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EXTREME TACKLE FOR EXTREME CARP A 100 acre maze of formidable snags, islands and bars the mighty Rainbow Lake in south west France is widely regarded as one of the most fearsome carp waters on the planet. Rainbow veteran Simon Crow reveals the tackle and tactics required to succeed in the face of such extraordinary challenges. The size of the carp and the unique nature of the fishing on Rainbow has attracted some of the finest carp anglers in the world. Behind the late great world record mirror Cut Tail Rainbow still contains some colossal fish including the Briggsy Fish named after fellow Nash consultant Steve Briggs which topped out at a colossal 94 lb when Martin Locke landed it in 2010. Today its biggest resident is Eric’s Common which has also made the mid 90s, but there are plenty of back up fish which are equally as impressive, including Lockey’s Common, the Perfect Common and Ten Scale amongst others, all of which can weigh 80 lb or more at the right 6
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time of the year. Backing them up are a number of seventies and a good head of sixties, fifties and forties, as well as a good mix of thirties and below which are the next generation of biggies. Rainbow is fishing for carp on a bigger scale, which means more extreme tackle, more extreme tactics and at the end of it all, the most mind blowing rewards. In the same way that fishing snaggy swims and weedy venues in the UK demands different tactics to open water fishing, the demands of Rainbow are a step on again.