tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:10:40 +0000Keep up-to-date with all the latest Exclusive Angling Holidays news right here. From catch reports to future plans and as many photos as we can gather - it's all here to give you all the information you need before deciding to book with us. This page was started at the beginning of 2004; you can view all previous updates <a href="newsold.htm" >here</a>, you can also now add comments to each new entry, by clicking the link at the end of each post.http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)Blogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-4100200084452863085Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:16:00 +00002008-10-07T21:50:48.675+02:00Catch reports - September summary! Finally, I can get online and keep you all updated on how the fishing has been. Sorry for the long delay, we can thank the good people at Virgin Internet for that... Rouge Despite some seriously inclement weather, and a slow start to the week, Rouge eventually came good for Colin and his party, throwing up an incredible 27 fish in around 24 hours! Well done http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/10/catch-reports-september-summary-finally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-2326867717508539085Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:49:00 +00002008-09-12T18:05:45.340+02:00Catch Report 30/08/08 Rouge A big well done to the anglers on Rouge, who had fished Bleu last year and rose to the bigger challenge of Rouge this year. Over the week, 4 carp over 30lbs were caught - 3 from behind the island and one from the double swim. Not to be outdone, Wayne landed a beautiful 28lb fish from the chalet swim. After a couple of big cats from Bleu last year, I've every http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/09/catch-report-300808-rouge-big-well-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-2428538503269778031Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:00 +00002008-09-04T12:47:46.995+02:00Catch Results 24/08/08 Rouge It must be a surreal experience to be greeted by people you've never met before as 'Golden Balls'. However, such is Malcom's notoriety for producing memorable hauls from Rouge, that's exactly what happened this year when meeting our other guests. Following the removal of many of the small cats that interfered with last year's effort to reach 1000lb of carp during http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/09/catch-results-240808-rouge-it-must-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-6029979572018898405Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:48:00 +00002008-09-02T15:13:18.026+02:00catfishcarpholidayfrancefishingMailing list I have now set up an Exclusive Angling Holidays mailing list. To keep up to date with our weekly catch reports, special offers and other exciting news, please subscribe here: Mailing List All our existing customers from 2008 have already been added to the list and will receive a confirmation of this shortly. If you do not receive anything within 24 hours, please let me know. http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/09/mailing-list-i-have-now-set-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-1936231616560059177Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:05:00 +00002008-09-01T17:52:17.916+02:00News Update I will be adding last week's catch results to the site later on this week, but first, a couple of bits of news to all our regular and prospective customers. 1. I will be returning to the UK next month to take up a place at Cardiff University to study for a Masters degree in International Journalism. Dad will see out the remainder of this season, whilst I continue to do the paperworkhttp://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/09/news-update-i-will-be-adding-last-weeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-8943072181906819811Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:54:00 +00002008-08-28T14:18:23.035+02:00Catch results 16/08/08 Rouge As promised, I've included some photos of the many fish that Jason, Mark, Yvonne and Bradley caught during their 2 weeks with us. Amongst the approximately 1600lbs of fish the caught were 3 carp over thirty pounds, bags of 20lb+ fish and big cats all round. Jay bagged a cracking 80lb specimen, whilst Yvonne is pictured below with her first solo catfish (I couldn't http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/08/catch-results-160808-rouge-as-promised.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-4764391840075040113Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:14:00 +00002008-08-15T10:32:07.136+02:00Catch reports 02/08/08 Rouge Jason and family are on Rouge for two weeks, so their update will follow next week. Plenty of fish coming out though, along with some decidedly mixed weather! Vert Returning after a five year break, two anglers on Vert (ably assisted by their other halves) had a superb week's fishing. Both landed carp over the 20lb mark, including some cracking big commons. I http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/08/catch-reports-020808-rouge-jason-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-562578555894249774Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:13:00 +00002008-08-10T19:18:37.462+02:00Catch report 26/06/08 Rouge 5 Dutch lads arrived to fish Rouge this week, and made the perfect start to their holiday by banking a 31lb mirror within the first hour of having rods in the water! The sport continued in both the summerhouse swim and the roadside double as 3 more thirties fell throughout the week, topped