Andy Lyons, Author at Catch and Release

Hintlesham fishery

Posted by Andy Lyons
/ August 17, 2015

Hintlesham fishery has so much to offer to the sport. The 4 lakes offer great sport for pleasure anglers, carp anglers and predator anglers. The carp specimen water is around 2.5acres in size and is well stocked with fish to 35lb 4oz. The stock has a healthy mixture of common...

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Crowsheath fishery

Posted by Andy Lyons
/ June 12, 2015

Crowsheath fishery is situated in the heart of Essex. There are 3 lakes on the complex set within 110 acres of picturesque countryside views. The 3 lakes consist of an 8.5 acre carp lake, a catfish lake and a pike lake. Whether you’re a carp angler or a keen predator...

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Overnight syndicate success

Posted by Andy Lyons
/ April 4, 2015

I arrived at the lake at 3pm delighted to find 3 cars parked in the carpark which was great as the lake is 17 acres so plenty of swims free. After walking for 5 minutes my mood changed as both the swims I had been baiting up were both taken....

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The perfect end

Posted by Andy Lyons
/ February 15, 2015

I had a 48hr session booked in for mid-December with my dad, and it just so happened to be one of those lovely warmer days we experienced. We went to a water that we both know well and when we arrived at 3pm half of the swims were under water...

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The mosaic common

Posted by Andy Lyons
/ December 28, 2014

It was a Monday morning the van had its first frost on the windscreen, driving to the lake I could see it was going to be a cloudy day. The temperatures were not going to much more than 10 degrees. I arrived in to an empty car park at 5:45am,...

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short sessions and edges

Posted by Andy Lyons
/ November 23, 2014

I had a 6 day session planned on the syndicate but 2 days in only 1 carp had been banked in over 9 days and it didn’t look like they would get on the feed anytime soon so at 5am I decided to head over to a club water and...

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Thorpe Lea Tutorial

Posted by Andy Lyons
/ November 2, 2014

At 6.55am on Friday myself and my 2 clients arrive at the locked Thorpe lea gates the weather was mild and blowing a South Westerly. The bailiff opened the gates at 7am and we drive into the car park. We look at the map of the lake in the hut...

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The Big Lin

Posted by Andy Lyons
/ September 1, 2014

It was a moist August morning over the mere, I arrived in the car park at 4am it was still too dark to see the steps leading down the lake so I used the phone screen to help me. Once down beside the lake I could hear crashing carp not...

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Hot and bothered.

Posted by Andy Lyons
/ August 15, 2014

July and August can be funny months for carp anglers because the carp could have another go at spawning if they got interrupted earlier in the year. The high air pressures and temperatures also play a massive factor in these months. Usually I would opt for zigs in these conditions...

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