Plans & Reflections

2020 was an awful year for everyone and the restrictions on angling were felt by all who love the sport. I had plans for early spring that were soon thrown out the window as, like everyone else, I was forced to hang up the rods. I decided early into lockdown, that the...

Stanwick Lakes

20th June, The alarm goes off, 0600, and I drag myself from my bed, quietly putting on my previously layed out pile of clothes as to not wake the household, slowly moving through the house as if on some sort of covert mission, but in reality today was the day I...

Product Preference

As Head Consultant of MAD Baits, I’m regularly asked: “which product should people be using?” As with most people, my opinions and preferences are based on my own experiences and are likely to conflict with those of others. I did my angling apprenticeship in a...

Brakes Pit

My name is Liam Gray, I am 21 and this is my Essex Big Pit Campaign. Original plans were to finish off something I had started on another water and join Brakes the following year, however, a close friend of mine who had a ticket for the water said I need to get on...

A Break from the Madness

Day-ticket carp fishing is one of the most popular styles of fishing in the UK and seems to be an ever-growing market. These types of day-ticket waters have become the starting point for so many getting into fishing but in recent years also the mecca for some very big...