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Ricky Holohan 26lbs plated mirror

Ricky has managed to get out once again and during his 48 hour session he managed no less than 7 takes. Topping his list of captures is this absolutely stunning plated mirror carp. All carp took a liking to the Black, Savoury Crab Tips.

I would like to say “You could not build a carp any better looking than this. Top result mate”.

Phil Dasilva 45lbs 8oz mirror

I recently returned from a fishing session after catching a 32lbs plus mirror only to find this picture of a very large specimen carp Phil had caught with the aid of the same flavoured pop up I had been using to catch the 32 earlier that day.

Phil bagged the monster from a local water with the aid of a Scopex combo flavoured pop up (due for release in the spring) used as a top knot over a bed of his food baits.

I would like to say “Congratulations on a new p.b and isn’t it a great feeling when they kiss the spreader block and you have to struggle to carry the fish to the unhooking matt. Top angling mate. I’m well pleased for you”.

Ricky Holohan 26lbs 06oz Linear

Ricky continues to produce the goods in no small way on his chosen venue. I recently received the following email which I have copied below.

Hi Kev
Sorry it’s been so long, what with toddlers, wife, holidays and  work I sometimes don’t find the time to get out so when I do I  rely heavily on your baits, and my god do they deliver!!!! The result was 18 takes 13 landed 6 of which were 20s including a linear. (I’ve sent a photo). The linear is normally a 30 so a little spawned out but who cares, the results could of been even better had I not of been so rusty (I lost a 30 at the net). I hope all is well with you. Many thanks Kev.     
Ricky (Birmingham).

I would just like to say “I’m very pleased that the proper jobs helped a little with your recent result, but I’m sure the result was very much down to you (GOOD ANGLING MATE)”.

Gaz Whittle with a couple of fine looking carp

Here’s a chunky 30 plus mirror and cracking linear carp Gaz captured from Guys Syndicate water.

Well done Gaz

Simon Lowes with a selection of his latest captures.

Simon has been using the proper jobs for some time now and it was after a phone conversation Simon and I had with regards to the effects of water pressure on my pop ups, that I subsequently carried out the Water Pressure Tests.

Here is a selection of Simon’s latest captures from a large southern pit. All the fish fell to a single, White, 13mm Condensed Milk pop up, which was presented on a chod rig as an alternative hook bait over a bed of Active Bait Solution’s M.G.M food baits.

I would like to say “Top result Simon and thanks for the feedback”.

Cliff Kemp 52lbs 04oz Mirror

Cliff was invited to join some guys for a week session on Elphicks, but he only fished the first weekend and in that short period of time he managed to catch 14 carp. The haul was topped by a huge 52lbs 04oz mirror which is shown in the picture. All the carp fell to Cliff's own food bait, which had been topped with a pineapple proper job.

Congratulation Cliff, on yet another outstanding result!

Steven Barber 61lbs 04oz Mirror & 43lbs 03oz Common (France)

Steven has recently returned from a very memorable trip to France, where he managed to catch a string of large carp. Instead of putting together a few appropriate words myself, I thought it would be better to copy part of Steven's email for you to read.

"Dear Kevin

I have just returned from a trip to France where I used your 13mm savoury crab fluoro pop ups to great success. I managed to land 6 fish on them  - 40lb 4oz mirror, 48lb 13oz mirror, 45lb 2oz mirror, 43lb 3oz common, 53lb 15oz mirror, and a new personal best 61lb 4oz mirror - amazing size fish for such a small bait. Thank you for producing such a quality product."

I would like to say “Congratulations Steven on a Top Result and P.B.”

