Lee Howard has been putting his very limited time to good use again with this bruiser of a mirror last weekend. Caught from the same venue Lee had two big commons from back in November, after enduring a few frustrating trips in the intervening period where the fish were ignoring everything he tried. However the steady introduction of bait into one spot eventually paid off resulting in this 31lb 8oz […]

This autumn has to be the slowest I have known to date in terms of catch reports and angler success; many of the guys I have worked with have struggled over the past few weeks, despite being out on the bank most weeks. I have managed to get out a few times throughout October and November, with very little success until most recently, where I managed to tempt a truly […]

Lee Howard turned up to a busy lake last weekend and as a result decided to visit another lake on a whim – it paid off big style! Good angling Lee!

‘The oval brolly – reinvented’ The humble oval brolly has fundamentally remained largely unchanged since Kevin Nash’s idea of a wider brolly to accommodate the length of a bedchair arrived in the late 80’s. Materials have evolved and space saver mechanisms have been introduced which breathed new life into the brolly market, but they have all still relied on the slightly improvised system of being propped up at the front […]

Since earlier this year Dave Springall has been playing around with some new as yet to be released Cryogen hooks. Dave has been fishing a heavily weeded pit that requires a lot of long range fishing, often 130 yards plus so he certainly put them through their paces, catching some lovely old carp in the process! ‘Earlier in the season I was fortunate enough to get over to Kent on […]

Daren Norman recently experienced his first visit to the legendary Lake Cassien in the South of France, and we know he can’t wait to get back out there! ‘I got back last week from a six day trip to the historic 1500 acre Lac de St Cassien. We had an excellent time and although its extremely hard on the body, fishing days only, it was very rewarding. I managed a couple of mid […]

Dan Goult enjoyed a very memorable session recently on a special Cambridgeshire venue, excellent angling Dan! ‘I’ve not long returned from what can only be described as a truly epic session, breaking my PB common no less than three times. To say I was over the moon is and understatement!

  Prolific carp catcher Kev Hewitt gives us an excellent overview of the Bluebell Lakes complex near Peterborough – one of the countries premier big carp day ticket fisheries. ‘I first set foot on the Bluebell complex back in 2013. I had heard lots about it but with it being over 2 hours away it was off the radar until one Saturday afternoon I decided off the cuff to just […]

Darryl Dunn recently made his first trip to Belgium and was rewarded with a very special old carp.. ‘While at last years Zwolle Carp show I had been invited out to fish in Belgium by good friend Robbie Malfliet. In the past I have done very little fishing on the continent. But the thought of venues being a little more unknown has started to appeal. As the area Robbie lives […]

Kent based Jack Barrett recentured ventured to Slovenia to fish the dramatic Lake Bled. His hard work was rewarded in the end with one of the lake’s jewels. Well done Jack! ‘This was my second trip out to Slovenia this year, I took my girlfriend with me for more of a pleasure holiday and boy was it a different ball game. On my first morning it was all quiet down […]