Gold medal or PB chub? We get to the heart of Dean Macey’s twin obsessions in a fascinating For The Record interview. One of our biggest TV personalities opens up about slipping away to pursue his angling targets while training ‘until he puked’ for Olympic competition, and how he came to become a...

We grabbed the cameras and headed to the wilds of Lincolnshire (ok, it wasn’t that wild) to film a gripping interview with Jason Hayward, a true big-carp man who’s perhaps best known as the first man to bank the Black Mirror. Now, while our chunky interview concentrated on many aspects of Jason’s...

Dave Levy has lived an existence fuelled by a passion for carp angling and it’s hugely impacted the life he’s led, for the better! In this interview we look back at over 30 years fishing, across some of the most famous venues we’ve had, and his album is sure to drop your bottom jaw. Dave’s been i...

The name's Hamilton... Ben Hamilton. We go deep undercover to expose the inner workings of one of the carp scene's coolest, indie brands, Thinking Anglers. Find out how Ben built the company from nothing, and what the future holds for one of the quickest-growing firms around.

We managed to secure one of carp angling’s great historians for this month’s For The Record; the inimitable Chris Ball. The master storyteller carries us along on a journey that started over fifty years ago, along the course of which, he rubbed shoulders with some of the biggest names in the spor...

Our For The Record interview took us up to the leafy lanes of Cheshire, to meet up with a man who has, whether you realise it or not, influenced how you fish - Frank Warwick. A household name in the noughties, we caught up with this most innovative and charismatic of carpers to find out a bit mor...

itchie McDonald reminisces about his remarkable rise to the top in the big-carp scene. Famous waters, epic tree-falls, a brush with the British record, public adulation and commercial disasters; Ritchie Mac tells all in part two of our For the Record interview. His rollercoaster of a carp career ...

To most people, he’s carp fishing’s craziest angler, to others he’s still the crazy carp angler, but with a lot more to his larger-than-life character than meets the eye. Derek just wants to have fun. All he’s ever wanted is to have fun, and his time at the forefront of angling during the ninetie...

A true superstar headliner, Ali Hamidi, kicks us off with a fascinating insight into his world, which gets to the heart of what makes one of angling’s most recognised figures tick. We cover his life, work and angling, focusing on the part he’s played in driving the Korda machine to greater and gr...

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...

You’re going to love the spring instalment of this feature. Simon and Elliott discuss carp behaviour and the baiting and tactics needed to catch them during what can be the very best time of year. Simon gives us the truth about clay, salt, parasites, rolling carp and hatching insects, all of whic...

Scotty and Elliott discuss carp behaviour during the winter, and how a deep understanding of this can help you catch more carp during the toughest season. We learned loads while filming it, and we’re confident you will too!

It’s always a pleasure to see Joe Morgan, especially when he’s cradling a UK fifty for the cameras. Here’s how it went down; just before we were locked down, Joe managed to bank the biggest resident of the pond he’s fishing, and called Elliott for help with pictures and footage. What follows is t...

Our first ever carp fishing podcast. For a long time we've wanted to bring a podcast to the table, and we've finally done it. In this episode we discuss the full moon phase, the impossible task of catching in the fog, the Burghfield common, Elliott's new found love for fishing in Europe and a gen...

In this podcast you can expect to hear a variety of carpy tales and interesting topics covered. We talk the passing of one of Elliott’s target fish, a monster 50lb common, the realties of Rich’s campaign on fishing a gruelling big pit with limited time, autumn weather conditions and the effect of...

In this episode we discuss the all-important effects of the weather on our winter carp fishing, and how Elliott is now using his pond as gauge of how the carp might be acting in our lakes. We reminisce of a trip to the famous Redmire Pool, a visit to John Baker's bait lab and a trip to Nash Lakes...

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...

Few anglers have a record of success during the winter months, like Jon McAllister’s. We join him on the banks of Dinton Pastures White Swan Lake to find out what it takes to achieve the unachievable. When it comes to winter fishing experts, Jon McAllister is held in high regard. Through years of...

In this podcast we discuss Elliott’s fishing of late, our underwater filming plans, some Stoneacre exploits, a crazy trip to the Alps, the popularity of carp fishing, super-long tiger nuts and much more, whilst answering questions from the listeners along the way.

Luke Stevenson has been one of the most consistent big-carp anglers on the scene for the last decade and we wanted to know how! Meeting him in his Essex home, we delve into the inner workings of the modern big-carp man’s mind and discover how he fits his obsessive pursuit around ‘normal’ life. We...

The Cypography Podcast returns and this time we've got reinforcements! Top angling journalist, Thom Airs, digs deep into our Linear Fisheries Submerge project, grilling us about the latest underwater blockbuster with Gaz Fareham! Do we ever fall out? Have we changed our rigs since we started unde...

What did Henry Lennon learn from his underwater experience? We’re about to find out as Rich digs deep in search of the vital pieces of information and observations that Henry left with. Has it promoted change in his approach? What would he do different? Every talking point you can think of is lai...

We sit down with Tom Stokes and Nigel Sharp to discuss their insights and observations from watching their favourite pop-up rigs in weed and silt during this eye-opening underwater series.

In the height of midsummer, the VS Fisheries farm is at its most stunning. Simon Scott guides us through the farm, offering a fascinating glimpse into the stock ponds, the carefully crafted feeding program, and, most intriguingly, the hatchery. Here, Simon provides round-the-clock care to his fre...