by Rouge's biggest of the year at 37lb. On of this two scale-bottoming http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/08/catch-report-260608-rouge-5-dutch-lads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-7892884701142160483Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:58:00 +00002008-07-31T17:09:29.537+02:00Catch results 20/07/08 Rouge Returning for their third visit Leigh, Ben, Matt and Eamonn fished Rouge in baking conditions. Despite the hot weather the fish continued to feed, and all anglers banked some cracking fish. The highlight was a 30lb+ Carp for young Ben and a whopping 40lb+ cat for Matt. In addition to this they managed plenty of stunning carp over the twenty pound mark, a few cats http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/07/catch-results-200708-rouge-returning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-7181102408321490155Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:35:00 +00002008-07-22T14:31:44.207+02:00Catch results 5/07/08 and 12/07/08 Rouge After hearing that their target fish "The biggun'" (or "Scarface" as it is now known), had been out the previous week, Alan and Lee opted to drop onto the vacant Bleu in the hope of being the first to bag one of the 100lb+ Cats that we are sure inhabit the lake. Vert For the first week of their holiday our other visiting party fished Vert. This was http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/07/catch-results-50708-and-120708-rouge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-2507962388282396220Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:21:00 +00002008-07-08T11:52:48.465+02:00Catch report 28/06/08 Rouge As reported below, the three anglers on Rouge had a smashing week! Not only did the Williams brothers bank the brace of catfish I showed you in my last update, at 80lbs and 113lbs (new lake record) but, along with Terry, they also managed three thirty pound plus Carp, and a host of twenties. Terry and Andy have been visiting our lakes for years, and have always http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/07/catch-report-280608-rouge-as-reported.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-3634828652317681693Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:26:00 +00002008-07-02T09:47:19.850+02:00Special Update Rouge Last night, at around 11pm I got a phone call asking me to come down to Rouge. On my arrival there were two sets of car headlights on, torches darting around, rods everywhere and 3 very happy, if ever-so-slightly shell-shocked looking anglers. Apparently, they had had a bit of a mad hour, and wanted a hand with some photos... The first one out of the water (where they http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/07/special-update-rouge-last-night-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-2283024613294586807Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 +00002008-06-30T11:40:08.907+02:00Catch results Rouge To say that the guys fishing Rouge were looking forward to their holiday would have been an understatement, and thankfully, to use Adam's own words, "It was a real treat and all we hoped for ... Thanks for an absolutely brilliant week at your complex". Both Trevor and Adam had carp over 30lbs (32lbs and 34lbs respectively), along with an impressive number of twenties. Of http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/06/catch-results-rouge-to-say-that-guys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-8402561005654747305Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:24:00 +00002008-06-26T11:16:38.301+02:00Catch Results 31/05/08One party booked out the use of the complex this week, and on Saturday 9 anglers converged on Etangs des Papillons from the UK and Spain. Competing for the coveted, and according to Liverpool airport almost-too-dangerous-to-take-aboard-a-plane, 'Daddy Cup' the anglers switched swims daily, rotating between all three lakes to give everyone a fair chance at the bigguns.Rouge http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/06/catch-results-310508-one-party-booked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-4824458651899733404Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:58:00 +00002008-06-18T17:18:21.331+02:00Catch results 24/05/08 I'm still struggling with pictures, but the updates are piling up now, and I'm sure you're all keen to know how the lakes are fishing - so here goes (I'll add in pictures as and when I can): Rouge Kevin, Terry and Liam all fished from the double swim (1 & 2)and all used the same bait and rigs, yet the majority of fish fell to one angler's rods. Terry was fishing to the http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/06/catch-results-240508-im-still.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-5354543681055669254Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:01:00 +00002008-06-15T11:05:47.801+02:00Announcement This is just a quick note to explain the absence of updates over the last couple of weeks. Unfortunately, I've had some serious computer problems (hard disk crash - arghh!). I've dug out my old Dell, dusted off the cobwebs and if i can convince the hamster inside to keep turning in his wheel, we should be back to service as normal over the next couple of days. The lakes have been http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/06/announcement-this-is-just-quick-note-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-5173804335685875284Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:14:00 +00002008-06-02T21:12:35.700+02:00Catch Results 19/05/08 Sorry this update is a little late - last week I had my final exams at