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 has an encounter with an old friend, whilst we catch up with his efforts to catch from a range of waters! It’s a warts-and-all account of a period that’s seen some low periods, as well as some nice carp on the bank!

We pick Alex’s brains about tactics when limited to daytime only, and he catches for the cameras too! Alex’s big-carp CV reads like a phone directory of desirable giants, a good few of which were caught from day-only waters like Richmond Park, Sutton-at-Hone and Bushy Park. We joined him in the m...

In the winter Jack fished on a little sewer drain where the fish were marooned in a certain stretch. It soon became clear that this river held some incredible old fish that he was pretty successful in catching during the colder months!

Faced with Baltic weather, we thought we’d spend a couple of nights following exactly what Oli Davies does when winter bites hard, and that meant fishing a river, lake and canal in just 48 hours! Kicking things off in his local tackle shop, we headed off to an intriguing upper Lea park to while a...

James Armstrong’s documenting his angling life exclusively for Cypography. Armed with his camera, a drone and a GoPro we’re getting a raw but real insight into what it's like in the life of Jimmy. He's got some amazing fishing at his disposal and we can't wait to see what this year brings. This f...

Away from the big pits of myth and legend, the familiar surroundings of Linear were no less enthralling when we joined Tom ‘The Machine’ Maker in the middle of an incredible, 52-fish hit on Hardwick Smiths. In a film that would be tough to repeat, even for Tom, we get right to the heart of a sess...

Ian takes us to Thorney Weir, the gnarliest day-ticket lake in the Colne Valley, in search of quickfire action. With just two day sessions on the cards, watch as he plunders Thorney’s gems. Ian was on top form both on the fishing front and as the loveable rogue we know him to be, if you’re lookin...

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!

Steve kicks off his new series in fine style, catching a remarkable haul of winter carp, with several fish over the 30lb mark, topped by a monster 41lb mirror! With 48 hours at his disposal, he visits Combley Lakes on the Isle of Wight to re-kindle an old flame. Using one bite tactics in the form...

Deep in the Hampshire countryside lies a small pool, not much larger than a farm pond, but monsters live here! The Lord of the Manor fishery is a giant full scaled, the biggest of its kind in the UK, and a fish that many tip to be the next British Record. After seeing his mate Lee Morris catch th...

Mark Bryant is something of a rig mechanic, so when he suggests a setup, it’s always worth a look. This no-nonsense fluorocarbon D-rig barely ever tangles and resets when it is ejected or disturbed by a carp, putting you back in prime contention for another chance! Simple it may be, but Mark’s tw...

Part three of Nigel Sharp’s exclusive Sharp End features footage of a brace of January thirties (among other winter conquests) as well as the post-Covid resumption of his club-water campaign and an encounter with one of the best forties around (we filmed it and it blew us away)!

This might just be the craziest-looking zig rig that you’ve seen for ages! Nonetheless, Elliott Gray reckons that it’s got excellent potential for nicking a bite when all seems lost! If you can get past the fact it looks like a catfish rig, then you might well catch loads on it! Here’s how to tie…

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...

We look back at the last year in Sharpy’s carp fishing life; a period in which he’s stepped back from the grind of the big carp scene to enjoy the subtleties of catching carp for fun, away from the madding crowds. For decades Nige has spent his time battling it out on the most demanding of circui...

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...

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...

With the spring sunshine finally arriving it's time to get excited, the carp are going to be waking up, getting caught, and Elliott's tough winter campaign could end with massive carp he's been searching for... Or it could all go wrong, as the threat of Coronavirus puts everything in doubt! This ...

James Armstrong visits Lac Serene, home to one of the biggest common carp in the world, weighing in at over 100lbs! Can you imagine that? Joined by his friend Willem Kwinten, they have a week’s fishing ahead of them and although catching carp is the priority, the 100-pounder is the dream. Applyin...

Jimmy takes his son, Huxley, for his first ever night on the bank and what a job he did in the process, catching some lovely fish along the way. Although Huxley wasn’t too keen to get in on the action, some special moments were shared and documented for us all to enjoy. Following their trip, Jimm...

We shot over to Oxford for an on-the-bank interview with man-of-the-moment, Steve Renyard. As comebacks go, they don’t get any more dramatic than the way Steve re-emerged after some time away, banking an astonishing run of thirties and forties during October, November and December. As you’d imagi...

French holiday destination, Etang Des Berniere hosts the big man this time around, as he seeks yet more action on the Continent for his exclusive vlog. It really doesn’t matter where Jim ends up, the result is pretty much always the same… big carp on the bank! With that trip ticked off, he return...