What is it like to fish there?

The trout anglers can be too much, but the scene is great, with an active gravel pit in the back. Sometimes you can sea eagles in the summer nesting in the big, towering trees.

The water is crytal clear, but weedy. The fish have put on massive weights; up to 7lb a year. It is a young gravel pit, but the stock of carp is going up rapidly with some fast growing, big-shouldered carp introduced in the year 2020. The carp have all been put in at around 12-18lb.

Tell us about the methods that work and your special advice on how to implement

Two grains of fake corn on a size 6 hook or small snowmans with a size 4 seem to be the best method to tempt the carp and the sturgeon.

I like to attach a mesh bag or a stick to ensure that the hook stands clear of weed when fishing over it. Single flouro pop-ups is also a very good way to tempt them.

If you could give new anglers fishing the venue 3 tips what would they be?

1. When you see Koi, the carp are right behind, they follow the koi around and feed.
2. The gravel pit is deep, between 2-8.5 meters, so find the features, or fish close between 4-6 meters.
3. Bite time is between 6-11 am, you can set you clock by it.

What sort of angler would love/hate the venue?

It would be ideal for a bunch of mates to have a trip to the beautiful Scandanavian countryside away from everything. Don’t expect French fishing, catching huge carp one after the other. but do expect some truly memorable scenes.

Are there any tactics that simply do not work? 

High flouro pop-ups, 18mm chods, big snowmans, they don’t seem to work particularly well.

Does it get busy and when?

Trout anglers walk freely so carp anglers need to make them understand where your spots and lines are. We are making 6-7 swims that can only be fished from.