Canal Desires

In this special episode of Chill on Carp, Ian ‘Chilly’ Chillcott returns to an old stomping ground of his youth, the Basingstoke Canal, to try and catch its illusive wild canal Carp. It’s 36 years since Chilly came to the canal for the first time and things are looking a lot more promising. It’s a far cry from the usual well-stocked syndicate lake, but he fancies a spot where some water flows into canal from the nearby nature reserve. Chilly really is up against it. Fishing through line jamming weed, bait stealing ducks and some classic, never-ending English drizzle, some good-sized Carp finally move in on Chilly’s baits...