Disabled angler Andy just got back and didnt take long to get into fish.

Within 16 hours of arriving he has had 4 fish, one he thought was a real lump as it peeled off all the line on his fox big pit reels before he could turn it. Andy, and a local Spanish angler who was watching, were shocked when eventually the fish popped up near the net, it was only a 24lb common.

The 3 others landed weighed in at 24lb, 31lb and 31.5lb. Over the next 4 days Andy banked 11 fish between 18lb and 33lb.

Craig and Sarah's 36 hour social with a local fishing club

We were invited to join a local club to fish the Orellana on a 36 hour social with a local Spanish fishing club.

The club President, Chino a local predator angler that Craig has converted into a carp angler, organised the event to help the novice anglers in the club to fish for bigger carp than what they normally fish for in another lake.

We didnt get much time to prepare for the first nights fishing, arriving at the bank with less than 2 hours before dark. Craig opted to use A-Tract's boilies for the session, wading out over 40 meters and sticking out a couple of kg towards a bay in the trees.

Chino and the other members, many fishing beachcaster style on telescopic rods with bells for alarms, set up 100 meters to our left and baited heavily with maize. He was straight into fish, they mopped up his heavily baited area throughout the night. He had over a dozen fish to 24lb and eventually wound in his rods to get some shut eye. Like Craig he had been working hard all week and were tired when they started fishing.

Craig had 6 fish on the 1st night, working hard as he was fishing around 150 meters, wading out each time he had to cast.


Philipe, on his first ever carp session on the Orellana arrived Saturday lunch time, he cast his rods and was soon into a fish. He did well fighting the lump considering the tackle he was using, the big common had managed to tangle with another line, which obviously didnt help matters. Craig ran over to help, wading in with a net whilst trying hard to explain how work the drag as he prepared to land the fish. Unfortunately the fish was eventually lost within yards of the net, Craig was gutted for Philipe, he got a good look at the fish and estimated it to be around 50 - 60lb. That was it, the novice anglers quickly accepted the fact you need propper tackle and decided to share Chinos spare pod and rods.

Chino lost count of the runs he had, he also managed to loose a couple of lumps, they were just too powerful and managed to get into snags.

Craig caught steadily throughout the day and was tiring, that so that he didnt fish the second night, so much for the relax and chillout weekend.

During the 36 hour session, Craig managed 21 runs, six of these resulting in 30lb plus fish.

Sarah, who has only had a couple of short sessions on Sierra Brava, fished 1 rod for 3 or 4 hours and had a couple of runs. The first fish she landed was a small common of 8lb, the second, a hard fighting new PB common.

Craig had just landed a 29lb common as Sarahs rod screamed off, the fish was quickly placed in a sack and he rushed over to help her. Here he is giving instructions as she was hanging on as the fish makes yet another run for freedom. As we say, these fish fight all the way to the net.

Sarah wearing a big smile with her new PB of 21lb and Craigs 29lb.

We dont often get to nightfish, but this just shows what results can be achieved on a short session with no prebaiting, so roll on when night fishing becomes legal. We will keep you posted on the matter.

Keith Arthurs Barbel fishing trip on the Guadiana will be screened on Sky Tv Tight Lines on 24th April and 1st May.
Extrema Fishing will soon be offering a Running River Package, fishing as Keith experienced, on waggler, stick and tip tactics.

John and Mick enjoyed some exciting Barbel Fishing having up to 70 Barbel and carp a session.

After a few weeks of Barbel fishing we finally got onto the Orellana for a bit of Carp fishing. The fishing proved difficult as the temperature plummeting 10 degrees and it rain almost everyday, the fish wouldn't get their heads down. Young Anthony's determination payed off and he landed this pb Common on his last day.

Keith Arthur and SKY TV's TIGHT LINES second visit to Extremadura

Keith and Extrema Fishing Spain's Craig fished the river section on the Guadiana for Barbel this week. Check out how it went with Keith's on SKY's TIGHT LINES to be screened on 24th April and 1st May.

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We had a difficult time trying to entice the Orellana carp to feed late March, however we managed to get 4 runs in the week, an 18lb to Craigs rods, 3 to Andy's resulting in a 15, 22 and new PB of 33lb.

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A short trip to Sierra Brava early march saw irregular feeding patterns, especially over the bank holiday weekend. Anglers arrived in their droves, due to the noise the fish didnt feed until the Monday when Andy had 9 fish out upto the 19lb mark. Craig had 2 out of 3 runs in the 24 hours he fished, 18lb and a lovely 22lb Mirror. We will be moving onto the Orellana over the next few weeks, lets hope we catch the lumps in a feeding mood, time will tell.

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Our competitors in the area, having only been here for a couple of years or so, may feel this is the way forward, however our years of experience tell us otherwise.

