Come and share my passion.

For information and booking:-
Tel UK 020 8850 7480
Tel Int 00 44 20 88 50 74 80

or mail info@carpheaven.com

• A maximum of 3 rods to be used.
• No braided mainline and mono of a min 12lb breaking strain.
• Micro barbed or barbless hooks only and no bent or long shanked hooks to be used. (squashed barbs are OK)
• Safety rigs to be used with tubing.
• Landing nets, unhooking mat and weigh sling loaned to each angler for bio-safety reasons.
• No swimming in the lake.
• Sensible use of a bait boat is allowed.
• No sacks. All photos to be done at the time of the capture.
• Carp to be kept out of the water for the minimum amount of time.
  e.g. get cameras and scales ready and mats and weigh slings wet before removing the carp from the water.
• No nuts of any kind to used and only prepared hemp, maize, wheat, pigeon mix, partiblend or red band is allowed.
• No dumping of unused bait into the lake. Give it to me and I will dispose of it safely.
• All rubbish to be placed in rubbish sacks that are provided.
• All bankside vegetation to be left intact.
• Fishing only from designated swims.
• Vehicles must be left in the car park.
• The boat is only to be used during daylight hours and the supplied life-jacket must be worn at all times when on the water.
  The boat is used entirely at users own risk and is not covered by our insurance policy.

The no long shank rule must be strictly adhered to, in my opinion, they do permanent damage to the fish.
Examples of banned hooks are - CARP R US Longshank Nailer, Fox Series 5, Gardner Longshank Mugga or Korda Longshank.
If you want to create a longshank style then use shrink tubing on the shank of a normal hook and you get the same result.
This method does no damage to the fishes mouth. Check out a couple very successful rigs for Carpheaven here.