Orellana Carp Fishing

Last week was slightly easier, despite the light easterly winds, Carp fishing on the Orellana. Brendon was on his own for most of the week then being joined by Stu for the weekend.

Brendon, who has fished smaller 50 acre lakes in UK and France, adapted well to this huge lake. The fishing was quite slow with erratic feeding times and areas; we had to work at it to get runs however when we did most were good fish.

Heres a couple of fish landed, including a new PB Common.

Unfortunately as he describes it, he ‘lost Captain Sherman’ due to a hook pull as it tore off from the margin after a long battle.

Stu, who had an encounter with a large Orellana Carp on his first trip a few months ago, got the better of the fish this time; he converted all the runs. Here's a couple of his captures.

Even Craig managed to fish, heres a couple of his catches.

Extremadura Tourist Board Press Trip

We’ve have had a busy fortnight with a wide variation of guiding. We were employed by the Extremadura Tourist Board for a four day Press trip with guests from Holland and UK.

The trip was based on lure and Fly Fishing for Barbel and Black Bass on four different venues throughout the county that is larger than Holland. The group consisted of some top class anglers / writers from Holland and UK

Two days of heavy rain just before the guests arrived didn’t help matters; however in the tight schedule with only a few hours of fishing on each venue, we did ok. Bob and Robert stuck it out on the fly whilst the others fished the lure.

Bob was well chuffed with landing a Barbel around 7lb on the dry fly, the other guests banked Barbel to over 6lb, Zander and Black Bass on lure tactics.

The lads were a great bunch; they all loved the area and the fishing it offers. We are looking forward to seeing them again soon as they are already planning future trips..

Orellana Carping

After a week away visiting family Craig managed to get back onto the Orellana for a couple of short sessions. The first a social with Chino and Marie Jose, Chino works with his Dad and doesnt get a lot of free time to fish so he wanted to squeeze a few hours fishing in over the bank holiday weekend. They fished 2 days with Easterly winds but still managed a total of 13 runs between them. Only 2 fish were below 20lb and Chino banked a 14kg plus fish that he will be loading onto the TOKS competition to help him in securing the 1st position he holds.


Most of the other fish were mid to upper 20´s.

The second overnighter, Craig went alone, a much needed break away from organising another Tourist Board Trip for Tour Operators and writers from Dutch and Uk fishing magazines. Conditions were far from perfect with the easterly wind still blowing however he still had a couple of runs resulting in this fin perfect 14.5kg Common and.......

this cracking half Albino Carp.

Craig managed to get a little time to do some pleasure fishing with Steve and Linda. They all got beaten up by the small carp on float tactics, even the small carp here are very strong.

We have only managed a few days Carp fishing in-between Pleasure angling and loads of office work. Fish around the 25lb mark are showing regularly with a couple of 30s to 36lb and up to 5 runs a night.

A couple of PB’s for Tony and Arthur on their first trip here, Craig managed to make some free time to advise them, next time they will have a better idea of how to tackle the Orellana.

Thanks to Specialist tackle for the great prize in the TOKS 4 online competition. The ATTs silent alarms have arrived and hopefully won’t be silent for long. Carpology Magazine are covering the event in the European section and a small article about Craig winning the TOKS4 Summer contest will be featured soon.

Carpworld are covering the event for the UK area. We will be able to read about it as Craig also won a years subscription in the competition, another great prize

Thanks to Total Carp Magazine and JRC for awarding Andy a prize for his PB Common whilst fishing with us.

Win a Carp Fishing holiday on the Orellana with The Online Keepsack and Extrema Fishing Spain

Extrema Fishing have donated a couple of holidays in the UK area, so join up its free, you never know you could win a week’s fishing on the awesome Orellana.
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Chino, Craigs fishing partner, has joined the TOKS online competition and managed to sly in a
couple of 20’s from an overnight session on the Orellana, Craig will have to stop giving him tuition. Don’t forget this competition is free to join and there are some great prizes to be had.

The online keepsack competition.

The online keepsack summer competition has just ended with Craig managing to get a result.

He managed to fish half a dozen short sessions, arriving on the bank to setup about 1 hour before sunset and packing up as soon as the sun rose due to the heat. The fishing was slow as expected, a total of 9 fish mostly around the 20lb mark.

A new TOKS competition starts on 1st September, registration is free and there are some great prizes to be won.

Please show your support for all the hard work Ken does and the sponsors of this event by visiting the website

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August

As usual, it’s been a hot summer with temperatures reaching the 40`s making it unbearable to be on the bank so there’s not much been to report.

