using the Cyprinid Products 'snowman toppers' in Blackcurrant & Garlic as single hookbaits at range Darren first took a stunning 26lb 13oz common and later followed that up with the magnificent 36lb 9oz mirror known as 'the pretty one'. Darrens previous pb was 25lbs so to say he was over the moon is a complete understatement.
Read all about Darrens captures as well as some of the other lads captures on this particular trip in the Cyprinid Products on tour section entitled 'Farlows Lake'
Will Catches an Early Train
Will Hopkins caught a nice common of 22lb 2oz during a short overnighter on Hawk Lake. Will used a cranberry & garlic 'snowman topper over the top of a smoked fish & black pepper bottom bait snowman style in conjunction with a 5 bait stringer and a few smoked fish a black pepper boilies over the top. Will said 'the fish picked up the hookbait within only an hour or so of casting out and went like a train during the fight.
Early Morning Trump
Gareth Jones came up trumps with this 21.04 common from Hawk Lake during a quick overnighter. Gareth took the fish in the early morning from a swim known as the pink pads on a single cranberry & garlic snowman topper.
Fizzer in Stillwater
Ben (Animal) Horton continues his success on his Welsh stillwater with the capture of this magnificent 22lb 8oz mirror carp. The fish was caught close to snags applying just a handful of the warlock strawberry fishmeal boilies as freebies and a single strawberry bottom bait on the hair rig. Well done Ben, keep them coming.
Terry Pulls a Cracker
Terry Smith is still catching them from his local pool on the warlock fishmeal frozen ready made boilies. A mix of fruit flavoured smells in the bait proved worthwhile as the pictured 23lb common shows, a cracker for this time of year. Who said fishmeals don't work in the winter?
Strawberry in Winter
Ben (Animal) Horton from Whitchurch in Shropshire managed to land two lovely fish during an overnight session on a welsh stillwater. Using 14mm Warlock Fish Mix strawberry boilies as freebies and hookbaits in conjunction with small pva bags of pellets Ben caught fish of 21lb 1oz (common) and 18lb 8oz (mirror). A great winter result!
Winter Fodder
Bill Hopkins has proved on countless occasions in the past that fishmeals can be just as fruitful in the winter as in the summer months, and once again Bill has come up trumps with this stunning 26lb common from Shropshire's Hawk Lake. Even in the depths of winter Bill reckons a high protein fishmeal can outfish even the best of birdfoods or milk proteins as the carp can pick up on the nourishment of a better foodsource. Using a large PVA bag filled with the ever-faithful Warlock strawberry fishmeal boilies and just a few grit sized pellets Bill tempted the hungry common from a silty area in Hawk's second bay.
Animal's Crackers
Ben 'Animal' Horton' has just recently began using the 'Warlock Fish Mix' frozen ready made boilies and has already had some fantastic results. Fishing a quiet Welsh venue Ben has caught than no less than five carp already of which four were over 20lb's. Combinations of pellets and single Banana & Lemon Grass pop-ups and pva bags of pellets over the top of the strawberry fishmeals seem to have done the trick for Ben as the two pictured photographs show. Both fish were cracking commons weighing 20lb 8oz and 22lb 13oz respectively. Hopefully the results will keep coming for Ben who seems to be on top of his game when tracking a fish or two down.
Six are Tortued!!!! in France
On 6th October a six angler party from the 'Cyprinid Products' stable fished Lake Tortue in France on the Croix Blanche Complex for a weeks session. The week went well with everyone catching although unfortunately a few fish were lost and the conditions were quite dire to say the least for the best part of the week due to falling temperatures and heavy overnight mists. A couple of fish of note that are pictured here are of Bill Hopkins 45.08 mirror and Jason Hopkins 74.04 catfish. For the full story please take a look at the written article by Bill Hopkins on the link entitled 'Cyprinid Products on tour' All the best for the winter from everyone here at Cyprinid Products
Brittany Delivers ........................
A weeks session on clearwater lakes in Brittany for Andrew Wolfenden saw him land carp up to the pictured 30lb 12oz mirror. Andy had a 23+ within 5 minutes of his first cast as soon as he arrived at the venue and followed up with other fish during the week of 21lb and 26lb's plus doubles. Andy was using single strawberry 14mm bottom baits with a whittled down cranberry and garlic wafter on the top. Andy said 'The warlock fishmeals were pretty much the only other thing other than the house bait that caught anything as the fishing was slow for everyone due to the poor conditions during the week.
