CALUM KLETTA
Calum is an angler destined for great things! Gifted with enormous natural angling ability and an extremely amenable personality we are excited to take Calum on board as a sponsored angler.
The ‘junior’ member of the team, like many of us Calum started off content to catch whatever came along whilst fishing at the lakes owned by his local club. However, he was soon drawn to catching bigger fish, and started to specifically target the carp that resided in these venues. He has always preferred to catch plenty of fish, fishing prolific lakes such as Brasenose 2 on the Linear complex, but he is very lucky to also have access to a vast choice of big carp in his local lakes that he can’t always resist! He now has a ticket for a 60+ acre gravel pit containing some massive carp, and can’t wait to get started!
He already has a very impressive personal best of 47lb 6oz (an awesome looking beast too!) , and this was the first ‘target fish’ he ever specifically focused his attentions on!
Calum came a solid second place in the BYCAC in 2010, and will be fishing this competition again in the future; as well entering the popular Midlands Carp Masters event. Calum’s main ambition now is to catch a big Common, and to try and improve his margin and surface fishing techniques! We look forward to watching and helping Calum fulfil his full potential in coming years….
Fact File
Name: Calum Kletta
Nickname: Veggie Netter
Location: Ringwood, Hampshire
Date of Birth: 07/08/1993
Favourite Venues: Hightown (local club lake), Brasenose 2, Horseshoe
PB’s (lb): 47lb 6oz mirror, 9lb 12oz Tench, 11lb Bream
Achievements: 2nd place in the BYCAC
Autumn magic - by Calum Kletta
This year I have been concentrating on a low stock, 55 acre gravel pit near where I live. I had some success during the summer and early autumn culminating in 3 fish, including a new PB leather of 45lb, and 3 fish lost as well.
All year it was the autumn I was really looking forward to, when, from what I had been told, the fish threw caution to the wind and couldn't get enough boilie - which suits my angling style perfectly! However, it never seemed to work out like that, with the fish held up in the huge weedbeds on the end of the wind stuffing themselves on the abundance of naturals, and I suffered 17 blank nights in a row which really started to dent my confidence.
I turned up ... (read more...)
The Hunt for “The Pink One” - by Calum Kletta
Nearly 4 years ago I first set foot on one of the large gravel pits controlled by my local club. The lake is roughly 23 acres in size, much bigger than anything I had fished at the time! I spent the day catching some roach and the odd bream from short range, but big crashes out in the open water really captivated me and it wasn’t long before I wandered down the bank and spoke to the one of the carp anglers to see what he had caught. He said “Not much really, had a 28lb common 3 nights ago though!” This really sparked my imagination, as at the time my PB was only 17lb! As soon as I got home I was straight onto the Club’s website looking for pictures of fish, and more importantly information on the lake. It was a lake with a degree of difficulty, ... (read more...)
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