Kevin Heal (Mr Proper Job) 50lbs 02oz Mirror

I don’t get the chance to get out to the lakes much these days (6 days and nights so far this year), but Thursday 10^th June will go in the diary as a very special day. I was just coming to the end of a 3 night session and after breaking one of my Hi S 200s (getting the line wrapped around the tip and then trying to cast doesn’t work to well) and then loosing a carp at 20m after it had got tangled up with my right hand rod, I eventually managed to net (with a great deal of help from a friend (thanks Lee) a very angry 26lbs common, but even this carp managed to wrap itself up with my adjacent line to the extent that one lot of line had to be binned. Anyway I was sat in my chair on my third and last morning when it ripped off for the third time and after an epic battle lasting nearly one hour (as the carp buried itself in one weed bed after another) I managed to slip the net under her and she pulled the scales around to 50lbs 02oz.

The long dark Oxfordshire kipper picked up a Scopex/Cream pop up fished as an alternative hook bait over a scattering of Nutrabaits food baits.

Terry Ellis 27lbs Fully Scaled Mirror

Terry used the proper jobs to good effect for the very first time (after a recommendation from a friend) and managed to bag this fully scaled mirror.

Well done Terry. Fingers crossed the first of many!

James Armstrong 34lbs 12oz Mirror

James has been using the proper jobs to good effect in recent weeks and here’s a fine picture to show just how well he’s been doing. James used an 11mm Orange Cranberry pop up as a topper to balance his Mainline food bait offering.

Cracking looking carp James. I’m well pleased for ya!

David Keeley 37lbs 10oz Mirror

David continues his run of success in his neck of the woods. Fishing overnighters he managed to bank a 26 pounder followed by this lump, which is the second biggest carp in the lake at 37lbs 10oz. Both carp took a liking to Pineapple & N/Butyric pop ups.

Top Angling David. Very Impressive!

Stuart Courts Brace of Commons

Stuart kicked off the start of his season very nicely with this fine brace of chunky commons to show for his efforts. The carp(s) pulled the scales around to 31lbs 08oz and 34lbs 03oz. Chocolate Malt pop ups done the business in both cases.

Great result Stuart and a fine start to your season.

Mark Blake Holding 2 of 3 Twenty Pound Plus Mirror Carp

Mark fished either a White Condensed Milk or Orange Cream Special to an Island marginal spot as standalone singles which accounted for 3 twenty pounds plus mirror carp. He also caught an 18lbs carp using a fake tiger nut which had been balanced with a Black Savoury Crab Tip.

Well done Mark, a fine piece of angling.

Steven Wadsworth

Steven has just returned from a weeks fishing on a tricky French venue and he very kindly sent us these pictures to display on the website. Steven used the Tips to top off his 16mm food baits as the Tips took all the weight out of the food baits leaving them in a finely balanced state ready for a take. Apart from the stunning condition of the carp and the very impressive 63lbs mirror, I particularly like the picture of the Sturgeon with the cat looking on. Steven said that the half wild cat adopted him for the week (as he fed it with tins of tuna) and the Sturgeon was a bit much for the cat to handle, but he did give it a lick.

Thanks very much for the pictures and feedback Steven. It’s much appreciated.

Tim Newman's monstrous brace

Tim Newman has been doing the business in his neck of the woods with an unusual (to say the least) capture under his belt. Apart from the two fine looking commons in the pictures, he also bagged an 86lbs catfish and to add to that he also bagged another 50lbs catfish the same night he caught the 86. All fish (including the cats) fell to pineapple pops.

What can I say? That’s one monstrous brace you caught there Tim. Congratulations.

Kevin Lawrence

Kevin Lawrence had a spectacular result using the 15mm mega buoyant pops over a lightly baited area. Kev banked the three carp (two of which are normally thirties) during a 36 hour session.

Top angling Kev, I think the look on your face says it all.

David Keeley 31lbs Mirror

David got off to a fine start on his chosen venue this April with 3 carp to show for his efforts. The cream of the crop was topped by the long lean looker shown in the picture, which tipped the scales round to 31lbs. The carp took a liking to pineapple pop ups fished choddy style.

Top result David, cracking looking kipper.