A Successful Formula
A quick overnight flit around his heavy work schedule produced this magnificent 24lb 5oz mirror for Bill Hopkins. Bill said 'I have been snowed under with bait and lead orders this month and it has definitely told upon the amount of time I have had available for my own fishing. The work has really paid off though as Cyprinid Products has really taken off this year with everyone having loads of joy on the products we manufacture, especially bait-wise. The results from different lads all over the country really speak for themselves with many PB's being broken. I have managed to be able to get out on the odd short overnight session myself in between coping with orders and it has been paying dividends recently with some nice fish being banked so I can't complain'.
The Smell of Success
Jason and Bill Hopkins targeted Hawk Lakes monastry bay for the chance of a fish or two and came up trumps with some awesome fish. Jason managed five fish during a two night session from a swim known as the 'Cheeky Coot' including the 25lb mirror pictured. Bill Himself managed to land a lovely common of 21lb 4oz during a quick overnighter. All the fish fell to the warlock fishmeal frozen ready made boilies with a new smell they have both been testing-'Smoked Fish & Black Pepper'. Jason has since been back on and had another fish of 26lb's recently. Bill reckons the smell from this one is awesome and loads of fish in the future are going to be banked using it.
Short and Sweet
Two short sessions for Gaz Wharton on Hawk Lake produced some cracking results. Gaz had 3 fish the first trip from Hawks monastry bay topped by a stunning 23.04 common. The following week he managed to drop into the same swim and had another common of 26.07. Once again the combination of good angling and the strawberry fishmeals have paid off for gaz who I'm sure will have many more fish before the year is out.
Mirror Mirror ... who is the fairest ....
Mr Cyprinid himself-Bill Hopkins tempted this beautiful mirror carp from Hawk Lake in Shropshire using the Warlock fishmeal frozen readymade boilies in Blackcurrant and Garlic flavour. A Cyprinid Products 'snowman topper' in the same flavour was presented to the edge of a large area of lilly pads in Hawks first bay on a free-running rig and a 1oz flat pear lead. Bill played the fish for the best part of ten minutes during a tremendous scrap before finally teasing it into the waiting net and recording a weight of precisely 23lb's.
Congratulations to Cyprinid Products Match Winner -Darren Mann !!
On the weekend of the 20th-22nd July Cyprinid Products held a singles carp match on Merrington pool of which 14 anglers were in attendance. After a torrid time of losing his first five fish Darren Mann from Whitchurch sorted the problem out and went on to take first place for largest weight of fish landed and also the biggest fish prize for a stunning 25lb common caught on the warlock fishmeal strawberry boilies. Congratulations go to Darren from us here at Cyprinid Products and thanks to all others who attended and made the weekend a great success.
Cat on the Prowl ............
Andy 'The Cat' Madeley has scored again on Merrington Pool during a quick overnighter with a 21.07 mirror. His first single overnighter produced six fish haul including a 21+ common and Andy was keen to get back on the cracking day ticket venue. From peg 15 just a few weeks after his first trip Andy fished open water using stringers of the warlock strawberry fishmeals and landed three carp and unfortunately also lost two fish. Cyprinid Products are running a carp match on Merrington later this month which became fully booked within days of releasing the info. Andy is a part of that match and we reckon here that he is getting a little practice in ready for the event. He isnt doing too bad either!
Two night Super Session !!!!!!!
Ian Jones from Llay near Wrexham spent a two night session on Merrington Pool not long after breaking his arm. The session really put him to the test in such unfortunate circumstances as Ian absolutely hauled carp for the 48 hour duration. 19 fish overall were landed 17 of which came on the second night during a massive thunderstorm after Ian had moved swim to get on fish. Pictured are two fish from his mega-haul, a 23.02 common caught using the 'Big Fish Method Mix' and a 21.14 mirror using a PVA bag of pellets and the Warlock strawberry fishmeal boilies. Since that session Ian has also been back for a brief overnighter and caught another five fish up to 20.02. He seems to be taking the place apart!
Best by far ..........
Steve Pritchard from Whitchurch in Shropshire blew his previous personal best to pieces during a 24 hour stint on hawk lake which was only his second time on the lake after a long spell away from the carp scene. Firstly Steve landed a common of 22.08 beating his previous pb by only a few ounces then he followed that up with the pictured 27.08 common which was caught on a snowman set-up using one of our snowman toppers and free offerings of the Warlock fishmeal boilies in monster crab & garlic flavour. Cracking result Steve, well done.
Brace yourself for Six of the best..
The start of the hawk lake season kicked off for Gareth Jones with a six fish haul which included three 20+ carp. Pictured are a brace of lovely commons weighing 22lbs and 22lb 12oz. All six fish were caught using warlock fishmeal boilies flavoured with cranberry and garlic and fished tight to a gap in lilly pads.
