Mark ‘Brizzle’ Drake kicked off his spring campaign on the hallowed Roach Pit with a rarely caught common. Over to Mark where he fills us in on what’s been happening since his successful winter campaign: ‘Following on from a successful winter campaign I really struggled to carry any momentum into February and March with the fish proving very elusive and shows at a minimum as to where they may be […]

Isle of Wight based Spencer Wright enjoyed an unbelievable session recently on a local water that had been proving very tricky, well done Spence! ‘I dropped in on a local syndicate for an overnighter that has proved to be a real head-banger to those who have fished over the winter months. The last original being one I had in late November. One rod was fished with a Northern special pop […]

After her recent success on Longfield Road Lake, Jo Green headed to the Boat Pool at Horton. Here’s what happened: ‘Having looked at the weather forecast before I left home, with fresher north easterly winds on the way, the obvious choice would be to fish on the back of it, the only problem was, the swim I chose was one known as the concrete swim, which meant no pegs and […]

Kev Hewitt needs little introduction as being one of the most prolific carp catchers in the UK. His technical ability,  bait application and watercraft skills have helped him catch big carp wherever he has angled. Here we start a new series of ‘top tips’ from Kev, where he will share his wealth of carp fishing knowledge – whether it be on rigs, bait or watercraft, they will all be relevent […]

Belgian angler Wesley Mast had a great start on his first visit to a tricky, highly pressured venue in his home country. Good angling Wes, here’s what happened: ‘It’s the end of April as we speak and for the last two weeks the weather was pretty mild after months of rain and cold temperatures. A busy little lake somewhere in Belgium would be the hunting grounds for a day so […]

Ben Tipney had a right result last week from a demanding gravel pit which does not give up its prizes too easily. Well done Ben! ‘One of the waters I’ve been fishing on and off for the last 8-9 years is a tricky low stock pit – gin clear with about 40 original fish in its 20 acres. It’s never easy, but for some reason has been particularly tough going […]

Martin Bowler is especially confident in his version of the hinged stiff rig. Its simple but very effective. Here’s how he ties it: For pop up fishing the wonderful chod covers many a situation but occasionally I need an alternative, especially when fishing between weed beds. Here the line can get caught up and this in turn can lift the chod off the bottom rendering it useless. Cue the hinged […]

Jo Green had a spectacular result from Longfield Road lake last week, accounting for one of the lakes most prized residents: With the end of the season fast approaching, I headed 0ff up to the lake on thursday for my final 48 hour session, I was hopeful I could nick one out before the end and conditions did look good for a bite. Both rods were fished on chod rigs, […]

…at least temporarily.

Martin Bowler sent us this unusual angle of a decent fish just about to be enveloped in the folds of an E-S-P Terry Hearn landing net. For more info and video on Tel’s new net please follow this link: https://esp-carpgear.com/news/new-terry-hearn-landing-net/