E-S-P April Product Launch 2024!

Heading to shops from late March/early April, ESP is launching a multiple luggage items for the Quickdraw Rods as well as cool bags and ‘stepped up’ Trig-Hammer XT hooks! E-S-P Quickdraw Rod Sleeves – 9ft + 10ft both 3 and 2ft sleeves A dedicated high protection rod sleeve designed to carry 2/3 x ESP Onyx Quickdraw 9/10 foot rods plus accessories. Features: Individual fully zipped padded rod and reel compartments […]

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E-S-P July Product Launch 2023!

Heading to shops from early July, ESP is launching a new surface fishing tackle range, updated Bait Drills, some luggage, plus some Big Shot Boilie Catapults! Big Shot Boilie Catapults The wide gape frame is moulded in super strong glass filled nylon and features a long ergonomic handle for perfect grip and angled forks which help create the perfect firing position. The Twin Wall elastic provides excellent punch and recovery […]

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A Tricky Autumn Comes Good – Kev Hewitt

‘Carp fishing hey? So many highs and lows but many of the lows never get told. They say that just being there is enough, and sometimes it is, but is it really? You’ve gotta take the rough with the smooth but who ever tells you about the rough? Social media can paint a rosy picture of contestant high’s where carp fishing is made to look simple but is it really […]

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Carp Team England Wins Gold!

This year saw the 22nd world carp angling championship hosted in Hungary at Lake Deseda near Kaposvar with a record 28 teams completing. The team had fished the venue in 2017 when the world championships were last held there. We learnt some valuable lessons that year finishing 11th pace overall. I was a bank runner that year so I spent three days watching the stronger nations and feeding back valuable […]

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Barry Hearn Masterpiece!

‘This is nothing short of a masterpiece by a master craftsman! Terry Hearn’s dad, Barry, has been making a bird table of ALL bird tables since April. He only finished it a few days ago. The hundreds of hours of craftsmanship and love that has gone into this is unbelievable. Everything made by hand, no corners cut. Even the roof is properly battened underneath the slates to take the weight. […]

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E-S-P July Product Launch 2022!

Heading to shops from the end of June, ESP is proud to release a set of new or upgraded tackle items for all year round use. E-S-P Black Hardware Barrel Bobbins Due to popular demand, black and white pure PTFE bobbins with black stainless fittings – all made in our UK factory, ensuring exceptional quality and precision. For the fittings we have used high grade stainless steel with a special […]

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Kev Hewitt – A Golden Ticket

‘Having fished in the BCAC the weekend before, I had not planned on fishing the following weekend. That was until Wednesday evening when I was sat at home watching TV with the wife and she turned to me and said “Are you going fishing Saturday after work or Sunday morning?” I quickly replied saying “Saturday after work”. The was the golden ticket to do a few nights of unexpected angling […]

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Kev and Bart cruise to the BCAC Semi Finals

‘Last weekend was British Carp Angling Championships time and a weekend myself and Bart had been looking forward to for some time. Our chosen qualifier venue was Willow Park in Hampshire. I had fished it a couple of times a number of years ago but Bart had never seen the place. We knew it was going to be a learning curve knowing relatively little about the venue.’ The boys were […]

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Fishing is the best medicine – Darren Blunt

Unfortunately due to some health issues my fishing has had to take a back seat recently, I spent many a day at home just desperate to get back to White Swan. Occasionally when I felt up to it I ventured down to the Trent just for a change of scenery and hoping to get a bend in the rod and fortunately I managed to wangle out one carp… A rarely […]

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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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