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...

We challenged Jim to show us that he can still do it in England by challenging him to catch from top day-ticket Swan Valley. True to form, Jim brushes off his A-game and banks one of the biggest fish in the lake, along with a couple more to boot!

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 ...

With temperatures set to plummet, and what was left of the autumn leaves doing the same, things were looking tough for this Bushwhacker shoot. However, in true Oli Davies fashion, he managed not only to get bites, but to get bites from two different waters, miles apart in just a couple of Novembe...

Scott loves challenging people to a match and Elliott had planned to spring it upon him once they got to the venue but true to form, Scott offered him out before they’d even arrived! We’re back to Linch Hill again but this time we are over on Willow lake, a venue that neither of the lads have fis...

We join Oli Davies at the beautifully intimate, Croft Pool for a days stalking. He's famous for the term "half a wrap" and it was this up close and personal style of fishing that we where desperate for him to demonstrate. With the carp so close that we could almost touch them, it made for some re...

Elliott join’s Oscar Thornton at his local syndicate lake for a thirties fest. Oscar’s a young angler, renowned for catching big carp, and these maggot-munching monsters are a prime example. With plenty of laughs and a shed load of bites, if there’s ever a film to fire you up then this is it!

Well this was an experience, our first-ever Welsh session! We pointed the cars west, heading for the urban sprawl of Cardiff, to join Elliott’s good friend, Dave Robinson on the notorious Wharf fishery - one of the undisputed jewels in the crown for Welsh carpers. Dave was in the middle of a mamm...

Elliott joins Myles Gibson at the magnificent Dinton Pastures complex, live and in the thick of his campaign on Black Swan lake. What he's achieved at the venue so far is incredible and the same applies for his results during the film. We witnessed some truly fine angling during the 48-hours we s...

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...

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've got a huge slice of the juiciest live action, brought to you from the banks of a forbidden paradise, in a sleepy Cambridgeshire village. James Armstrong managed to get permission to film on this exclusive lake, and he and Elliott enjoy some action from the gnarliest carp around!

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 ...

Elliott joins long-time mate, Dovey, for The Session film at Sandhurst Lake and my god did it kick off! With the Sandy fish in fine summer fettle and on the munch, the action came thick and fast, culminating in the biggest carp we’ve managed to document for Cyp so far! There’s no smoke and mirror...

Jim and Elliott go head-to-head at Yateley Pads Lake with a 'no naturals' rule in place but who will leave victorious just in time for Christmas? Battling against the cold at the notoriously tricky venue, with all sorts of weather thrown at them, this was never going to be high-scoring match and ...

Jake Wildbore returns to a water that holds a special place in not only his fishing, but the hearts of carp anglers across the Uk; Horseshoe Lake. The resulting Session film is our most action-packed to date, with surface sport, some sneaky marginal manoeuvres and out-in-the-pond action too!

Our Session film took us to Reading & District Angling Association’s unique Junction 12 lake, with another angler that dared to do what other only talked about and crossed paths with the Black Mirror… Jon McAllister. As well as being quite the character, Jon has amassed a CV of big, history carp ...

We met Walthamstow veteran, John Barnes, on the gate as London woke around us. While commuters swigged flat whites and rubbed sleep from their eyes, we charged off to find fish on the reservoirs that John has called home for the last 15 years. Nobody knows these waters like John, and we hoped tha...

Nick took us on a cold-water road trip around some of his favourite venues close to his Colne Valley home, as well as further afield. Our feet literally didn’t touch the floor as we battled frozen lakes to get a bend in the rod (SPOILER ALERT: We did manage to capture Nick banking a special canal...

It’s Baitworks boss Mark Bryant vs his right-hand man, Mike Holly in a showdown at the famous Hardwick Smiths Lake on Linear Fisheries. On the surface things seem friendly enough, but once the match gets underway, the hostilities commence! The duo try edge fishing, stalking and zigs in an attempt...

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...

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...

In 46 years of angling, Steve Renyard has never banked an estate lake carp, but in the stunning and intimate Pans Lake in Hertfordshire he has the perfect venue to change that statistic, but with just 48 hours to get the job done and temperatures dropping by the day, can he add a coveted estate l...

With no swims shut off, no inside information and just 48 hours to catch from a venue that he’s fished only a handful of times, Steve Renyard is up against it at Horcott Lakes, in the Cotswolds. With the fishing proving tough after the fish spawned, Steve has to draw on all his vast experience t...