Blink, and whilst you’d have felt the heat (four heatwaves, people!), you could easily have missed it. In a heartbeat, it seems we’ve shifted from long, balmy evenings to dewy mornings and ever-shortening daylight hours. To help you make the absolute most of the next three months, for the October edition of CARPology we’ve called on the expertise of Terry Hearn (rigs), Danny Fairbrass (bait), the sharp minds of the Korda Mindset team, autumnal veteran Oz Holness, and our cover star, Nigel Sharp—who explains why he’s reverted to a forgotten classic oil, one that helped him bank his 50-year-old target. Elsewhere inside the issue, James Armstrong on what still excites him and the lessons he’s learned from the very best in the game, Tim Paisley continues his journey through the ages of carp fishing, this time looking at the ‘Swinging 60s’, and Stu Lennox kicks off his new Open-Access series.

Blink, and whilst you’d have felt the heat (four heatwaves, people!), you could easily have missed it. In a heartbeat, it seems we’ve shifted from long, balmy evenings to dewy mornings and ever-shortening daylight hours. To help you make the absolute most of the next three months, for the October edition of CARPology we’ve called on the expe....