5 Alive
During the begining of the season on Hawk Lake Bill Hopkins fished Hawk's main pads and landed 5 fish up to the pictured 23lb 2oz mirror. All were caught on bottom baits using the warlock fish mix frozen ready made boilies flavoured with monster crab & garlic. Over four kilos of 4mm freebies were required to maintain the action and unfortunately Bill also lost two good fish in the pads.
Seen a Ghost
This stunning looking 23lb 12oz Ghost Carp was the result of Terry Smith's continuing success on his local water. During a short overnighter Terry landed no less than seven fish in a frenzied feeding spell on the warlock fish mix. Using a new smell in the bait that he wishes to keep quiet for now (Its Spicy lads) the action was frequent right through the night as Terry's alarms sounded no less than ten times. Unfortunately three fish were lost but the ghostie was the icing on the cake after a hectic nights fishing.
Three in a Bed
A session on Merrington Pool for Darren Mann from Whitchurch proved more than fruitful when he had three fish on the Warlock Fish Mix strawberry fishmeals all of which beating his previous personal best prior to the trip. Darren caught the pictured mirror first of 19.12oz before following it up with an 18+ and then an overwhelming 21.10oz common. All three fish fell to the same rod and were landed in quick succession. Well done Darren, keep them coming.
Look What the Wind's Blown In
Hardwick/Smiths on the Oxford richworth/linear complex can be tricky at the best of times. However, during a two night session in gale force winds and driving rain in November company owner Bill Hopkins managed a brace of twenty pound mirror carp from the venue. Applying a large bed of the 'warlock' strawberry fishmeal boilies and the Mega-Blend Method/Spod Mix Bill banked firstly a 25.00 mirror just on dark and then the next morning another 20.01 mirror.
Seeing Double .............. Seeing Double
Tom Smith is still scoring on his local haunt and has banked another two lovely fish. Once again the Warlock Fish Mix has produced the goods as Tom is shown here with a common of 22lbs and a stunning mirror of 26lbs.
A Quick Dip
Cyprinid Products company owner Bill Hopkins was recently putting a new range of products to the test including the new supreme range of boilie dips and pineapple flavoured ready cooked hempseed on Hawk Lake in Shropshire. The result in two short sessions were these two lovely Hawk commons of 24.14 (pictured in the early morning sun) and 21.06 (with the lake behind).
Tom & Terry's Serial Success
Terry Smith and his son Tom have been reaping the rewards for persistent time and effort on a tricky local Shropshire venue. Both Terry and Tom have had some really nice fish from the water through short sessions and hard baiting which has certainly paid off with good results. Although they have lost a few fish in the past via some unkindly resident snags in the lake, much fine tuning of rigs and careful bait presentation has produced regular action for them. Terry is pictured with a lovely mirror carp of 20lbs and Tom is shown with a stunning 23.08 common. They have fooled different fish from the venue by asking us to change the flavours and additives regularly although the base mix is always still the same warlock fish mix. Every change they have made has fooled carp in the past up to Terry's 33.08 pictured earlier on this page and the fish are certainly on the food source big time. Keep them coming lads!
Look What's Popped Up
During the Hawk Lake carp match in August of this year Will Hopkins managed to land this superb 24lb common carp fishing tight to the far reed line in the first bays peg 10. The fish was fooled during the early morning by a Cyprinid Products 14mm tutti-frutti pop-up fished over 3016mm warlock fish mix strawberry ready made boilies and also using our small 1oz flat pear leads.
One mans meet is another man's Poisson
Phil Madeley from Whitchurch in Shropshire had a cracking session during a weeks trip to France on cross channel carpings Les Teillatts lake. Phil managed a total of 10 catfish to 47lb and 7 carp to an amazing 54.08 mirror carp (pictured). Included in his amazing string of fish was also a lovely 48lb common. All of the fish fell to the 4oz and 3.5oz multi-facet leads from Cyprinid products which were coated in a gravel type of coating matching the lake bed from samples taken from previous trips. Phil and Andy his father who had a massive string of cats and is now called 'andy the cat' by all his mates explained that we had got the matching silt and gravel colour spot-on and after dropping the leads in the margins had a job to find them again. Of course we are only too pleased to help and are chuffed all who went during the trip had a good time and caught some stunning carp and cats.
