What's in the issue

Sitting on the newsstand shelf, all shiny, glistening and ready to be picked up, is the brand-new June issue of CARPology—headlined by none other than CARPology regular Adam Penning, who reflects on a run of carp that were proper season-makers. We also have our monster Wader Test, putting Vass, Trakker, Fox and seven more pairs head-to-head to find out which ones are actually worth pulling on.

Elsewhere, it’s a huge Big Interviews Special, featuring Gary Bayes, the man behind some of carp angling’s biggest milestones; Rob Hughes and Simon Crow, looking back 30 years to the World Carp Cup match that changed carp fishing forever—and their lives; and Part Two of Lewis Porter, who pulls absolutely no punches on “carp tax” and explains exactly why he thinks it’s utter bull. Luke Stevenson offers up a masterclass in watercraft, we give you the ultimate guide to fermented particles, and Tim Paisley revisits carp fishing between 2013 and 2015, analysing the big-carp data and 50lb-plus captures that shaped the era. And finally, Richard Stangroom takes us back to the pre-social carp scene, reliving the Regional Meeting glory days—packed halls, big-name slideshows and all.