Syncro Loaded voted best by Carp-Talk readers!

E-S-P Syncro XT Loaded has won the ‘Best Main Line Category’ in the Carp-Talk Awards. As always the 2015 Awards were voted by the readers of Carp-Talk. If you are getting ready for the spring and need to load new line onto your reels – look no further. For more info on E-S-P Syncro Loaded please follow this link: https://esp-carpgear.com/news/loaded-has-landed/  

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Kev’s Orchid hit hinge rig!

Check out this video to see the rig that Kev Hewitt has been using almost exclusively over the last eighteen months to catch vast amounts of big carp. We join Kev on the banks of Orchid Lake where he talks about the rig and approach that helped account for the monumental hit of big carp from the same venue back in January. Kev’s approach is devastatingly effective and everything you […]

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Kentish Keeps Katching!

‘Kentish’ Stuart Wallis has continued to brave the freezing conditions of late, and he was well rewarded last week. Over to you Stu: ‘I popped down to my local club pit again on Friday night to see if I could repeat the success of the last trip a couple of weeks back , didn’t get down until well after dark but got the sticks out and all settled in nicely […]

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Consistent ‘Kentish’ bags three in a night!

Sutton-at-Hone Kent carp legend ‘Kentish’ Stu Wallis has been in touch with news of three lovely carp caught on a bitterly cold overnighter from a local club pit. Stu said ‘I went with Mark Boyle and he got first choice of swim, so I went back to the van to get my gear and upon my return he piped up ‘I’ve gone in the wrong swim ain’t I?!’ To which […]

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Social result for ice breaker Sean!

Sean Leverett had a productive session recently, even though he was faced with brutal conditions he had a right result, catching three, here’s the full story: ‘Myself and George Benos decided to go over Bayeswater Day Lake for a 2 night social for my Birthday. The weather was cold but the forecast was saying the temperature was going to stay around -1 so we didn’t think the lake would freeze. […]

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Jo’s Moroccan Bounty!

Jo Green sent us some sunshine with news of her annual trip to Morocco: ‘Lac Bine l Ouidane is a dammed lake of 4000-6000 hectares depending on water level and the time had come for my annual jolly to this great lake over Christmas and the New Year. With back to back sunshine every day the fish were regularly coming to the bank and at times it was hectic, I […]

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E-S-P Video Archive…Part 3

Maggots – a crucial edge in winter. The maggot approach can provide the key when everything else is failing in the depths of winter. Here Kev Hewitt shows how he uses them to great effect in E-S-P PVA bags:    

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Boyle’s worknight result!

Mark Boyle sent us this scaley stunner caught on a recent worknight – his first carp of 2015. The Sidcup based banker commented: ‘I caught it from Kent club water with the bite coming in the early hours. The weeks of careful pre-baiting in the run up really paid off and i’m so chuffed to get the first one of the year under my belt, and what a lovely carp […]

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Great start for Tinpot!

After a long lay off, Daren ‘Tinpot’ Norman had a great start to the New Year recently, catching crackers from a couple of different venues: ‘After not fishing for 7 weeks a really mild and windy weather front came in and I had to get out for a night’s fishing. Fishing over 2kg of sticky baits boilies on test ,hemp and corn it paid off and I had this lovely […]

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