Southampton all rounder David Meek had given the carp slaying a rest recently, deciding to chase other species on his local rivers. However, due to the unseasonably mild weather, he dusted off the carp rods and got back amongst them straight away! ‘I had been messing about on the river for a few weeks. This enabled me to do some much needed socialisation at the weekends. On one of these […]
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New – Paragon Plus Landing Net!
Another new product which has just hit the shops is the Paragon Plus landing net. This lightweight net features high modulus 42 inch carbon arms and a strong, rigid 6ft (1.8m) reverse taper handle. The ultra-light super strong spreader block creates a perfectly tensioned 36inch gape across the drawcord. The arms feature machined aluminium fittings and a deep, soft olive green mesh perfect for retaining carp in the margins. If […]
Read more...Maggots trick big common for Sean!
As the temperatures start to drop maggots come into their own as one of the main winter edges. Sean Leverett employed the ‘germs’ approach last week and was rewarded with a lovely common, well done Sean! ‘With work starting to slow up a little now I managed to get in a few days fishing over on the Bayeswater Syndicate. I opted to go on the back of the wind as […]
Read more...New – Zig Bugs & Zig / Floater Mono!
ESP Zig Bugs The most realistic zig bugs on the market? Almost certainly! Ready tied zig bugs have been around a few years but ESP’s association with the method goes back over 10 years to 2004, when Bristol angler Mark Drake (the brother of ESP sales rep and expert fly tyer Dave Drake) first used them on Pingewood Lagoon. He gave some to Terry Hearn who was also fishing the […]
Read more...Brand New Designs – Super Grade Waterproofs!
Introducing new designs using the same super tough, yet comfortably soft material that has put ESP Super Grade clothing at the top of the league. These garments not only outperform other fishing clothing, they really look the part too. With a waterproof rating (hydrostatic head) of 25,000 and a breathable rating of 10,000 the fabric is on a par with that used by some of the most expensive brands of […]
Read more...Kev’s Bluebell haul!
Kev Hewitt with a stunning 37lb 6oz mirror from Bluebell Swan lake last week. The lake hadn’t produced a fish for three weeks and Kev targetted a usually unfancied area to produce the goods. The fish fell to a Mini ESP pva bag of pellets with a single grain of ESP plastic corn balanced on a size 6 hook cast to showing fish. Kev also went on to catch the […]
Read more...New – ESP Mini Butt Grips!
A better butt grip! We went through a number of samples before the overmoulded polymer had just the right level of hardness and ‘spring’ to provide the optimum grip and release. Other butt grips on the market are too soft to grip the rod properly – the ESP Mini butt grips have been designed to overcome that problem. The stainless steel threads are made on our own CNC machines in […]
Read more...Tel’s verdict on the Tungsten Loaded…
Terry Hearn wrote the article below last year. It covers his initial testing period of what became the Tungsten Loaded coated hooklink and we held it back until the launch of the product. Terry is an ESP consultant so you might think he would be very biased, but he has a free hand to use whatever products he prefers, whether they be ESP or not. So whenever he is given […]
Read more...New – Tungsten Loaded Coated Hooklink!
When Terry Hearn says it is the ‘best coated braid I have ever used’ its worth sitting up and taking notice… Tungsten Loaded has been over a year in development and all the dozen or so anglers who used it throughout the testing period have commented on just how good it is compared with anything else they had used previously. It has helped catch a vast amount of carp already […]
Read more...Autumn action for Wes!
Our Belgian correspondent Wesley Mast had been getting back amongst them, this time on a syndicate venue with unknown potential, well done Wes! ‘As I’m fishing busy public lakes most of the time I occasionally love to spend time on the bank away from these places, so I purchased a ticket for a tricky syndicate lake to escape the mad crowds that visit the public domaines these days. This venue […]
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