A Trip To The Country – Alfie Russell

Alfie Russell proves that you can indeed mix business with pleasure, as he and Jack Reid enjoy an overnighter to remember… A rarely caught Oxfordshire mirror There’s only one way to begin, and that’s by saying that it’s been a mental year. There have been a lot of changes in my life, and everyone else’s. I don’t think I’ve written a piece for what seems like an eternity. With Covid-19 […]

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Daren Norman – Long awaited Cassien trip!

‘Halfway through October, myself and two of my good friends George and Neil set off on a very long-awaited trip down to my favourite fishing destination, the historic lac de st Cassien in the south of France. We had planned the trip at the start of 2020 but 3 days before we were due to set off the whole of France went into full lockdown and the trip was pulled […]

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Decluttering: Back To Basics with Alfie Russell

Alfie Russell takes a close look at how his attitude has changed regarding rigs, before he then turns back the clock… Amazing quality of fish, as is often the case with Alfie! I guess it has been written about hundreds of times in the past, but something that really does need to be drilled into us as carp anglers, and indeed anglers in general, is the need to stick to […]

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‘Two nights with my boys!’ – Lee Howard

Lee Howard has been really making an effort taking his young lads fishing this year. Judging by the photographs building in our inbox the lads have been having a blast, catching serious fish for their age. Over to Lee… I took the boy’s again this weekend for two nights this time instead of one. It was supposed to be one night but after the first they was still several fish in […]

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‘An angry devil looking male linear!’ – Alfie Russell

I’m pretty sure most of you guys will now know that I’ve been privileged enough to join E.S.P and Drennan. I’ve found myself in the most comfortable and welcoming position I’ve ever found to be in whilst being involved and working in the carp fishing industry, I’m mega grateful. Now onto the fishing! This year started off pretty excitingly I had some great plans ahead. A astronomically warm spell in […]

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Alfie joins ESP!

Alfie Russell joins E-S-P!

London carper Alfie Russell needs no introduction and in recent months has been warmly welcomed into the E-S-P fold… We’re delighted to welcome Alfie Russell to the ESP team! Londoner Alfie will already be well known to a lot of you – at just 20 years old he has caught an incredible amount of big carp, both from his home city and also further afield with many special ones among […]

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