We said on Friday it was big fish weather… Well on Sunday morning Billy Shackleford slipped his net under the highly sought after mirror, The Brute, the largest resident in the Reading club lake, up to an Autumn troughing weight of 51lb. Billy moved into a freshly vacated swim on the Saturday afternoon after originally being unsure on whether to do the night or not. Well the impromptu move really […]

Sean Leverett has been making the most of his time on the Roach Pit recently with a host of Hampshire’s finest mirrors. Top bombing Sean! These last few weeks i have been concentrating on one particular swim, a swim known as Rat. Over the lasty couple of years the swim has been neglected and has hardly been fished. I started to introduce large quantities of boilie, Pellet and particle to […]

Lee Collings has been in touch with news of another cracking 30lb plus common. Caught using a running chod rig comprising ESP Weedy Green Leadcore, matching Leadcore Stop Beads and Chod Rig Sleeves and a size 5 Stiff Rigger tied to 25lb Bristle Filament. Perfectly proportioned, an absolutely stunning carp!

Sean Leverett has continued his good form on the Roach Pit with a run of absolutely stunning carp. The Roach Pit’s stock is made up of arguably some of the best looking carp in the country and using heavy baiting tactics, Sean has once again been getting amongst them. Since my first session success on the Roach Pit where I had 6 bites of which I landed 5, things have […]

All the time I am putting in of late is really paying off. After catching the ones I wanted from my Essex syndicate fairly early on in the season I made a quick phone call to Ben Lofting who runs Cleverly Mere and I managed to obtain a ticket. I had made a few trips down to the lake and to my surprise I found it relatively quiet as over […]

Andrew Day proves that stalking big carp at very close quarters is one of the most effective ways of catching them. A short stalking rod is a definite advantage in certain situations as Andrew outlines, when a conventional 12’ rod would be a hindrance. Locating the fish and using the right gear with a careful approach can really pay dividends and watching a big fish pick up the bait and […]

We are delighted to announce ESP sponsored anglers Kev Hewitt and Kia Sanger have been selected amongst the three pairs to represent Korda Team England in next months World Championship on Corbu Lake in Romania. Kev’s and Kia’s performance over the four trials along with their fishing partners Jack Stamp and Mark Bartlett ensured their selection in the team, for what is destined to be an extremely demanding contest over […]

Kris Garrett has been getting amongst the fish again recently, in some style with a big hit from the Essex water he has been concentrating his efforts on. Top angling Kris! Arriving at the lake on a Friday afternoon I was expecting to see it quite full of anglers, to my surprise there were only 3 on. With the water being roughly 22/24 acres there was plenty of options. I […]

Big carp angler Dave Springall shows us how he uniquely uses Syncro XT mono to great effect in a bottom bait rig set up in this exclusive video for ESP-Carpgear.com   Photos Follow these steps shown in the photos to tie your own.  

Lee Collings got off to great start on a new water recently. Catching one of his target fish on his first trip. The moral of this story… get on the end of warm South-Westerly’s in the Summer and the carp won’t be far away, in Lee’s case right under his rod tips.  Nice one Lee! To say that I have been in a bit of a dilemma recently as far […]