RULE BREAKER: STEVE RENYARD
Breaking The Unwritten Rules
Steve Renyard is renowned for doing his own thing, even on pressured venues where one type of angling usually dominates. It certainly works for him too…
BY Steve Renyard
PHOTOGRAPHY Tom Gibson
The ‘Going’ Method
“Pretty much every angler who fishes Junction 12 Lakes, fishes in the same way: a big bed of small baits with three rods over the top. There is no denying that this method catches fish, but it seems to attract the main herd or pack fish that tend to be smaller.”
‘My’ Approach
“I fished the Basic Complicated Rig with a 20mm standard Krill hookbait, along with a five-bait stringer. I still fished to the same features as a lot of the other anglers but I sprayed my 20mm freebies around a huge area. I believe, fishing in this manner, allowed the bigger fish to get a look in.”
Carp anglers are a funny old bunch. It’s safe to say that they can be stubborn at the best of times, and sometimes I think they could really do with having their heads knocked together!
I am sure we have all been faced with the following scenario… On any given busy venue, there’s the going tactic, known swim, or a specific bait which all the regulars swear by. Anyone who doesn’t fish like they do is doing it wrong, and their chances of catching, of course, are next to nothing! This, though, couldn’t be further from the truth. Carp are the same creatures wherever you fish, so how anyone could believe that fish in certain lakes eat only particles, for instance, is beyond me…