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The cool thing about carp angling nowadays is not only our passtime attracting all sorts of people, but also the different styles of angling possible these. From stalking over fishing vast inland seas to the tiniest of venues.  Over the past decade urban carping has become very popular to some extent and Jorden & Patrick from Carp Fishing Holland seem to have perfected it by the looks of their Instagram account.  Here's a selection of their best, enjoy! We'll ask these boys to get some of their most special urban stories in our upcoming magazines!  

We got a new distro/dealer of Monkey Climber merch. Cleverfishing is our first one in Hungary ever, pretty proud of that!  Cleverfishing is being run by anglers for anglers and our man Bálint Varga is no stranger to big fish.  First order is on its way as we speak. If you live in Hungary or neighbouring countries go check out  www.cleverfishing.hu

"Nog een duwtje! Allez, nog een laatste krachtinspanning. Komaan, douwen!" Het winkelraam kraakt, de pleister vliegt van de muur. Op ettelijke meter hoogte in een drukke winkelstraat bengelt een multiplex Monkey Climber stand gevaarlijk over de passerende mensenmassa. De platen waar veel te groot voor de draaitrap, en ook via de ramen aan de buitenkant wil het niet lukken. Tot Gilbert Bouweraerts - patron van Hengelsport Waasland en gewezen bouwvakker - er letterlijk en figuurlijk eens zijn schouders onder steekt. Vlam! Binnen! Ward en ikzelf fronsen met een dikke smile de wenkbrauwen. "Dit hadden we moeten filmen!" Niet lang daarvoor had...

Last week we had Dieter from Forgotten Flavours over for an overnighter on the MC Syndicate. We had a mega time, discussing all things carpy and running Belgian indie brands MC & FF.  At some point, we chatted about the next collab pop up we should do and we came up with two meaty ideas from the Hutchy stable we used with great success in the past ourselves.  But, as nothing is decided yet, we thought it a good idea to hear your ideas too. Drop your wishlist / flavours / combo's in the post below and we might listen...

We had some mega pics posted for our August giveaway on the Monkey Climber x Shimano Tribal page, but Gijs van Ouwerkerk showed us all what stalking is about. "Sometimes stalking causes wet clothes," he captioned his very wet pic. Congratz man, please contact us with your details on info@monkeyclimber.be