This guy is one of angling’s most underrated storytellers, the engaging Tom Stokes. He’s just the sort of super-dedicated angler that we hoped Cyp would highlight and we’re delighted that he agreed to come on and talk about his life in angling. This guy works 9-5, fishes every weekend available a...

Tom Stokes takes on Lewis Read at a stunning and remote ‘Middle England’ syndicate water, with crystal-clear water and very visible big carp! It might be the middle of winter, but that doesn’t stop the lads from finding carp quickly and the contest quickly becomes a matter of whose tactics come o...

Tom Stokes takes on a venue unlike any he’d fished before. Incredibly deep, low stocked, and home to a handful of remarkable old carp, it was a nut he was determined to crack. This is the story of a true big-carp campaign, raw, relentless, and built around a calculated strategic process in pursui...

We said we’re going to catch a winter carp in front of our underwater cameras, and we weren’t stopping until we did. Tom Stokes returns to Orchid Lake for his second attempt, armed with a bait boat (which we couldn’t wait to see drop rigs) his favourite rigs and classic cold-water baits. Would th...

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...

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 ends his campaign for one the best mirror carp ever to have lived in the UK. He’s seen, fished and heard of a number of incredible lakes since, but few compare to this place. This was the first time Tom had ever set out to catch an individual carp and he’s not looked back since this ca...

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...

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...

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 shows you exactly how to tie his ever-faithful Spinner Rig, a pop-up presentation that has soared in popularity in recent years and forms a huge part of Tom's fishing.

As Stokesy’s session takes a challenging turn, Nige prepares to deploy his favourite Hinged Stiff-Rig for the first time. With both anglers relying on a pellet-and-boilie approach and putting the spinner and hinge rigs to the test, the question remains: will their tactics prevail amongst the weed...

Elliott Gray and Tom Stokes go head to head at day-ticket Mecca, Linear Fisheries, with the winner taking the bragging rights, and £200 for the charity of their choice! The fascinating Hardwick-Smiths lake provides the challenge for two lads who don’t spend too much time on day-ticket lakes these...

We’re back in search of winter carp with Tom Stokes and the Submerge cameras! Part Two of our Gold Lake epic kicks off with big carp on screen from the off, and the action continuing to hot up, as the team gets more and more desperate for Stokesy to crack the code and finally put the curse to res...