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Next week the first ever edition of the highly anticipated Carp Rotterdam show will take place at the Van Nelle Fabriek.  Due to other, earlier made, Monkey Climber commitments in Paris, we will not be present with our own full stand unfortunately but our Dutch friends from De Tacklebox shop will have a selection of our mags and merchandise on the stand.  Check it out and enjoy your visit to this new, exciting show!

Update early November: We get a lot of messages the past couple of days regarding the MC x Signalwood preorders. We got hold of the SingnalWood guys, on Friday night we had a whatsapp video together. They boys are totally thurstworthy but totally underestimated the workload that goes into such a batch of handmade bobbins. First part - only 100ish - should be here very soon and if not first weekend of December we are driving 14 hours to Austria for a show where we normally stand next to eachother. We keep on pushing to get everything sorted as soon as possible...

Our friends over at Nash Tackle have a huge new release of tackle items that will be hitting shops very soon! With everything from new reels to boats to power banks, there is something in the new drop that will aid everyone's angling! Check out the entire new range here! Klik hier voor de Nederlandstalige voorstelling:

Last weekend Glenn Geldof, one of our readers, messaged us regarding an ongoing situation on his local Galgenweel in Antwerp. For a number of years, foreign anglers fished there illegally for food, a situation we even had on local television a couple of years ago when Gio was still the spokesman for the Belgian carp society VBK vzw. Now, since a year two, the venue sees a new problem added to that. Now foreign, many of East European origin, are calling themselves 'sports anglers', buy the necessary licenses, etc. but are not treating their captures with respect. No mats, three...

Dit najaar lanceert Shimano een nieuwe high-end karperhengel in het Tribal assortiment. De nieuwe Tribal TX-9 bezit een zeer hoogwaardige High Modulus Full Carbon blank en is speciaal voor de old school liefhebbers afgebouwd met kurken grip. Hierbij alvast de specs:  Reactieve, slanke maar toch krachtige blank, gebouwd doormiddel van onze exclusieve hoogwaardige Japanse Spiral X Core blankconstructie voor extreme dril- en werpeigenschappen. De hengel is afgebouwd met Kigan RVS Zirconia geleideogen, Fuji DPS molenhouder voor het stevig fixeren van je karpermolen en bezit een hoogwaardige kurken handgreep voor een 'retro' look en feel. Vanaf nu te bestellen en/of bekijken...