Chris Woodrow

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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Big Carp Of The Volga Delta, Russia Russia's Volga River is the largest river system in Europe, draining over 1.3 million square kilometers of catchments
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In Pursuit Of The Very Largest

Two weeks at Romania’s awesome , Lake Raduta. “The most incredible carp lake on the planet Chris.” Statements like that are enough to make ...
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Braid Versus The New Super Lines

What exactly is a ‘Super line’??? Well, this relatively new term refers to the new category of ultra low stretch, thin for their strength lines. ...
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Clear Off Back To France, Woodrow!!

This is not an article about fishing in France, this is the short tale of a memorable night in deepest Essex. I won’t mention the ...
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French Mud Wrestling

I stood back from the car, shivering with a silly grin on my face, the car was absolutely smothered in mud, both inside and out. ...
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Kings of Kaveri

The thrill of the big Mahseer, hooked in heavy water, hurling himself down the rapid with express speed to the tune of a fast emptying ...
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Launching Leads!

Extreme Range Carping - The Key Points 5…4…3…2…1…BLAST OFF!!! The body flexes and, after all your might, the rod surges forward and away the terminal ...
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Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? No, It's An Old Ambulance!

You should have seen the neighbours’ faces when I rolled up onto the drive of my parents’ house in my newly acquired ‘France Exploration Vehicle’. ...
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Carping Abroad

Virtually every angling magazine you pick up nowadays includes, somewhere in its glossy pages, reports of either a big haul of larger than average carp ...
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Particle Baits In Europe

In the UK over recent years there seems to have been a lot of controversy and, in many instances, misapprehension about the use of particle ...
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Chris Woodrow Chris's father owns the successful tackle shop 'Essex Angling' in Elm Park, Essex hence, the nickname Chris has been branded with 'The Essex Man' !