Limoges Uni, and so I was a little pre-occupied trying to remember all the French I've learnt over the last year! Bleu Hein and Arianne drove down from the Netherlands to visit us this week, and had a fantastic week's fishing on Bleu. Whilst it was Arianne's first trip, hein has visited us twice http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/06/catch-results-190508-sorry-this-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-8643465252469328257Wed, 21 May 2008 11:41:00 +00002008-05-21T13:55:54.854+02:00Catch results 10/0508 Rouge Four new Exclusive Angling Holidays customers arrived last week, and were blown away by the wonderful surroundings on Rouge. The fishing didn't disappoint either, with a string of fish on the first afternoon from the double swim. By Monday the action had slowed down in the main body of the lake and is was Michael, fishing behind the island, who was picking up the http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/05/catch-results-100508-rouge-four-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-1078380551155259980Wed, 14 May 2008 11:42:00 +00002008-05-14T14:04:13.552+02:00Catch Results 03/05/08 Rouge Following on from their barnstorming week on Vert, Colin, Adam and Dan moved up to Rouge on Saturday - and within just a few minutes of the rods going out, Colin had a 40lb+ catfish on the bank! The fishing throughout the rest of the week was steady, if not spectacular, and despit some horrendous rain in the early part of the week, all three anglers managed new http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/05/catch-results-030508-rouge-following-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-8069198623750286560Mon, 05 May 2008 09:40:00 +00002008-05-05T12:04:19.180+02:00Catch results 26/04/08 Another week of mixed weather at the lakes, with heavy showers and bright sunshine sharing the days of the week. Whilst the cool weather that arrived on Monday seemed to knock the fishing off, the week started in grand style on all three lakes with some of the bigger fish coming out. Rouge Rouge was not booked this week, so I snuck down for a few evenings and had some http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/05/catch-results-260408-another-week-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-474999661478480750Fri, 02 May 2008 12:42:00 +00002008-05-02T15:42:43.128+02:00Catch results 19/04/08 What a week! With Dad away visiting friends and family in the UK this week, I was running the ship by myself. Despite being a hectic week, I have to say thanks to all our guests, it was one of my most enjoyable working with Exclusive Angling Holidays. Here goes my attempt at putting it all into words and pictures: Rouge Having fished Bleu last year, Gary and Leigh http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/05/catch-results-260408-what-week-with-dad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-8693947241022187249Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:50:00 +00002008-04-23T21:17:49.950+02:00Weekly Catch Report 12/04/08 Rouge Jason and Ken have been coming to Etangs des Papillon for years, and so whilst they were keen to have some of the stunning fish out of the lakes, relaxing and taking in the atmosphere was as much of a priority for them. Despite this chilled out approach, they banked 26 fish during the week, including some whopping specimens. Ken, who doesn't like catfish, http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/04/weekly-catch-report-120408-rouge-jason.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-1991564341341387803Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:20:00 +00002008-04-16T16:42:42.837+02:00catfishcarpanglingholidayfrancefishingWeekly Catch Report 05/04/08 Rouge Rouge kicked off the season in good style for our three guests from Yorkshire. Fishing from the double swim on Rouge, they banked some great fish during some up and down weather Despite some warm sunny afternoons, the temperature dropped at night, including on heavy frost, when the temperature fell to -5. However, this did not stop the boys from catching carphttp://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/04/weekly-catch-report-rouge-rouge-kicked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-2636989416987569912Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:30:00 +00002008-04-09T15:54:10.564+02:00catfishcarpanglingholidayfrancefishingLate availability on Bleu in May! Owing to a cancellation, we currently have 2 weeks available on Bleu in May - one of last year's most productive months! These are available at a price of just £695 for the whole lake AND accommodation. If you consider 4 anglers fishing that's £175 per head! Weeks available: May 10th May 17th At just over 3 acres, Bleu is a fantastic water, guaranteed to http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/04/late-availability-on-bleu-in-may-owing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18160124.post-5529492915982860202Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:46:00 +00002008-04-06T12:04:44.574+02:00catfishcarpanglingholidayfrancefishingAnd let the games commence... After a frantic final week of our close season, in which we took delivery of nearly 1500kgs of bait, cleaned and restocked 6 kitchens (lakeside and and the mobile homes)and finished and tidied all the projects around the lakes, our first guests have finally arrived! Some of our boilies for the coming season... Pellet for both the stock pond and the lakes (http://www.exclusiveanglingholidays.com/2008/04/and-let-games-commence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exclusive Angling Holidays)0