Your Comments - 2010
We think you will enjoy your stay with us. But, don't just take our word for it - have a look at some of comments from our clients.
Lee Hasbury: - Another week at my 2nd home. Mark
& Clare cannot do enough to make sure you are well fed, comfortable
and fish end up on your hook. See you again after my deployment.
Alfie (Goonner) Waters: - 1st week of the year &
what a week. Broke my PB Mirror twice (now 52lb 2ozs) and also my
Common. As usual excellent company & food. Mark & Clare have a
fantastic fishery with the ambience of an old estate lake which they
have both worked so hard to achieve. Thanks a million.
Julian Williams (Dolen): - Oh my god! What a start
to the season. Broke my PB on my 2nd day here with a 37lb 6oz Mirror
then beat it again the day after with a 42lb Mirror. Brilliant hosts
excellent venue, see you next year. Thanks for every thing.
Dave Wills ( LOTUS ): - Yet another fantastic time
with my good friends at Etang le Fays... New PB's for every angler
on the lake this week. Fantastic food, fantastic fishing, fantastic
venue!
Michael London (Fat Boy): - der de der de
der...smashing! :o)))
Podge: - 3rd trip here, excellent as usual.
Great food, great fishing, lovely lake. I'll be back next year!
Mark (chuckle brother): - Lovely food, good
fishing, excellent facilities. Very enjoyable.
Jeff: - Very nice lake & surroundings, good head of
fish, good company, will come back
Mick Church: - Very nice place. GREAT owners,
recommend it to all anglers - SUPERB!
Michael Page: - Great time, thanks very much.
Aaron Hardy: - Great week, great food. Thanks.
Carl Breaker: - Fantastic week! Great food and
great fishing!
Danny Boy: - Another great week at Etang Le Fays.
Back in 2 weeks - say no more!
Sean: - Great week, great people. Mark and Clare
are awesome. Best Carp Fishery in France!
Steve Berry: - Well what can I say! The best
ever French trip, could not fault it. Many thanks Mark & Clare, you
have a stunning fishery. I loved it and I will be back.
Terry Disdale: - Beautiful lake, Great hosts. We
will be back.
Steve: - Wonderful lake, great fish, good food and
great company...Beware the beast under the platform!
Keith Warburton: - Mark & Clare top bananas! Good
fishing and fantastic hosts!! Had a really restful week and now
seeking a liver transplant...Many thanks.
Declan Goggins: - Fantastic place, great host and
good food!! SO FAR MY BEST FRENCH HOLIDAY AND I'VE BEEN COMING OVER
FOR OVER 20 YEARS!
Wayne Lendall: - What a great week!! Beautiful
lake, fantastic fish and Mark & Clare are the best hosts! I'm going
to miss this place.![]()
Jack: -
Good week, great food, fantastic hosts and good fish.
Frank: - Why would anyone want to fish anywhere
else?? Cheers Mark & Clare.
Steve: - This venue goes from strength to strength.
Shane: - Thanks for another great week.
Charlie: - The bollocks! Caught a load of fish
topped with the golden Koi. Couldn't have got any better.
James: - Beautiful carp had a wicked time, caught
the best looking Mirror I have ever seen. Highly recommended.
Rene: - Again a great week. Four 40's for
me...Thank you and see you again soon.
Edger: - Nice weeks fishing and broke my PB...hell yeah! Met some
real nice people this week, see you guys soon for sure.
Tjako: - Had another great week at Mark &
Clare's
place, broke my PB. Food was great again. Be back for sure.
Rob & Mark Davidson: - THE NUTS OF A HOLIDAY,
some old faces and some new. Thanks Mark & Clare for another great
week.
Phil (Iron Dick): - My 5th visit here. What can
I say apart from absolutely superb!
Gary: - What a fantastic week I've had at
Carpediem! Mark & Clare have a great venue here, it's my 2nd time
and NOT my last! Done my PB with a 40lb 14oz Leather and 6 fish in
the 30's. My Thanks to Mark & Clare for their company and help
during the week. The are superb! I'll be back soon.
Spanners: - Hospitality second to none. Can't
wait for next year.
Spud: - Two best hosts ever, can't wait for next
year. Hopefully 2 weeks!
Cloggy: - Wicked week, best hosts, best food, NICE
fish! Can't wait for 2011 tour.
Buzz: - Once again a great time with great food and
a PB common. Happy days. By the way, I hope my 63lb Mirror from last
year is doing well. Thanks for a great week Mark & Clare.
Debbie & Dave: - Wonderful location, wonderful
food, wonderful people, unfortunately the fish weren't having it for
us but, we are coming back!
Bart, Alex & Emiel: - The 3 of us had a great week.
We love the lake and defiantly coming back. Dinners were really
good. Clare is a great cook and Mark is a real nice guy. Shower
block and all facilities are really good. Mark & Clare - Thank you
for a good week.
Matt (No Onions): - Thanks once again Mark &
Clare for a wonderful weeks fishing. Company great, food great, had
a 51!! What more could you ask for?
Tiny's lot: - Once again a fantastic week, food
brill. Weather good but a bit hot. See you guys next year.![]()
Mike Mason: - Great hosts, great lake, great
fish. No wonder people keep coming back year after year!
Larry & Alan: - Well once again, great all-round.
So, same time next year!
Rob & Mick: - Back again next year, twice! Hope
it's as good as this year. Great food, and GREAT FISHING. A PB 65lb
7oz Mirror....Thanks!
Nick: - Another great week, PB 50lb Mirror.
Brilliant hosts, food fantastic. Thanks Mark & Clare
Norman: - Brilliant week, great fun. PB common
42.8, great food, can't wait for next year!
Tom: - A great weeks fishing and food, great hosts.
