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News just got in that the annual (well, it's been two years due to Covid) VBK meeting has been moved from its normal Bau-Huis (St-Niklaas) location to a much bigger and exciting place over @Antwerp Expo.  We will be present with Monkey Climber too and bring tons of cool stuff selected from our ever growing range. Hope to see you boys & girls there! X

When we sent our intro off to our proofreader, we got it back translated into our local dialect. For those who understand / can read it: it's just sublime. That's where the idea arose to have a limited number of special collector issues with this particular intro.  We spoke to our printing company and although it being a lot of special handwork (not on the big machines) they were up for it! So now we have these 20 ltd. pieces coming up for sale Thursday October 21st, at 6pm Euro time. Damage will be 25 euros/piece. Don't miss out. X...

Our print advertisers Nash Tackle have just revealed a mega number of products for the next season ahead. Discover them here: Dutch   English

Our newest MC#19 started dropping with subscribers today, so here's a little preview of yet another killer issue. On the cover we have this mega mega image by underwater photographer Frank Doll @unterwasserfrank, followed by a sweet piece regarding his diving life where we walk the thin line between irony and reality of divers versus anglers. Next up is cool kid Gabriel Blatterspiel @_cityforce with an English column titled Choose Carp about Urban Carping - Trainspotting style. A must read. We also have JP Wix @jpwix in true Scarface style, then @johnnyhaars_carpangler calling the underground about Belgium's biggest commons &...

This past year ulcer disease with carp spread like a fire through our region. It probably all started at a well known local canal stretch, contaminating other, mostly private places and syndicates through birdlife and probably carp angler's carp care items like nets, mats, slings, etc. Personally I am the only one who fished the canal at the same time as our own Monkey Climber syndicate and though being careful (letting nets nets, etc. fully dry out, treat with salt, etc.) unfortunately we had an outbreak of ulcer disease too. Most of the fish in the early Spring were infected,...