With his feet finally under the table and the wheels in motion, Tom’s campaign takes an unexpected turn. A twist of fate and a bold tactical punt completely reshape his approach to deep-water fishing. As autumn creeps in, he raises his game… and what follows is a run of unforgettable captures.

After a run of misfortune, Elliott needs to pull out all the stops to turn things around. As the weather begins to improve and new spots come into play, the momentum starts to shift. With the chance of a giant on the cards, just one bite could flip the result on its head. But with time running ou...

We sit down with Tom Stokes and Nigel Sharp to discuss their insights and observations from watching their favourite pop-up rigs in weed and silt during this eye-opening underwater series.

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...

Tom Stokes is regarded as one of the nicest guys in carp fishing and it was a pleasure to join him for our Session film. We visited an old haunt with a fresh face, in the shape of Embryo Angling's Stanton Harcourt, formally known as Vauxhall Lake. The fishery is one of Oxford's finest and oldest ...

Oz Holness and Tom Stokes tackle the mighty St.Ives Lagoon. With little to no knowledge of the venue or it’s stock, they had their work cut out on the notoriously difficult, weed-choked Cambridgeshire pit. With numbers of anglers already in situ upon arrival, it was time to play carp chess and ev...

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 ...

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,...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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...

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 and Nigel Sharp prepare for underwater experiences they will never forget; fishing among weed and silt. With the usual trials and tribulations in their way, both anglers must pull for the ace cards if they’re going to achieve success.

Tom Stokes realises a dream with the capture of the best big carp in the land, The Burghfield Common. In the second of this two-part film, we look in-depth at how his campaign culminated in a string of captures that would eventually see his name etched into the carp fishing history books. Many ha...