Find a better opportunity
Look beyond the first empty swim. Use fish signs, conditions and a realistic plan to choose water you can fish well.
Find the fish. Fish the spot. Make better decisions.
Coming soon · Releasing after our beginner’s guideThe CarpAnswers Guide to Catching More Carp
You’ve got the basics. Now give every cast a better reason.
The rods are out and the rig looks right. But are you fishing where the carp want to be? And will another handful of bait help?
This illustrated carp fishing e-book helps you work through those decisions, from choosing a swim and finding a spot to presenting a bait and knowing when to change the plan.
A standalone guide. You won’t need to own our first book.
Our beginner’s guide is the starting point. This standalone follow-up is coming later; its release date and price haven’t been announced.
Cover preview · Five chapters, illustrated lessons and bankside references.Practical lessons, clearly explained
Numbered steps, detailed pictures and coloured checks to help you use what you read.
A plan, not a promised catch
Understand your choices and avoid common mistakes. No rig or book can guarantee a carp.
Useful on its own
For anglers comfortable with the basics, with the methods and reminders explained within this book.
More useful than another tackle-box rethink
Spend less time guessing.
Make more of the water in front of you.
Put the rig where you mean to
Separate feeling the lead down from dragging it. Measure the spot, choose a clear landmark and repeat a controlled cast.
Know why the presentation works
Understand what the hookbait needs to do, then build, balance and check the whole setup rather than just changing rig names.
Make the next change count
Decide whether to stay, recast, feed or move for a useful reason. Learn from worked trips, including the ones without a carp.
Inside the coming guide
From finding carp
to making the next decision.
Five chapters follow the way a trip unfolds. The focus is ordinary UK stillwater fishing at manageable ranges, with clear explanations and practical checks throughout.
Find carp you can catch
Choose your water and swim, read fish signs, use the wind and seasons as clues, and keep a useful alternative.
Find the spot and repeat the cast
Understand the lead's landing, use a marker float, measure with distance sticks and record a cast you can repeat.
Make the presentation work
Build and check a bottom-bait hair rig, balance a wafter and understand a pop-up multi rig, from main line to hookbait.
Feed with a purpose
Choose a sensible opening feed, keep a reserve, use small PVA parcels and adapt to the season and the fish's response.
Make the next decision
Work through quiet spells, useful changes and moving swims, with worked trips that explain the reasoning.
Keep the useful bits to hand
A plain-English glossary, fillable session plan and review, troubleshooting card and practical bankside reminders.
Is this the right next step?
For anglers ready to
build on the basics.
You should already be comfortable setting up, making a controlled cast, playing a fish and handling it safely. This isn’t a first-ever casting course.
You don’t need expensive kit or a box full of complicated rigs. You do need a willingness to watch the water, check your tackle and ask what each decision is meant to achieve.
Starting from scratch? Our Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Carp Fishing is the better starting point. Its free sample is available now.
Two books. Choose your starting point.
Start with the beginner’s guide.
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Carp Fishing
Get ready for your first trip: tackle, casting, bait, fish care and the words anglers use.
Explore the beginner’s guideThe Guide to Catching More Carp
Build on the basics with watercraft, repeatable casts, better presentation, purposeful feeding and decisions on the bank.
Each book stands on its own. You can choose the one that suits your fishing; the second isn’t required to use the first.
A few things worth knowing
When will this e-book be available?
It will follow the launch of our beginner’s guide. There is no confirmed release date or price yet. This is a preview, not a checkout or pre-order page.
Do I need the beginner’s guide first?
No. This is a standalone book for anglers who already know the basics. You can buy it on its own when it launches. The first book is there if you want a clearer starting point, not as required reading.
Can I buy the two books together?
The plan is to offer the books separately or together once both are available. Start with the beginner’s guide; this second book will follow later. Bundle details and pricing will be confirmed nearer the second launch.
Is there a sample of this book?
Not yet. The free sample currently on the site is from the beginner’s guide, not this book. We’ll add further previews here as the second book gets closer to release.
Something to read while you wait
Keep learning. Keep fishing.
The website’s guides and tools remain free. Explore the watercraft advice or plan your next visit while we prepare this second book for launch.