We have been kept busy though, during the busy August Fiestas Craig was asked to help out behind the bar in the local hotel.

Having never been behind the bar before (well not that side) it was like a Spanish version of Fawlty Tours.

Overnight Social

Craig however, did manage to get in an overnight social with friend Carlos on the Orellana.
In total they had 4 runs, a lost fish each and Craig banking two Commons of 23lb 03 oz and this 35lb 14oz.

New look Website and Night Fishing Package

As we are entering into our 10th year in the Guided fishing Business we thought it was time to update our website. It has had a lot of changes over the years but never redesigned and looks a bit tatty round the edges.

This coincides with our the fantastic news that we can now in the position to offer night fishing packages for Specimen Carp both on Orellana and Sierra Brava.

After a long wait we are now pleased to announce our new night fishing packages
o Night Fishing on the Orellana
o Sierra Brava night fishing
o Specimen Barbel Night Fishing
o Robinson Crusoe Package
Now that we are able to offer night fishing, the potential of this superb venue is unimaginable.

Check out our new look website and details of our packages
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Disabled angler Andy is back to brave the heat.

Craig decided to join Andy for a short social session on Sierra Brava. The fishing was slow in the heat; in the 3 days Andy was there he had only managed 3 runs with fish to 15lb.
Craig suggested a move to another part of the lake due to the weather conditions. It was hitting upper 30´s for most of the day and the fairly strong breeze hadn’t changed direction in weeks.
After the move Craig soon realised that they would still struggle for runs, it wasn’t to be like the last visit with Kai a week or so earlier, there wasn’t much fish movement. Andy decided to use a variation of baits, pop up corn, tigers and a Quest Baits Fruity Trifle Boilie. Craig on the other hand stuck to his usual bait on all rods, A-Tract boilies. Over the 48 hours session Craig managed 9 runs and Andy 3.
As time crept by there was a little interest, Andy’s pop-up corn produced a 10lb common and he pulled out of a good fish on his Boilie rod. Craig had 4 runs from small fish and one from a lump that he pulled out of as he tried to keep it out of the sunken trees on the far bank.
As evening drew in on the first day, Andy had a couple of beeps shortly followed by a screaming run on his Boilie rod that was in open water. This familiar kind of take usually results in a bigger fish so Craig rushed over, it turned out to be a decent fish, new PB Common of 39lb 4oz.
Disabled Andy with his new PB Common taken on Quest Baits Fruity Trifle. Let’s hope there’s more to come for him over the next week or so.

SIERRA BRAVA

It’s been a while since we have fished Sierra Brava and our return was not a disappointment.

Kai opted for a bit of snag fishing on The Brava, as he was travelling alone this gave Craig the perfect opportunity to fish with him.
In 2 short daylight sessions totalling 44 hours they managed 40 runs and a PB for Kai.

Nothing huge was landed even though they were fishing an area with no trees within 100 meters; they still lost several lumps to snags.




Kai can’t wait to return now he has had a taste of this exciting fishing.

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Summer TOKS Big Four International Online Competition
25/6/2009 - 25/8/2009

EASTERN REGION: Continents: Europe - Asia - Africa - Australia

The Online Keepsack is debuting the first ever BIG FOUR INTERNATIONAL carp fishing competition. This online contest requires anglers to submit their heaviest four carp from any waters in the world. Only your 4 BIGGEST CARP will count. Compete in any 60 day seasonal contest by submitting your BIGGEST FOUR FISH that were caught within the time frame of the contest you choose to enter.

SPONSORS

1st place -Specialist Tackle / Carpworld magazine

2nd place - Sonik Sports / Carpology magazine

3rd place - CCMoore Quality Baits / Planet Prints / Online Fishing TV BIG FISH PRIZE - Concept For You

THE PRIZES

1st Place prizes: 2 ATTs alarms / 1 ATTX Wireless receiver w/Cammo pouch , Carpworld magazine - 1 year subscription

2nd Place prizes: 3 SONIK SK3 Rods , Carpology magazine - 1 year subscription

3rd Place prizes: 5kg Odyssey XXX Shelf Life 14mm - 5kg Odyssey XXX Shelf Life 18mm -1 pot Odyssey XXX 14mm Air Ball Pop Ups - 1 pot Odyssey XXX 18mm Air Ball Pop Ups -5kg Odyssey XXX Pellets - 250ml Odyssey XXX Dip , 28in X 20in "Mirror Mirror" print , 6 month membership to Online Fishing TV

Big Fish prize: € 200 Euros - shopping voucher from Concept for You

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