When you add up the hidden extras that others charge, you will find that our prices are competitive without lowering them or our standards. We have many regular clients that return year after year knowing that there are no hidden agendas or extra charges in our packages.

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Keith Arthur will be visiting Extremadura again to fish this fantastic area with us, he was so impressed with his first visit here, he is coming back. Craig will be fishing with him for the third time whilst filming for SKY TVs Tight Lines.

Craig being interviewed on Spain's national TV and below with another channel for a documentary, both in relation to his work as a recognised fishing guide.

Filming in the Rain

A PB of 32lb 10 oz for Disabled Angler Andy dispite poor weather conditions and restricted access to swims. A 24hr session on Sierra Brava produced 4 runs for Andy, one resulted in a hookpull, the others commons at 12lb and 15 lb 8oz.

Barbel Fishing
A short 3 hour session saw a 12lb and this 15lb banked.

Three days later Roger Coles landed this 19 lb 12 oz Barbel.

Sierra Brava Night Fishing Competition
After a hectic few months I managed to find a bit of free time to actually go fishing and entered a 2 night carp competition on Sierra Brava with fishing partner Chino, a local friend who is getting into Carp Fishing. Before we even drew our peg we both decided that if we had a bad peg ¨in the trees¨ we would move to another section of the lake, give up the night permissions and only fish the days. The top end of the Brava is like an underwater orchard; I will not lock up and run backwards to try and keep a fish from diving into the underwater branches.However on arrival at our peg, I was chuffed, the pegs were well selected and we had nothing in front of us, ok, less snags less fish, but I hate loosing fish in open water let alone in a snag with a hooklength in it.As Chino was working till 8ish, I had the job to bait up for us both, as baiting was only permitted for an hour from 11.30. I decided to do a heavily baited area to hold the fish in the mornings if they got their heads down, an area in our margin and a few balls of soaked maize pellet laced with crushed A-Tract boilies launched between the far margin trees around 110meters.I got funny looks from the other contestants as I proceeded to fire tangerine sized balls to the other side of the bay, then just shakes of the heads as the balls larger than oranges crashed about the marker float around 70 meters. After the permitted baiting hour was up, the waves settled and a deserved rest in the blazing sun, I baited the rods and casted. Two were placed on the edge of the baited area, and the third over to the far trees; one bait would be moved from the heavily baited area and positioned in our margin for the night when we retired to our beds. Sarah, my girlfriend and Marie Jose, Chinos, turned up around 4pm with the supplies and Chino not so long who after opted for potatoes and tigers on the hook. My choice, not that there was one, was a fish flavoured boilie from A-Tract Baits ….. a proven bait on Sierra Brava.
As always I was watching the water for signs of fish, I saw 3 small fish at the mouth of the bay some 200 meters away. So hoping for action during the night I relaxed and we all had our something to eat, a chat and a drink or two and settled in for the night. Throughout the evening we never saw another fish top, not a good sign as the fish generally show themselves.At roughly 2 am the middle rod screamed off, 1st run from the distance rod, fish landed and back to the sack for me and Chino. With in a blink of an eyelid, or so it seemed, off it went again, same rod same bait, another fish, small but a fish is a fish. I launch the rod out to the far trees again then the wait for the splash of water as the lead hit the water rather than branches. It did, splash, but I wasn’t happy. I didn’t feel I got the distance; three casts later I was happy, I got a splash and felt I had the distance too.Once again, the blink, the beeepppppp of another run on the same rod with the same bait.Saturday morning came bringing the usual fantastic sunrise with it, the only thing we were deprived of was the sound and ripples of crashing fish, nothing and then to hear from the marshals pegged next to us that there were no other runs during the night from the other 54 rods in our bay. A little later the girls woke and asked if we had any runs during the night, no the snoring scared all the fish away, was the reply.That was it, I knew it was going to be hard and decided that I was going to relax and enjoy the situation, 1 beer before breakfast, Paella for lunch and a good laugh with good friends.Just to top it off the wind got up, and yes it was blowing out of the bay, so we changed to helicopter rigs on the distance rods and placed the baits as the day before.
Chino and I grabbed a siesta whilst the girls did a bit of sunbathing as we were hoping for a busy night, within an hour my middle rod screamed off again. Another fish, a beautiful common slightly bigger than the others at 5.9kg.
After a lovely BBQ and a couple of drinks the evening quickly drew upon us, we rebaited the rods, once again one placed to the far trees, one on the baited area and lastly one in the near margin swim when we retired to bed. Chino opted to change a position of 1 rod to the far trees, a little tuition on casting and he was nearly there, however, like me if not 100 % happy recast, he asked me to cast for him and I did. Only another 10 yards or so, but hitting the mark.3 am and the first run of the night on Chinos rod close to the trees, an hour later another on yet again my middle rod on the same line.Once again the morning came along with news that only 2 small fish had been landed in the area of our bay, rods were recast and we settled into our relax mode. Believe it of not, as a guide, I don’t get much time to relax and enjoy fishing, so I made the most of it. The day passed quickly without the sound of a crashing fish or alarm screaming, but it was very enjoyable.
To summarise it up, it was hard going in our section, out of the 54 rods in our bay, 8 fish, 5 of them to our rods all on A-Tract baits.Overall out of the 43 pairs of anglers (258 rods) we managed 5th or 6th place, the thing was, we weren’t expecting to get anywhere and surprised when our names were called out at the presentation. I only placed the baits in a respectable fashion as any fair angler would…… A-Tract baits, as ever, the killer bait for Sierra Brava.