Bill Haynes (aka Pops): - A great weeks fishing.
Fantastic, lovely people, can't wait to come back.
Little Bill & Bill Boots: - Another amazing time
again here with the boys. Mark & Clare! Can not wait for next year.
John: - Lovely weeks fishing, excellent food,
really enjoyed myself!
Chris: - Once again a top food and hospitality,
fishing 2nd to none. Top fishing holiday!
Russell Reg: - Clare & Mark a BIG thank you for all
your hospitality again, loved the week see you next year.
Dom Hayes: - Proper good fishing! New PB common -
bring on next year!
Lee: - For the 2nd year running we have been
spoilt with excellent facilities and hospitality.
Craig: - 2nd time here at Etand Le Fays and it gets
better every time. Looking forward to coming back next year. Thanks
Mark & Clare.
Colin: - What can I say?? Caught a cracking 31lb
Grass carp, had great food and beat Clare at poker of an evening.
Can't wait for next year.
Dean: - Brilliant!
Neil: - A great week although the fishing was
tough at times. Managed a 49lb 2oz Mirror on the Friday. Superb
food, facilities and company. Thanks to Mark & Ralph for all the
advise, can't wait to come back. Thanks.
Andy: - Again another superb week. Everyone in my
group broke a PB! A hard week weather wise but hard work &
perseverance paid off. A massive thank you to Mark & Ralph for all
their top tips and also to Clare for the food.
Chunk: - What a fantastic weeks fishing. Broke my
PB with a lovely 47lb 2oz common. Thanks to Mark for the top tips, I
once again leant more about angling, and a big thanks to Clare for
keeping us well feed. Looking forward to next year already!
Twiner: - A great week, good fishing and got a new
PB. THE PERFECT FISHING HOLIDAY with great food. Will be back next
year even though Mark can't get my name right after 2 years. Thanks
again...TWINER NOT TWEENER!
Dave & Penny: - Another great week of sun, food &
fish - Dave's PB 41lb Grass Carp And a very special thank you to
both and the rest of the boys on the lake for making my Birthday a
great time with plenty of bubbly. Already booked for next year.![]()
Rob: - Great fishing, smashed my PB (63lb 5ozs)
and would love to come back again soon!
Chris: - 5 star service - home from home!
Edgar & Cindy: - We had a great weeks holiday while looking after Mark and Clare's Lake, house, dogs etc, as Mark was on a fishing trip and Clare had here family visiting so she was out most days and evenings. As you can see by the catch report we were able to catch a whole lot of fish. We also went out with Clare and here family a few times (beach for a few hours Monday, Chinees Tuesday evening, mini golf and tree adventure Wednesday) was so tired we didn't fish Wednesday night. This was a holiday we will never forget. Thanks for everything, big kiss X!
Chris: - Third time here and already looking
forward to next year. Breakfast & dinner to die for, fantastic
fishing , great time all round.
Paul: - Best fishing in France - I'll guarantee it.
New PB again, new PB's every year. Fishing getting better and
better. Mark and Clare couldn't be better friends.
Tony Carpinini: - Best fishing experience EVER.
Mark & Clare are the best host's you could ever ask for "salt of the
earth"!
Dan Carpinini: - What an experience, 1st time here
and I loved it. The food, the service, the lake - fantastic. Thanks
for every thing. Good luck & see you next year.
Craig Forman: - Yet another fantastic week, another
PB - 56lb8oz Mirror. Great food and great company. Clare & Mark -
it's always a pleasure.
Goose & Kel: - Another great week with Clare &
Mark. Can't beat the great food, drinks & laughs!! Thanks for the
great birthday celebrations and the great
PB 50lb
4oz Mirror - ON MY
BIRTHDAY.
Charlie: - What an amazing week. Amazing fish and
the best food in the world ( Thanks to Clare) BEST PLACE IN THE
WORLD! Also, great to beat me PB with a 40lb.
Sam: - Brilliant week, amazing fish and brilliant
food. Broke my PB which was excellent. Mark & Clare are amazing
hosts.
Marco & Moreno: - 5th time for me and 3rd time for
my son. WONDERFUL. I bet my PB with 45lb 8oz and my son bet his PB
Common 42lb and PB Mirror 48lb 8oz. We met great people from
England. The week was unbelievable, the best time we've ever had
here!
Kenny: - It was my first time here and it was
amazing. I met amazing people and I caught very nice Carp. I've
broken my PB Mirror. Next year I'll be back for more. And the food
was excellent Clare !! Thanks.![]()
Mick: - Had a great week with some great
fishing. My lad Michael, age 15, had a new PB 50lb Common and Sean,
age 19, had a 59lb 9oz Mirror!
Sean: - Good weeks fishing but hard at times.
Weather so/so but that's fishing. 59lb 9oz Mirror on last day -
great way to finish!
Craig: - Had a fantastic time with some cracking
fish and a real nice lake.
Dave: - I had a great week. Beautiful lake, nice
people and of cause fantastic fishing!
Michael: - I had a great week, good lake and really
good fish caught.
Matt: - Had a really nice week. The lake is
brilliant and a good test for me! Thanks Mark.
Tim: - Had a great week, lake is brilliant and some
very nice fish.
Karl: - Had a brilliant week. Been a bit of a test
for me, but a very nice lake and Sean had some very nice fish. Many
Thanks.
Ben: - Fantastic weeks fishing will be hard to
beat 2 PB's in one week and 2 60's - unbelievable! Had a great time
food excellent as always, roll on next year.
Russ: - Unforgettable weeks fishing, fish of a
lifetime, not sure if it can be beat but will be back next year to
find out!
Dom: - Great hospitality from Clare and Mark once
again! What a superb weeks fishing, short trip but well worth it!
Next trip can't come soon enough!
