Is Jim Shelley carp angling's most controversial character? He's definitely one of the most deadly carp anglers to tread this earth, and regardless of what you may think of him already, this interview is sure to help solidify your opinion. For the first time EVER, Jim is put under the Cypography ...

Join us as we delve into Lee Petty’s awesome big carp record. The travelling man’s big carp angler, Lee Petty, gets the For The Record treatment. We get a privileged look at his brimming big-carp albums, and try to get to the source of his success, achieved while holding down a job in his native ...

John Bird is part of the smallest, most prestigious club in carp fishing. He’s one of just twenty men to have caught a record carp, and standing alongside the likes of Walker, Yates, Hearn and his close mate Oz Holness, he is in esteemed company. But this man is far more than an entry in a record...

Lee Jackson is one of carp fishing's great characters and for many years was at the very forefront of the big carp scene here in the UK. His pursuit of Two-Tone, the British record carp, was documented in ACF magazine and captured the hearts of thousands of anglers as step-by-step he penned his j...

We’d wanted to interview Gaz Fareham for along time and it's great to say we have now done so; as you can imagine, there was plenty to talk about! We discussed Subsurface, teaching, working in angling and whether his newfound obsession with the wide blue yonder on The Continent could ever kill hi...

If you had a gun to your head and needed to put your trust in someone to catch a carp, in order to save your life, it should be this man, Ian Russell. When it comes to catching under pressure, Ian's the undisputed champion, that many have tried and failed to beat. Years ago he founded Heathrow Ba...

Sam Toro is the definition of a passionate big carp man from the North. In this interview, you’ll hear a selection of carpy tales and gain an insight into his documentation of stories for The Northern Chapters book. Like many of us, there’s more to Sam’s life than sitting behind rods, he’s also a...

It takes a certain kind of person to become an influence on others; Paul Forward was one of those characters. With decades of carp angling experience under his belt, a warm heart and an assertive personality, you can’t help but listen to this man when he speaks. You might not agree with every sta...

Zenon Bojko is a name that will remain etched into the history books of carp fishing, and despite his absence from the scene for a number of years, his impact during his time as an obsessive carp angler will never be forgotten. Zen was the first man to catch a 40lb common and mirror carp from two...

Gentleman of the big-carp scene, Oz Holness, is the subject of this For The Record interview, and boy he didn’t disappoint. We cover a range of subjects, from his secret bait edges to etiquette, motivation and even Far Eastern philosophies and how they all mesh together to keep Oz catching! Oz is...

Simon Crow has been an obsessive angler for as long as he can remember, and for many years his life he’s been emersed in just about everything carp fishing has to offer. Si has caught big carp from all around the globe, he’s worked in the industry as a magazine editor, bait-maker and a profession...

In a modest, ground-floor flat in suburban West London, lives a man who, single-handedly, changed the face of big-carp fishing. In fact, it could be argued that he invented the single-minded pursuit of target carp by any means necessary. So, it was with nerves jangling that we visited that same f...