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John Vardy’s review of Brittany mill lakes as posted on carpforum.co.uk
29 Jun 2009
Brittany mill lakes, France
What can I say..
Totally amazing experience,
I wanted to go fishing in France (wanted to catch big carp)
I searched the web and found some good reviews about Brittany mill lakes,
went onto website and it looked really good, so I booked it for myself my wife and my son,
After talking to my mate he decided he wanted to come with his son,
so we booked it.
Well my first ever flight, and I was dreading it,
The flight ...... no delays , as I wanted to go soooo much I no I needed to get on the plane.
Well it wasn’t as bad as I thought,
Got to the airport in Nantes France and Steve was there to meet us,
Gave us all a friendly welcome,
The journey to the fishery was good , Steve talked to us about the lake and the way it fishes,
Got to the house and met Steve’s wife Andrea, she was nice, and because we were hungry Andrea had made sandwiches.
We were given the rules of the fishery , which were just standard rules but Steve said he has to do this, which I can understand.
We were then drove to lake cadouzan
which is about a 2-3 minute drive,
When I saw the lake my first thought was wow,
There were 4 double swims and a single swim all set out great.
The swims went onto the lake , you walked down a small platform and there on the swim were 2 bivvys , all set up with all the gear,
Now my fishing started,
My first fish was at 8.50pm a 15lb mirror, not to bad I thought as I did have all week,
After that I got a fish about every hour or so, my wife and I ended up with 64 fish ranging from 15lb to 39lb,and not forgetting my best a 50lb mirror ,
My son Jamie had 23 carp ranging from 19lb to 33lb..But his best was a 45lb cat fish
Oh god what a lake ....
I was so amazed ,
Steve , Andrea and Joe were so helpful , It was so hot the week we went Andrea sorted us out with sun parasols,
My wife needed to go see the doctor because her feet swelt up and Andrea did all the running about ,sorted the appointment with the doctor drove her there and back, all this and still managed to do the meals.
The meals were great, breakfast was delivered to the swim about 9.30, a English breakfast in a baguette, lovely...
At about 4.30 Steve came and picked us up for the short drive to the house, Time for a shower before Tea.
Andrea’s meals were great, oh and can’t forget Joe.... the helper,
We were served with a different three course meal each day, And they were really lovely,
I didn’t want to leave but then again I did because I need to catch up on sleep,
Overall a totally amazing experience , and I will be saving to go again next year, As for fishing in England .... forget it ,
John Vardy’s review on Brittany mill lakes
Chris Bird review of Brittany mill lakes as posted on carpforum.co.uk
26 May 2009
Hi Guys, Myself and my son have just came back from a week at Brittany Mills Cadouzan lake. This was my first time in France fishing and was a bit apprehensive about it all. No need to worry, Steve, Andrea and Joe all are very friendly and very helpful with there understanding of the lakes.
I managed to catch 708 lb of fish and my son had 605 lb of fish, consisting of 9 x 30+ fish and numerous 20+ fish. My pb before going was 26lb, I broke this numerous times and finally finished with a pb of a 51lb mirror. My son pb was 29lb and he finished with a 40lb pb.
The fishing is very good as is the food and above all the hospitality offered is second to none. Would recommend Brittany Mills to any of my friends. 
C S Bird
11 May 2009
From the lake records for the first six weeks cadouzan has produced 161 doubles (they are all self bred ones from 3 years back) 96 carp between 20 to 25lbs, 212 carp between 25lbs and 30lbs (loads only just under 30lbs) 166 thirties (many just under the 40lbs mark, gonna be stacks of 40's next year) 6 carp over 40lbs and 3 fifties to 52lbs (definately 2 different 50's possibly three waiting on recieving an anglers picture to confirm). The lake has been fishing really well and all the fish are in mint condition. I will give you all the help and tips you need when you are on the lake.
A couple of nights back I was up the ladder on the tree in the bay and stalked a nice 31lbs mirror out , real exciting watching it take the bait and then playing it from 12 foot up the ladder!  it only takes one bite..... :D
Joedotboy.
This is from www.carpforum.co.uk
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I went to brittany in May, me and my mate both took our rods with us. If i'm honest, next time we go, we won't take our own! The upgrade rods from them are good rods, and it saves the hassle of taking your own! 
And saves £50 that can be used on bait!
And be wary of fish losses with strong TC rods on there, very soft mouths plus Steve and Joe don't reccomend them!
Just a little heads up for you.... They will tell you that your rods are too strong, unless there 2.75TC? Or 3 at a push? But with 50mm ringing i guess they're more 3.5's? My mate, thepieeater on here,lost approximately 15 fish on the trot, including a right lump, he was on 3.5tc x-flites, Joe and Steve gave him a set of the fishery rods, and he didn't lose another fish due to a hook pull! 
I used my 3lb TC Snipers, and never had a problem....
If you plan on flying rods reguarly - have a look at the bazooka (spelling) range of rod protection |
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