The Bait Guru, Gav Astley
WENT FROM FISHING A LOCAL WATER CALLED ‘THE TRAP’ AS A KID TO MAKING HIS OWN BAITS AND FISHING FOR BIG CARP WHAT MADE US DIFFERENT THOUGH WAS OUR APPROACH TO BAIT - WE’D TRY, AND EXPERIMENT, WITH ALL SORTS OF THINGS AND IDEAS, SOMETHING I HAVE TAKEN MUCH FURTHER TODAY AND AM NOW SPECIALISING IN.

How long have you been carp fishing? And why carp? My angling journey started back when I was about 8 years old, and I fished for anything I could, on any water I could get near to. Living in Mynydd-Isa at the time I fished a local brook for small trout using worms and slugs,…