Back in 2000 E-S-P were among the first of the mainstream carp tackle companies to offer a range of top quality, functional waterproof garments and fleeces aimed purely at the carp angler. Over the next few years E-S-P clothing dominated the bank side and became the ‘label of choice’ for many carpers, at the same time paving the way for many other brands of carp clothing to emerge and flood […]

Darryl Dunn caught this lovely looking common on Friday night from Bundy’s pit. “As I had been a good boy all week doing family stuff while the kids are off school I was given a rare green light for a Friday overnighter. They were looking very moody, but I managed a bite out of the blue! Once again it fell to a hinged stiff link using a size 5 ESP Stiff Rigger […]

Jon Davies sent us this photo of an old looking Motorway Pond original mirror. The Humberside specialist said: “Caught using the ever reliable ESP Stiff Riggers and lead core and believe me, they needed to be. A savage beast.” Sounds like it put up a right battle, good angling Jon! For more information on the ESP Stiff Rigger Mk2 hooks, click here.

Spencer Wright has done it again – another weekend of great big kippers. That makes it 6 UK 40’s in May.  Strewth! ‘I managed an overnighter Friday, arriving in the cold, wind and rain. Got soaked but managed to get the rods on the spots and at about 1am had a stuttery take, which then resulted in a 20 minute fight where I knew I was attached to a very […]

Kev Hewitt sent us this picture of a stunning carp caught from manor farm on the linear complex. It weighed 28Lb and was backed up with a 27Lb 12oz common and four other mirrors to 26Lb 8oz. Kev caught the big mirror on a CC Moore odyssey cork ball pop up fished on an ESP ready made chod rig size 6 fished in conjunction with an ESP Chod Leadcore leader. This was presented […]

Dave Springall has got off to a good start in pursuit of another big common, here Dave gives us the details: “After having the result I wanted on one of my local club lakes a few weeks back I have since made a start on another local club lake, again containing a large common. The lake in question is relatively low stock and to date has only produced a handful of […]

Darryl Dunn has been having a few from Bundys pit recently with these two commons being the pick of the bunch. The fish were taken using an ESP size 5 Stiff-Rigger fished as a Hinged Stiff Link. It comprised a section of 25lb bristle filament and a boom section of the silt 25lb two-tone. Two Tone is a versatile hooklink material which can be used for a wide variety of […]

Kev Hewitt sent us this picture of a stunning carp caught from manor farm on the linear complex. It weighed 28Lb and was backed up with a 27Lb 12oz common and four other mirrors to 26Lb 8oz. Kev caught the big mirror on a CC Moore odyssey cork ball pop up fished on an ESP ready made chod rig size 6 fished in conjunction with an ESP chod leadcore leader. This was presented at […]

After his recent success on Vinnetrow Sean Leverett returned to the Roach Pit in Ringwood and caught this cracking mid-thirty. Back in the groove Sean! After the Vinnetrow fish the previous session I was hoping that my recent quiet spell on Roach Pit would soon come to an end to and this trip it did just that. This 35lb 12oz mirror was the result of a move on to the […]

Lee Collings went from despair to triumph as an unfortunate encounter with a misguided swan left his gear in a bit of a state, but it all ended happily with this stunning common. Excellent angling from Lee who’s change of tactics when it called for it paid off in style. “I returned early from a nightmare session on Brook Lake after a kamikaze swan decided to attack some other swans feeding in front of my […]