Nobody has ever made an underwater film in open water during the winter before, but we weren’t about to let that stop us from trying! We took the Submerge kit to the famous Orchid Lakes in Oxfordshire and managed to talk our people’s favourite, Tom Stokes, into testing his favourite rig and leade...

Ian’s Catch A Carp series takes us to the banks of Heron Lake on Waterside Fishery complex. As always, his mission is simply to put fish on the bank, no matter the method, all we want is carp. With many strings to his bow and a reputation for producing the goods to order, it’s no surprise that no...

Braving plummeting temperatures, our Session film took us to the heart of the magnificent Yateley Complex, joining forces with the prolific Joe Morgan on the Pads Lake. With a good head of big mirrors in front of us, the lads adopt totally contrasting tactics to try to winkle a winter whacker out...

Whether in film, in print, on the match scene; Ian Russell is used to the pressure. Even he began to crack in the glare of the Submerge underwater camera though, on Reading & District’s superwater, Junction 12. The sight of those giants gliding through the crystal clear water, over our best rigs,...

Steve Renyard has 48 hours to catch himself a carp from the notoriously tricky, Elsons Lake, on the Stanwick Complex. With more than it’s reputation to overcome we look in depth at the tactics Steve uses in order to achieve a major result for the cameras. It’s his birthday whilst we’re on the ban...

Elliott gets his first shot at the prize. It’s early March, and although conditions are far from ideal, where there’s a will, there’s a way. Joined by Dave Robinson, the pair take very different approaches in their pursuit of a true UK giant, however both adopt classic spring tactics.

Faced with a recently defrosted day-ticket lake that he knows nothing about, Steve Renyard is truly up against it this time! This is what The 48 is about; throwing Steve back into his mettle to see what he’s made of! With storm force winds and rain forecast, we hunker down alongside Martin Bowler...

The Session takes us to renowned Colne Valley day-ticket, Farlows, and before we’d even set out we knew that action was practically guaranteed (even though it was January!), because our guest was ‘The Machine’, Tom Maker! Despite his tender age, Tom has blazed a trail across the carp scene since ...

Ian Russell heads off on a ferry, to a lake-exclusive booking with fish to over 50lb… but it’s not in France! Combley Main Lake on the Isle of Wight is the beautiful setting as Ian takes full advantage of the latest advances in bait boat tech to bag a string of big carp from this intimate water. ...

The picturesque Hook Lake nestled in a fold in the Hertfordshire countryside is a throwback to a distant time when carp fish was very different. When we managed to secure a few days fishing for Tom Stokes, on his own at the little estate lake, we couldn’t have quite foreseen just how dramatically...

Jimmy breaks down the rig that turned it all around. After days of watching clever, cautious carp get away with it over his baited spots, he made a crucial adjustment. This refined setup, designed for clear water and hard-bottomed lakebeds, was picked up once — and that was all it took. A rig tha...

We’re deep in the heartlands of southern carp fishing, as Henry Lennon attempts to catch carp from Surrey, Essex and Kent in just 48 hours! First up, we visit an incredible quarry lake, with vodka-clear water and some seriously crazy topography. Henry is left speechless after heading out in the b...

Carp fishing against the clock, no privileges, no pre-baiting, just instinct to see him through! Elliott tackles Junction 12 carp lake with just 24 hours to catch a carp; no more, no less! A situation many of you will relate to, and a style of angling that the average guy must adopt for a huge pr...

It’s all systems go as Jimmy begins his quest to catch a carp from the historic Elsons Lake. With the lake’s fish known for being tricky, he knew it wouldn’t be easy — but just how challenging it would be only became clear once the rigs touched down. Armed with a bait boat for precision rig place...

We join Henry Lennon on a big old road trip, which takes in day-ticket fishing in the beautiful Cotswolds and Devon, as well as a very special venue right next to the sea in Cornwall! With just two nights to notch carp from each of those counties, the pressure is on to make sure that Henry comple...

This might just be the craziest-looking zig rig that you’ve seen for ages! Nonetheless, Elliott Gray reckons that it’s got excellent potential for nicking a bite when all seems lost! If you can get past the fact it looks like a catfish rig, then you might well catch loads on it! Here’s how to tie…

Carp fishing in winter can be a bit gruelling, especially when you're doing session after session with out a bite! So it can be beneficial lowering your expectations and going to easier waters for a surge in confidence. After you have gained that confidence, you can then start winter campaign for...

Having narrowly missed a capture of Waterside’s king carp, it’s all guns blazing in an attempt to slip him up again. With autumn in full swing, each angler shapes their approach around their own unique use of naturals. This is Kingfisher at its autumn best — carp showing in abundance, but the bit...

Diversity is what the Wildman is all about, and this episode covers fishing on Finn’s intimate local river, as well as an Alpine French lake for crusty old monsters, the renowned Sandhurst Lake on a day ticket and the urban Mecca, Walthamstow Reservoirs! It’s fair to say that things don’t go to p...

Luxury lodge and big carp anyone? We join Myles Gibson, lakeside, at his newly acquired ‘big carp cabin’ on the Cotswold water park for 48 hours fishing. The somewhat unique little lake boasts an impressive stock of fish but with days-only fishing and dense weed to contend with, Elliott & Myles m...

Elliott Gray pits his wits against a moody day-ticket lake. With just 24 hours to unpick tricky Mallard Lake, Elliott resorts to his A-game, setting up in an overgrown swim that gives access (via a stealthy pole trick) to a corner that looks like it might just holds some carp!

In this film we go in-depth on Gaz Fareham’s Gamma rig, and what better way to present it to you, than catching carp live on the banks of the famous Horseshoe lake. We look at where the idea came from, some of his most memorable captures, where and when to use it, and exactly how to tie it.

Back on home turf, Jimmy’s creeping about the Stanwick complex in an attempt to outwit one of its wily old residents. With a result under his belt, he’s then off to Monks Pit for some surface fishing and a meeting with one of the weirdest carp we’ve ever seen.