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I certainly think that those cover shots have generated a level of interest outside the USA amongst carp anglers who may have never previously read NACA because the previous cover shots did not appeal enough for them to read it. that is not a dig at previous editors, I think Mario and Santosh did a great job also and I was happy to contribute to previous magazines. As a purist for me the cover shot needs a carp on it, and one that will entice the reader to look further. I also think that this is a great opportunity for CAG members to 1. get some top quality material in the magazine to promote either themselves and/or the sport, and 2. attempt to capture a picture good enough to get on the cover. I don't think we need a big named European angler on the cover each edition, but I think Dean has done a great job in taking NACA to the next level, and this was one strategy that did it. Also do not forget this was a winter edition....when most of us are not actually out fishing which means content is harder to find. This is also the same with the Euro and UK magazines in winter as they too struggle for content and catch reports in the colder months.

I don't know. You get two of the biggest names in carp fishing to do this for FREE and people whine. Lets go back to a 1 megapixel photo of a pod or a pack on the cover. By far the best edition from front to back. More of the same please Dean.....its about time NACA caught up with the times and looked like a proper and professional carp magazine.

enjoy the import bill you will get in a months time, they dont tell you about that

Still amazes me that people read one part of a story and are so narrow minded that it must be the truth. Darn , I just dropped an egg, do I sue the supermarket, company or the chicken?

Phil and mark - don't embaress yourselves acting like you know what your talking about. Matt- Nash just paid for a feature on USA carping to go into carpworld, and have invested time and money bringing bait over so how exactly are they not interested?

chub/greys stood behind their products for a reason, i had three nets break in as many months. yes they had excellent customer service by replacing it time again, but the product was rubbish so was no good to me when i needed it. its easy to make the brand a scapegoat when we dont really know what happened. its a bit like buying a car, driving it into a lamppost and wanting it replaced/repaired for free. if its a manufacturers issue fair enough, if its an angler error then its on you. clearly im not accusing anyone of making the error or of foul play as i was not there to witness what happened. im just saying that liability is an important factor. if you drop an egg and it breaks or it was broke on giants shelf that makes for two different issues. try the email and get back to me if you have any issues. i know kevin prides himself on customer service and quite often will deal with an issue himself, but he will also say go to vendor first.

try the email, and let me know what they say

Whats interesting is that initially it just broke, but now its was an accident!!! However, thats for you the vendor and Nash to discuss. As for your attack on me. 1. I'm an ambassador not a vendor so actually have no obligation to help with this. You contacted me initially about rods, i talked to you about them, and even checked with you off my own back how they were once you got them which you were. Already above and beyond my role. I don't actually have to do any of that!!! 2. I know that any issues Nash always say to contact the vendor, and if your not happy contact them via the email i provided. So to say i am not bothered in actually wrong as i replied to your message and pointed you were you need to go first. I followed the chain of command procedure and also have given you an additional contact email to try and help because you are dissatisfied. I understand your mad and i hope the email helps you get something sorted.

If you used the rod several times landing fish without it breaking and then it broke just pulling out line on a loose clutch as you mentioned that to me is an angler issue not a manufacturing fault, as clearly the fault would have occurred under greater pressure of playing a fish earlier in its use. As i mentioned to you yesterday that was the first one i heard of breaking. Compared to other companies out there Nash have outstanding customer service. I'm sorry that you are unhappy with them, but a few weeks before this was your post to me on Facebook. "Yes! I they are awesome and not as stiff as I thought they would be. Im really impressed the load they can handle with casting big method balls. Nice. I got a few nice carp on them there other day. Also took them striper fishing there good multi purpose rods The rod holdall is really nice too I am thanks again for the pointing me in the right direction. if you are unhappy contact info@nashtackle.co.uk

Just a reminder to those US anglers that are interested January 3rd is the cut off date to get your pre-orders through Big Carp Tackle. Get in touch with myself or the store for your Nash Tackle and Dynamite Baits needs, and remember there is a 10% discount for all pre-orders. Happy New Year! Both brands helped me put this 46lb and 30lb brace on the bank in November.

good luck with that, it would never happen, and if it did you would be paying about $50 a kilo once all is said and done. don't underestimate how lucky we are to get what we currently do. Compared to the Uk and euro market the US is at the back of the line when it comes to priority because of the small community. Now if we had 10% of the usa bass anglers move over to carping you would see a big change in bait importation priorities. i only work with one company but believe me that the time and investment from them and dave is unbelievable to get access to the bait, and then the bait is sold at the same price it is in the uk (but those tackle store owners have no importation and shipping costs to pay like usa vendors). I can tell you that one huge bait company has just turned down the offer to target the us market this very week.so maybe its better we get a couple of very good ones and invest in them so they don't desert us in future. and regarding bait coming in from the Uk/canada/or anywhere else, im not aware of any restrictions that changed recently, read into that what you will, but needless to say there is no need to panic. play will resume as normal in 2014.

Dynamite will still be readily available, and we already have several large pre orders ready to go in January. I know Dave will still be importing other ranges, but sometimes as dave says its the bait company that loses interest due to the red tape. I can never see the UK bait brands not supplying the US market, even though its a smaller population of anglers the market it still big enough because of the quality of bait is far superior to the USA made baits IMHO. Plus the US anglers dont just promote for the US market, but the whole European market also through their websites/facebook etc. The US carp population and fishing environments are so ideal for testing new baits and tackle, so much that in 2014 you may even see US based anglers testing new baits and tackle products for UK brands. The number of fish present, snaggy swims and very warm & very cold climate make this a perfect place to conduct testing. The UK tackle shops were never allowed to ship bait into the US (not legally anyway). Its not that there are bait restrictions as such, with the required paperwork and the support of the bait brands its a legit process, it just takes time, money and effort for the parties involved. If anyone does want to pre order any dynamite stuff , regardless of whether dave has it in stock or not let me know via a pm on here, they have a new red ammo bait out for 2014 that is meant to be amazing.