Nick Helleur

Nick Helleur is by his own admission, the Peter Pan of carp fishing, indulging in a hedonistic lifestyle of worldwide angling adventures and carp fishing discoveries.

His fishing life started from an early age after he moved to Harefield in the Colne Valley at the time England’s carp fishing mecca. Nick’s formative years saw him acquaint himself with some of the country’s most iconic waters including The Con’s, and Savay. This is where he rubbed shoulders with some of the leading anglers of the time, including Bill Quinlan and Rod Hutchinson.

The consequence of being banned from a prestigious club led to a change in his carp fishing philosophy, as he opted for a more solitary approach and resisted the allure of the country’s big fish circuit waters. Nick has also been a consultant for some of the industry’s biggest companies, including Shimano, Aqua and Korda.

While recording a film for Sticky Baits’ Reflections series in 2018, he landed the largest ever publicised carp from the river Thames, weighing 50lb 12oz. He has pioneered some of carp angling’s most commonly used methods, such as PVA stick fishing, and his appearances on films both domestically, and across Europe are always sure to captivate an audience.