Your first float, your first bite, your next favourite pastime.
Available NowThe Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Coarse Fishing
Never fished before? You’re in the right place.
There’s a lovely moment when your float disappears and something takes the bait. This 102-page illustrated guide helps you get there: choose useful budget tackle, put a simple setup together, cast, feed your spot and look after your catch. Friendly explanations, detailed pictures and practical checklists keep the first trip manageable.
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Friendly explanations · Practical steps · Detailed illustrationsStart with a manageable setup
Choose useful budget tackle, put the line on and understand the small bits without buying a shop’s worth of kit.
Learn what the float is telling you
Set your depth, add bait, feed a little and recognise a bite. One practical step at a time.
Enjoy the whole trip
Know how to land, unhook and return fish, then use what you’ve learned to plan the next visit.
A useful book, not a wall of words
See it. Try it. Build your confidence.
For total beginners and anyone returning after a long break. We begin with stillwater float fishing, then introduce feeder fishing and other waters once the basics feel familiar.
Rod, reel, line and useful knots
Waggler floats, shotting and finding the depth
Choosing, mounting and keeping your bait fresh
Casting, feeding, bites and simple fixes when things go wrong
Playing, landing, unhooking and returning fish
Feeder fishing, fish identification and the seasons
Packing checklists, a first-trip walkthrough and reusable trip notes
Take a look inside
Your next fishing lesson starts here.
Start with a realistic lakeside setup and a useful first-trip shopping list. Then look at attaching and balancing a waggler, fitting a plummet and measuring the depth. The full book takes you through the complete setup, knots, baiting, casting and fish care before your first trip.
Download your free sampleExactly eight pages, including the cover. No sign-up and no payment details.
A few things worth knowing
Is the full book available to buy?
Yes. The complete 102-page PDF is available now. Choose Buy the E-book to visit Payhip in a new tab. Payhip handles payment and provides your download after purchase. This is a digital book, not a printed copy.
Do I need one of the other CarpAnswers books?
No. This guide stands on its own. The beginner’s carp fishing guide covers a first carp trip, while Catching More Carp focuses on improving results for anglers who already catch carp.
What will I download?
An eight-page PDF sample with real pages from this book and supporting illustrations. You can save it to your phone, tablet or computer. The full book is not included in the free download. Purchase the complete guide separately on Payhip.
What does the full guide cover?
Eleven chapters cover choosing a venue and tackle, rod and reel setup, hooks and knots, float fishing, bait and feeding, casting and bites, fish care and identification, feeder fishing and seasonal approaches. You also get shopping and packing checklists, a first-trip walkthrough, a glossary and printable trip notes. The main lessons teach manageable stillwater fishing; rivers, poles and Method feeders are introductions for later.
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