In this action-packed Session film special, you'll see carp caught from right under their feet as the duo make the very most of the clear, weedy water and intimate nature of the venue. Deploying a variety of tactics, such as stalking and the washing line method, whilst keeping mobile and in tune ...

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...

Tom Stokes’s D-Rig has accounted for a large number of his most prized carp, which include some of the biggest and best carp the UK has seen. When you’re angling for fish of this calibre, on the gnarly old pits that they reside in, you need strong and reliable tackle. Having faith in a rig is cri...

With temperatures set to plummet, and what was left of the autumn leaves doing the same, things were looking tough for this Bushwhacker shoot. Tom Stokes’ underwater curse is finally broken as he banks carp on camera for the Submerge series! Determined to capture footage of winter carp feeding, t...

Tom Stokes and Elliott Gray head to the urban Welsh Mecca that is The Wharf, a few years after our first visit. To say that this trip had been highly anticipated would be an understatement because the lads and the crew couldn’t wait to test themselves against the impressive Wharf stock once more,...

With carp regularly visiting both Tom and Nige’s spots, frustration sets in as their trusted pop-up rigs are ignored. With every mouthful of bait that disappears down the hatches without results, the question arises: will they need to make tactical adjustments to succeed, or should they stay the ...

The second, gripping, part of the Cypography return to The Wharf in central Cardiff! Having both caught carp, Elliott and Stokesy set their sights on one of the big, old carp that The Wharf holds. Battling relentless rain and the increasingly nomadic stock of carp, the pair choose contrasting sty...

Tom Stokes relives a campaign spent in pursuit of what he describes as the best carp he’s ever fished for. Residing in a seemingly forgotten, intimate, weed-choked and snag-ridden lake were a small number of incredible fish, and he just had to catch. This was his first ever big carp campaign and ...

Prepare to witness underwater scenes like never before, as both Tom and Nige successfully catch carp. Featuring two of the most iconic pop-up rigs—tested in weed and silt and revealed in full detail—this film is a must-watch. Does fishing over ‘dirty ground’ make carp harder to catch? How often d...

Tom Stokes reveals everything you need to know about his use of the spinner rig—how he ties it, when he uses it, and why it’s his go-to choice for so much of his pop-up fishing.

Tom Stokes is the epitome of a big carp bounty hunter, with an album stacked with incredible carp and crowned by the Burghfeild Common there was a mirror in the lake next door that Tom made his next target; The Baby Black. We join him live on the bank to document his campaign, and would you belie...

Stokesy and Elliott go head-to-head in an underwater match. It’s mid-February, there’s huge carp in play, but the conditions are against them. With freezing temperatures and snags all over the place, getting bites will be a challenge. Both anglers must use maggots as part of their approach, and w...

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...

Tom Stokes is one of best story tellers in carp fishing and we’re bringing his Burghfield campaign to life. This is the first of two parts that see us visit the mighty Burghfield for a tour of the lake, and as best an insight into his journey towards capturing the common as we could muster. In Pt...

It’s chods vs spinners as the Korda Mindset duo Tom Stokes and Luke Stevenson go head-to-head in a light-hearted match! The venue is the famous Horseshoe Lake and the lads choose very different tactics to trip up a load of carp in what turned out to be a classic Session carve up! Would Luke’s boi...