Joseph Booty 23lb 15oz Mirror &  24lb 5oz Ghost

Here are a couple of pictures of some fine looking specimens being held by their captor Joseph Booty. Joe caught the carp from two different waters using chods. The mirror in the picture fell to a pineapple pop up, as did 3 other carp (not shown) from the first venue and the Ghostie took a fancy to a squid & octoplus pop up.

Top angling Joe and thanks for the feedback.

Shane Poole 27lbs Mirror

Shane Poole done a quick overnighter on new syndicate water and he managed to catch 3 carp to 27lbs for his efforts. Shane caught the carp using the Savoury Crab pop ups fished on a stiff hinge rig

Top angling Shane and thanks for the feedback.

Mark Chivers 31lbs 08oz Mirror

Mark fished a venue close to his home and managed to capture one of the lakes most sought after resident in the shape of this very dark coloured mirror. Mark tempted the mirror with a savoury crab pop up fished close to an overhanging tree.

Nice one Mark. Top result.

Daniel Caylor 36lbs 10oz Mirror

Daniel finished the season on a particularly tricky Southern Park Lake in fine style when one of the long term residents picked up his offering and tried to make its escape. Alas the upper thirty mirror had to pose for the camera before being released. Dan done the business using a barrel shaped Chocolate Malt pop up fished at fairly close range.

“Top Result Dan”

Cliff Kemp December Result

Cliff started using the Proper Jobs (after a tip off from his good friend Tim Fromant) shortly after I first made the pops available on the Internet, and after using the pops to such good effect earlier this year (2009) at the B.C.A.C. qualifiers, he has gained the utmost confidence in their performance.

This December (2009) Cliff took the Proper Job Pop Ups onto a Kent still water and as a result for his efforts he had these three specimens to photograph.

I would like to say “Nice one Cliff, great result and like you said that Grass Carp must have been a bit of a surprise for December”.

David Moncaster 42lbs 14oz Common

David caught this magnificent common from Bundys pit. He presented one of Geoff Bowers (Active Bait Solutions) food bait creations, which he topped with a Proper Job 11mm Scopex/Cream pop up to form the perfect snowman presentation. The common picked up David’s offering from a depth in excess of forty feet.

Apart from the very memorable capture, David has also given me some very interesting feed-back with regards to how the Proper Job Pop Ups have coped with the excessive depths associated with this hand dug pit. David tested an 11mm pop up tied to a withy pool rig at depths in excess of forty feet and when he reeled in after leaving the small pop up submerged for 24 hours, he found that the 11 miller still popped the rig up perfectly when tested in the margin.

I would like to congratulate David on a top result (possibly made even more special because it’s a December capture) and thank him for his feed-back.

Nick Dodge 36lbs 11oz Linear

Nick has been using the pops as part of his armoury for a while now and one of his tactics is to top off his own food bait with a small brightly coloured pop up fished snowman style and the picture of the pristine conditioned linear is proof that his method is working very well indeed.

I would like to say “Congratulations on another perfectly conditioned, brand new looking specimen”.

Shane Poole 39lbs 04oz Common

Shane placed his order for a selection of proper jobs and asked at the time of ordering if his order would be with him before the weekend as he was fishing a lake with some large commons he would like to catch. A couple of days later he emailed me to say his pops had arrived. Four days later and on his return from his first session using the pops he sent me this cracking picture of a magnificent and pristine conditioned common. The large common took a fancy to a pink cream special fished choddy style.

I would like to say “Congratulations Shane, top result and fingers crossed the first of many”.

Jordan Watson, 20lbs 06oz of “Perfection” and a new personal best as well.

If ever there was a beauty pageant for Carp I think Jordan is holding a serious contender here. The young northern angler has been doing the business in his neck of the woods this season with many fish falling to his tactics. He tempted this beauty with a Chocolate Malt pop up fished choddy style and his capture is the first time the carp has visited the bank in over a year.

I would like to say, “Congratulations Jordan, I think the carp you are holding is the best looking carp I have seen in a very long time with a fantastic scale pattern and colouration”.

