CARPology Magazine

12 December, 2025

Think of this month’s cover package as a time machine wrapped in chunky knitwear jumpers and curtain haircuts—an unapologetic dive back into carp fishing’s most pivotal decade. Tim Paisley returns to the front line of memory and myth, guiding us through the era that shaped everything: the icons, the captures, the magazines, the politics, the tackle, the characters. And he hasn’t just revisited the ’90s—he’s rebuilt it. His feature is officially the longest single article ever published in 270 issues of CARPology, a staggering, lovingly compiled epic that holds your hand and leads you straight down nostalgia lane and out onto Horseshoe’s Winter Point. Put simply: this is the ’90s as only Tim can tell it. But that’s just the start. This issue also features cover star Kieran Hopkinson on balancing real life with the pursuit of monster carp; the full reveal of the CARPology 2025 Tackle Awards; part 2 of our exclusive interview with Dave Moore discussing bait, rigs, and his hunt for truly huge carp; a fascinating look at pioneering 360º underwater virtual-reality films; and Tim Rowland’s thoughtful piece on how limited time reshaped his entire approach to angling.