It Gets Better and Better
Gaz Wharton from Whitchurch in Shropshire upped his personal best carp twice in to short 24 hour sessions. During a thursday overnighter on Hawk Lake Gaz managed to land a common of 26.09oz beating his current pb by over 10lbs. Following this fantastic result gaz couldnt resist another quick return to Hawk and set-up in a different swim where he felt he might be in with another chance. During the magical midnight hour Gaz had a run on one of his rods and preceded to struggle for 40 minutes with a really hard fighting fish. Once netted Gaz couldnt believe the size of the fish and lifted her onto the digital scales to record a weight of 30.11ozs. Gaz was using the Warlock Fish Mix freshly frozen boilies with maple flavour and fished a bottom bait of the same to produce the downfall of both fish. Well done gaz, keep them coming!
Twice as Nice
On two seperate short day sessions on a local club water Jason Hopkins landed a 22lb 4oz Common just as he was packing away on dusk and a lovely 20lb 4oz common the week after. Both fish were caught using single creamy toffee flavoured Ultra-Bright pop-up nuggets (orange) with the Big fish method mix tightly squeezed around the hookbaits.
I ver Big One
Jason Hopkins finally managed to land this 23lb common during a trip to farlows lake in Iver Bucks. After a torrid time which saw jason lose 6 fish in heavy weed this common was more than welcome when it went in the net. The warlock fish mix strawberry frozen boilies accounted for all of the pick-ups a couple of which were big fish that jason unfortunately lost near the net.
Lee landed
Lee Bateson from Whitchurch in Shropshire landed this nice common carp from Marchamley pool during a short overnighter. The fish found the warlock fish mix frozen readymade boilies completely irresistable and turned the scales round to just over 18lbs.
Bright and Merry
During a short overnight session on Merrington pool in shropshire Ian Jones from whitchurch managed 3 fish including a 19.04 a 19.08 and this lovely 20lb common (pictured). Ian scored using a yellow ultra-bright pineapple pop-up nugget fished at 60 yards range.
French Delight
During a trip to the lovely Chateau Lake in the Loire valley, Austin Hopson (Oz) caught this lovely 33Ib 07oz mirror carp which was the first of 3 cracking 30's during his stay. Oz was using our range of 4.5oz distance leads to aid his rewards and we wish him all the best for his next trip over there very in the near future. Happy hunting Oz
Jim's Personal Best
Jim Minshall from Wem in Shropshire caught this new personal best common carp of 25Ib 14oz from his local water Hawk Lake. The fish fell to a strawberry flavoured blue pop-up from our monster magic range fished over crumbled warlock strawberry fishmeal boilies. Jim was over the moon with his largest fish to date which was tripped up in a very close marginal spot. Well done Jim.
Personal Best in local lake for Terry
During a short 12 hour stint on a local club lake Terry Smith from Whitchurch in Shropshire caught this personal best 33.08 mirror carp. The fish was caught over a small bed of 16mm warlock fish mix frozen ready made boilies using hair-rigged bottom baits. Terry also landed a 18.00 common during his stay.
Jason improves Personal Best
Jason Hopkins from Whitchurch in Shropshire spent a week long session on Orchid Lake in Oxford. Jason had already caught a stunning mirror carp of 23Ibs from a swim known as Smithys when a last ditch move on dark into the Next Door swim on the last night of the session proved to be more than fruitful. Using a Cyprinid Products Warlock Fish Mix ready made bottom bait as a single hookbait and a 3oz pear lead Jason caught a personal best 31.04oz Mirror (pictured right) and a new personal best common of 26.12oz. Both fish were caught within an hour of each other with the big mirror known as 'Samson' coming first at 2 am.
Phil scores in France.
Phil Madeley landed this nice 35Ib 6oz common carp and a mega 39Ib 10oz mirror during trips to lake Les Teillatts run by cross channel carping. Phil scored using our range of 3oz Gripper leads and fished over beds of boilies and particles.
Andy Jackson continues his amazing string of ....... success
Fishing approximately 3 rod lengths out and using the Cyprinid Products 'Warlock Fish Mix' betain boilies with strawberry CSL and Aminos Andy caught this fine 32Ib 11oz mirror from Yeomans lake in Oxfordshire.
All nighter pays dividends !!!!
During a 24 hour session on Hawk Lake in Shropshire Gareth Jones caught this stunning 30Ib 4oz personal best common. Gareth was using a Cyprinid Products 2oz pear lead and presented his bait at about 90 yards at the back of the lakes first bay.
French Fancy - 54lb Common
Andy Madeley from Whitchurch in Shropshire had a fantastic session during a week long session in france on lake Les Teillatts run by cross channel carping. Andy caught over 20 carp using the Cyprinid Products range of distance leads including an awesome 54Ib common. The big fish came just after putting back a 41+ common and put up an amazing fight. Andy went on to catch a further string of 30's and 20's during his stay.