Steve Battle 49lbs 08oz mirror

Steve won’t forget the night of 30^th October 2009 in a hurry, as it was on this date that he cast out his bottom baited rig to which he had attached a white proper job pop up to balance his own food bait offering, and it wasn’t long before he scooped his landing net under this magnificent specimen.
Steve is obviously well made up with his capture, and I would like to say that I have fished on this same water when Steve was around, and I cannot think of a more likeable and deserving guy to bag a big un.

“Well done Steve. I am very pleased for you”.

Kurt Demetrious 32lbs 10oz mirror

Kurt was fishing on one of the Linear Fisheries when his friend Ricky Holohan gave him some of the soon to be released Tips to try. When Kurt finished his session he removed his one and only remaining Tip and put it in his tackle bag. His next fishing trip was to Himley Hall where he puts his one and only used Tip back on and whacks it out.
Guess what happens next? He only goes and lands the biggest fish in the lake “Trevor”. “What a result”.

I would just like to say “Congratulation Kurt, top result and a memorable tale too”.

Nathan Fotoohi - 39lbs 08oz mirror.

Nathan made his first purchase of Proper Jobs in September and he also sent me an email stating that if he caught a decent carp he would send me a picture. Well it wasn’t long before this picture appeared in my mail and I think I can safely say that Nathan has been true to his word as the carp looks a very decent one to me. Nathan caught the mirror from a local water and it was only the second time that he had used the pops.

I would just like to say “Congratulations Nathan, you are true to your word”.

Ricky Holohan is continuing his run of success on one of the Linear Fisheries Syndicate Waters. Ricky topped his recent captures with this cracking 34lbs 09oz mirror and I think the smile on his face says all that needs to be said. The carp fell to one of the soon to be released “Tips”.

I would just like to say “Well done mate Top Result”.

Nick Dodge 45lbs 07oz U.K. Common Nick has been putting the Proper Jobs to good use of late as this magnificent 45lbs+ English Common goes to show. Nick used a small pop up to top off his food bait to tempt the rare beast from an undisclosed venue.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Nick on the capture of a Carp of a life time. “WHAT A RESULT”.
 

Syndicate Hauling - Ricky Holohon from Birmingham has been doing very nicely at one of his syndicate waters. Ricky has been using 11mm pop ups and the soon to be released “Tips” fished over bait. His first trip to the water produced a mid twenty, his second trip produced a couple of twenties and his third trip produced a mind blowing result with twelve takes and amongst the haul were five twenties, topped by a thirty one pound twelve ounce beauty (a picture of the thirty one can be viewed in the gallery). Needless to say, Ricky is very pleased with the pop ups, which is good news for everybody concerned.

I would like to add my congratulations to Ricky and thank him for his feedback.
Cheers Ricky and keep um coming.
 

More B.C.A.C. Success - Cliff Kemp and Tim Fromant managed to catch 199lbs 15oz of carp during their B.C.A.C. qualifier at Walthamstow No 1 giving them third place and when you consider they were tenth out of the draw (from twelve) you can guess that all the favoured/going swims had already been taken. 11mm pop ups accounted for all of Cliff and Tim’s carp.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Cliff and Tim for their feedback and wish them good luck in the semi finals.
 

Lyndon Hodgson & Philip Dasilva discovered the advantages of using Proper Job Pop Ups when the little baits helped them on their way to victory during their B.C.A.C. qualifying round at Walthamstow’s Lower Maynard Reservoir. Lyndon and Phil managed to catch seven carp for a total weight of 147.03 lbs which was an outstanding result when you consider they finished exactly 100 lbs ahead of their nearest competitors. All their fish fell to 11mm and 13mm Condensed Milk pop ups. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Lyndon and Phil for their feedback and wish them good luck in the semi finals.
 

Daren Norman (a.k.a. The Kent Hauler) nearly finished his spring fishing on Wraysbury One with a brace of carp under his belt. Unfortunately his second opportunity fell off, but he still had this 32lbs + Common to show for his efforts.
Nice one Daren but you will have to come to one of my rig classes!
 

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