David Meek had a lovely result at the weekend, following on from his prolific stint just before Christmas, Dave returned to  the same Hampshire stillwater at the weekend and had three more! Here’s what happened, and for those that don’t know, Dave has gone all Izaak Walton (very old skool)  on us by referring to maggots as ‘gentles’. ‘I arrived at the lake Thursday morning. After having a lean spell […]

E-S-P consultant Kev Hewitt and Ben Davis from Swindon had an unbelievable session on Orchid Lake near Oxford earlier this week. It has to be one of the all time greatest hauls of big carp from a day ticket water in January. During a hectic 24 hour period in which Ben only fished for a day session, the duo bagged a total of 27 fish from the notoriously difficult venue. […]

We’re delving into the E-S-P video archive for a few technical bits and pieces, starting with a tackle box essential and what is recognized as being the best material for tying on pop ups – Super Floss!   Click here for the lowdown:

Mark ‘Brizzle’ Drake has gone and done it again! Following on from his capture of ‘Two Sides’ from Ringwood Roach Pit just before Christmas, he took advantage of the mild conditions earlier this week to catch ‘Yellow’, one of the pits most elusive and highly sought after residents. Read on for another inspiring winter story from the Bristol hauler. ‘Following on from my capture leading up to Christmas I was […]

After his previous capture from a few week’s ago, Bristol legend Mark ‘Brizzle’ Drake continued his efforts and was rewarded with another Roach Pit winter whacker on 23rd December. Here is the exclusive story, in Mark’s own words: ‘With work now finished until January and my Christmas partying and dance floor terrorising done for another year I had the luxury of a few days free before turkey overload with silly […]

Well respected Southampton slayer David Meek had a perfect early Christmas present at the weekend on only his second visit to a new venue.  Here Dave tells the story of what was a very memorable winter session. Well done Meeky! ‘I arrived at the lake late Thursday night, I elected to fish a swim that I fished the previous week. A friend had fished in there during the week and […]

Mark Drake has been putting in the hard yards on the Roach Pit in Ringwood this year and his continued efforts were well rewarded last week with the capture of one of the lake’s jewels. The Bristol big carp specialist gave us the lowdown on a memorable winter capture: