91. The Carp Fishing Podcast - Tim Rowland - Chasing Dreams

The Carp Fishing Podcast

Mark Bryant

Leisure, Hobbies

4.9 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 173 minutes

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Summary

Tim Rowland is someone I've wanted to get on the podcast for a while. Carp fishing's biggest asset is time, if used wisely but that isn't a currency Tim deals in. To help put Tim's carp fishing into context, it's usually one trip a month, after work on a Friday, once all the family demands and other life duties are in order. Over the last few years his angling adventures have been solely focussed around the Linch Hill complex, mainly Stoneacres. Many would think it just isn't worth even attempting to tame such a water without the luxury of time but Tim did it in style, fishing his own way and catching some of the best carp on the complex. In addition I caught up with Mark while he was fishing to discuss the joys of spring, the rise of Ai catch reports and some spring tips based on the carps body clock. Enjoy and as always we appreciate all your support, reviews and comments. You can find us on Spotify, I-tunes and all other podcast apps.

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0:00.0	Well, I'd like to introduce this podcast by having a moment of silence, maybe just 15 seconds really just to listen oh
0:23.7	shh shh make you hear the birds it's beautiful yeah that has been a rare sound over the last three
0:36.2	months of this wet windy windy, horrible weather.
0:38.6	It has, yeah, yeah.
0:39.5	Everything today, and especially today,
0:42.2	and only today,
0:43.7	does it feel like the first day
0:45.3	of proper spring?
0:46.3	Yeah, absolutely beautiful.
0:47.8	The sun is broken through
0:49.1	finally from weeks and weeks of rain
0:51.2	and it's dancing off the lake
0:53.4	as we speak
0:54.3	because I'm fishing, which is lovely to be out of a day like this. Absolutely amazing. You nearly said that was rare. And I was like, it's not, it's not rare. You said, that's rare. I'm fishing. Well, I don't fish that often, but I am trying to get back into more of a routine this year more than any. So yeah, it's what a lovely, what a lovely, lovely day. What a beautiful day. Mate, I can't believe it. I got out the car. Obviously, you were here a few hours before me because I was ferreting around and I said, I'd meet you at the lake at 11. I got out of the car and I felt the sun on my face. and there's something seriously joyful, isn't there, in your well-being?
1:31.8	Or as an angler, that when that first ray of the spring sun just hits you,
1:36.8	it's almost like you get a shot of a like it's a happy pill, isn't it?
1:40.9	Yeah, it is, yeah.
1:41.8	Well, the sun hitting your skin, vitamin D.
1:44.7	You know, it's just a total mood changer, isn't it? Yeah, it is. Yeah. Well, the sun hitting your skin, vitamin D. You know, it's, it's just a total mood changer, isn't it? It's just so nice just to see it because it just feels like this wet weather has gone on for weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks relentless. Absolutely relentless. And like all the dafts were, well, not bloomed, but they out but they hadn't bloomed. They were just holding on, weren't they? And today, it was the first day when I walked my barrow around to where I'm fishing now, they've all popped out. And I thought, that's what a sign that is. Yeah. First day that the dafts have been properly out. Yeah, and not only have the dafts out, which it's actually a nice touch actually because they were your late dad's daffs, weren't they?
2:20.1	They were, yeah, my dad loved daffodils.
2:22.1	So when he died a couple of years ago,
2:23.8	I made shawks.
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