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, the Submerge series decamped to Gold Lake near Reading – somewhere Stokesy had done well in previous years and with big carp in the swim from the get-go, Stokesy’s best setups get a thorough investigation in front of the underwater camera. Once again, we learned tonnes from this shoot, and we’re sure you will too!
Up Next in Chapter 3
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Cursed | Tom Stokes | C3: Ep.2
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...
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The Curse | Tom Stokes | C3: Ep.1
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...