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Pleasure and Specimen Carp, Barbel and Pike fishing on the River Guadiana, Extremadura Spain.

2006 WinterBarbel Season
Barbel fishing season Winter 2006 5 short sessions into the new winter Barbel season (30th November)produced 18 fish with almost a double figure Barbel every day. The day in question only produced fish to 9lb 12oz, in total 5 double figure fish were landed, with the biggest weighing in at only 13lb.

Carp Fishing

With no guests wanting to brave the winter weather here, notice all the jumpers, as per photos above the 5 Barbel sessions, we also managed to get in 8 carp sessions. As you see from the photos below, we had an arm wrenching time. These Carp are animals, most have never seen a hook and when they do, you know about it!!

This venue is where several top carp anglers have predicted a new European record will come from, already this year it has produced several fish around the 70lb mark. This is by NO means an 'easy water' but our guests have had up to 11 runs in ONE session and fish we are catching average around 25lb. The Orellana Carp provide great sport, not only for the serious Carp angler but pleasure Carp anglers alike, they fight like tigers and have almost certainly never been caught beforeand you know about it!!.
The Carp here are WILD, NATURAL and all MUSCLE, these Carp ARE Animals.

October 2006 produced many fish for the few guests we had during this period. Young James (15)travelled from UK to Visit his Father who treated him to 2 days guided fishing with us. He took several fish improving his PB of 10lb with a 17, 23, 27 and this 32lb.

Biggest fish of the month went to Dave Hart, banking this 41lb'er, the group of 3 took eight other 20lb+ fish in the total of 24 runs in the 5 days they fished.

A couple of comments from our clients

"Originally traveled to fish the Ebro, but decided that we would travel the odd 600miles to fish a new fishery. What a great decision! A completely untapped pristine coarse fishery, pristine environment and a real chance of a monster. Craig is just starting to get it sorted out (October 2005). I would bet that the new record common will come to one of Craig's rods over the next couple of years the potential is absolutely untouched. There are no foreign anglers here at the moment and the Spanish approach for Carp on these waters is still at the boiled spuds and rod bells stage. (they still catch). Its a really rich environment and the carp are heavily built naturally. Not as prolific as Canada or some of the stocked lakes I have fished on thecontinent but the fishing seems to be neatly divided into a decent number of large carp on one water and a huge quantity of general coarse fish on the other waters. It is a bite a chuck on one of the waters with Barbel taking deadbaits and half a dozen runs a day on the big fish lakes. I stress again this is a real natural fishery that is still maturing, if the environment that you fish in is important to you then you will not beat this area for its cleaness and must be one of the least spoilt environments in Europe. Chuck in the fact that dinner is 7 euros for 3 courses with wine and its also bloody reasonable. I shall return!!!!!!! Pete."


hi craig and all the crew

thanks for a fantastic time , you made for very special time for both james and I.

James is absoutely made up and is already talking about visiting ou all next year ..

best of luck with your venture ,

wild , wilderness, extreme , virgin , ultimate .. done the rest try the best , friendly , experienced . knowledgeable , helpful, expert ,
jst some of the words to decribe your tour

howard

Had a excellent week with Craig and Kat although we went at the wrong time of year for the best fishing we still had a great time. He looked after us totally from sunrise to sunset. Just beware if he comes up with any "silly ideas" ( know what i mean Craig ...Boars and Oars) This area of Spain is totally untouched by tourism and the scenery unbelievable. What Craig don't know about fishing is not worth knowing and apart from being a excellent guide he is also bloody good company. I think Craig has got something in this area, the variety of fishing, the scenery, and the locals are all brilliant, and i wish him all the luck in the world. And as for Kat the only word i can think of to describe her is MAD and like Craig damn good company. I did not want to leave and come home i was almost forced on the plane home and i know one thing for sure i will be back as soon as possible. When i got home i was so relaxed my daughter thought i was drunk.I can not praise him enough if you are looking to fish in Spain and have a good time. Thanks for an excellent week Craig and Kat. Best Wishes Nigel

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