Ian 'Chilly' Chillcott is among the UK carp fishing elite, an angling journalist
and a consultant with Mainline and Fox. 'Chilly On Carp' takes us to a variety
of waters as diverse as deep gravel pits and crystal clear rivers, in search of
his beloved quarry. Yes, there is instruction, but there's also plenty to make
you understand what makes carp anglers rick, what makes them spend night after
night in search of one, elusive fish. It's compelling viewing. And if it's big
fish you want, look no further - in one of our instalments the Hampshire ace
lands TWO English forties to leave even him (almost) speechless. 'Light My
Fire!'
There are five classic episodes:
Chilly At Yately
(22 mins)
Chilly visits the resting place of 'Basil Forty', the
first true English 40lb-plus carp. So revered is this fish that it actually has
a gravestone at the waterside! Learn about the story of this historic 12-acre
venue and its topography, including shots of when it was controversially drained
after Basil died and restocked with 'quintessentially English' Sutton Lake carp,
perpetuating the Basil legend.
Three Manic Mornings (30
mins)
Chilly enjoys the best three mornings of carp fishing of his
life, and all in front of the Onlinefishing TV cameras. Incredibly he starts
catching within 30 SECONDS of casting out after pre-bating the night before, and
within just ten minutes he's got a 'thirty' on the bank! As Chilly says himself
"it's better to be lucky than good!"
The Famous Royalty Fishery
(29 mins)
Join Chilly on a tour of the sumptuous Royalty stretch of
the Hampshire Avon, a river that gives the carp anger a genuine chance of a
running water 30-pounder. Our ace passes on some great instruction on targeting
river fish by adapting your Stillwater carp approach, but unfortunately the fish
are not impressed and Ian finds himself having to move hither and thither to try
and wet his landing net.
Small Water Stalking (34 mins)
Chilly has his stalking head on at rob Hughes' Birchwood Farm Lake - baiting
spots and creeping up on feeding fish with the simplest of set-ups. He knows his
luck's in when he finds a four-leafed clover and he's soon slipping the landing
net under quite literally the fish of his dreams, the lean mean fighting machine
known as 'The Black Mirror'. Great Stuff!.
Size Isn't Everything
(37 mins)
A ban on all loosefeed at Boyton Cross Lake in Essex has
resulted in a population of slow-growing carp that are up the 35 years old, yet
mostly under 20lb in weight. However, they are some of the most stunning carp
you have ever seen. This is both an insight into tackling a new water and a
journey into the mind of Chilly as he begins to question his carping ethos...