Carp Fishing on a Budget - Korda Basix Range The Basix range has been designed to cater for carp anglers on a budget, with the emphasis being on providing high quality products, which will catch fish, but at a price that anyone can afford. Korda wanted to create a range of tackle to offer new anglers or those who don’t...

Zig Rigs in Detail Its no secret that carp spend the majority of their time in the mid to upper layers of the water column. Whilst cruising around in these areas, they often encounter small natural food items such as bugs and insects. This means that they likely view small objects suspended off the bottom as potential food items, and...

The all-new Nash Pinpoint Hook Doctor taken hook sharpening to the next level, this electric re-chargeable device enables you to sharpen hooks quicker and more efficiently than ever! So how does it work? The electric hook sharpener has a circular diamond stone which is turnt by an internal motor, the device has a lithium rechargeable battery which can be recharged...

Spring has got to be one of the best times of the year to be out on the bank carp fishing. The long dark days of winter are behind us and each day the hours of daylight increases rapidly and the carp are starting to wake up from their winter hibernation. This is the time of the year, when the...

PinPoint owner Marc Voosen talks you through how to correctly sharpen hooks, this video will talk you through pretty much everything you need to know about How To sharpen hooks. How do i clamp the hook correctly in the vice? How many strokes of the file do i give each side? How much pressure do i apply? How do i test to...

Euro Banx 4 certainly lived up to it's expectations, Alan Blair and Oli Davies go on a mission around Europe. Firstly visiting Belgium where they visited the awesome Monkey Climber Syndicate, then onto a open access public water in Denmark where Alan went on a Choddy attack. They then moved onto Sweden and with an eventful ferry ride and Alan getting...

This weeks top tip from me is going to be how to splice a Lead-Free leader. The components you need for splicing are a Leadcore/Lead-Free leader of your choice, the one I'm using today is Submerge from Fox, you also need a nice sharp pair of scissors and a Splicing Needle. You can cut the leader to whatever length you...

I'm going to quickly talk to you about one of my favourite ways of catching carp, and that's being able to watch them in the edge and stalk them. I've found that particularly on smaller shallower lakes, it doesn't take a lot for the water to warm up and when it does those fish will actively be searching out the...

This is my next top tip; how to enhance your Tiger Nut hookbaits. Firstly, I take my ready prepared Tiger Nuts into my empty pot and fill it about halfway. Next I take some full fat Coco-cola, tip a little bit of that in. Next, a tin of Red Bull and add the same amount of that as well, just...

This is my top tip for all year round fishing, it's solid PVA Bag fishing, it's perfect for chucking at showing fish and for your general day ticket waters. To make the solid PVA bag I use the Fox Rapide Loading System and what I put in the bag is a mixed pellet, this is the Mighty Mix Pellet; a...