Gardner Tackle has supported the ANLRS initiative right from the start, offering financial and logistical support to the organisers. It’s so easy to be involved! All you have to do is save your old line (monofilaments, fly lines and the spools they come on) and drop them into the NLRS scheme bins that can [...]
Some main lines stand the test of time simply because they are right to start with. Take the legendary Insight GR60 for instance, even after all these years this superb line is hugely popular simply because it is a fabulous line to start with! Why? Well it exhibits exceptional knot strength, [...]
Here Jason Hayward answers some FAQs about the new Gardner Tackle range of Specialist Sharpened Covert Dark hooks. Method Based 1. Are Specialist Sharpened Covert Dark hooks suitable for all general use? Yes, they can be used in any angling situation. I never use an unsharpened hook and I [...]
An introduction from Lewis Read: "Everyone here at Gardner Tackle is thrilled with our new consultancy agreement with big carp supremo, Nigel Sharp. Nigel is a hugely gifted and exceptional angler with an immense knowledge and experience base that will undoubtedly bring a lift to our product development through his personal testing and use [...]
The hugely successful Covert Hook range has been subject to a radical face lift, incorporating a minimalist stripped back protective electroplated finish. This ensures that the hooks all have longer sharper tapered points which remain super sharp, an essential attribute for any effective rig. Finally, we have incorporated a micro barb to fall into line [...]
Please click on the image to view/save the PDF online.After the success of Gardner Tackle’s carp focused Covert range of terminal tackle, we have utilised the expansive knowledge of our in-house expert specimen anglers, to develop a range of refined terminal tackle tailored especially to fulfil the needs of the specialist angler... In this Target [...]
I’m a great fan of the Hinged Stiff Rig. I’ve been using it for many years now with very good results. It’s just one of those rigs that quite simply catches carp, so when Lewis at Gardner sent me some new hook link material to try for the boom section of the rig I was [...]
After we had received a large number of requests from anglers we have added a superb new ‘Silt’ colour option to the Covert terminal range. Available now - the semi transparent grey/black colour has been developed to blend in with the dark sediment, substrates, silk weeds and silt beds (unsurprisingly) that dominate the majority of [...]
Moving on from my last article before Christmas I’d left my trips to Glos and Oxford behind me to settle down on a water I’ve been fishing on and off (mostly off!) for a number of years in pursuit of one or two very large commons. It’s a 7-acre estate lake with a substantial stock [...]
On my birthday I went fishing for a twenty four hour session with some friends to FLE Fisheries Top Lake. Late last year I helped net the lakes and knew they contained a lot of nice double figure fish. On arrival I took a walk around the lake, I headed to the climbing trees that [...]
Esox Lucius have always featured high on my list of favourite fish. Right after Mullet and Barbel. Due partly to their size, even a small fish looks impressive, but more down to the fact that they are just mean looking! All that camo, those evil eyes and a set of teeth any dentist would rightfully [...]
Long time friend of Gardner Tackle, ‘Sir’ Pete Springate, has just achieved a truly remarkable feat of carp angling by catching a carp off the top on the 1st February 2013. It’s a remarkable feat in so much as this capture takes his tally of surface caught fish in consecutive months to 48.... Yes! That’s [...]
Gardner Tackle is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Leon Bartropp into our sponsored angler team of carp consultants. Not only is Leon a highly respected big fish angler, but he is also a prolific writer within the carp angling press and takes enormous enjoyment in producing his own informative carp fishing videos. Over [...]
/]fter the ‘Roast Beefs’ had reigned victorious at our friendly England v France match earlier in the year we had discussed with David Dauchy and Professor Ludo the possibility of travelling over to Francais and having an informal friendly return match. Any excuse to go angling! The guys had told us about a great venue [...]
Gardner Tackle team members Lewis Read, Alan Stagg and Calum Kletta recently took a trip out to the famous Abbey Lakes in France to do some filming for the Gardner Tackle website and YouTube Channel. They arrived to find the lakes had been fishing slowly, with temperatures falling to -11 a few days before, but [...]
My second, and totally unexpected trip to France, came about after chatting to a Belgian angler I know called Chris Vandenhaute. He happened to mention that he had been fishing in France on a little known venue and had caught fish to a decent size. After several conversations via emails and Facebook, a date was [...]
It is always a great pleasure to fish with our sponsored anglers, especially when they are from one of the foreign teams. Recently we were fortunate to spend a couple of very enjoyable days on the banks of the picturesque Old Lake at Old Bury Hill Fishery in Surrey, in the excellent company of French [...]
Having got through the first round of the England Carp Team trials at Drayton reservoir, Ben and I now had to travel north to Wyreside Lakes to compete in the next trial. We would be up against some of the top carp match anglers in the country. Wyreside Lakes is a truly picturesque fishing venue [...]
After having a day off work at the tackle shop due to the bank holiday, the plan was to go out and get a feature done on one of my local club waters. When I woke up that morning I found myself thinking about staying at home due to the amount of anglers that I [...]
In the past when fishing this lake, I have usually wound the rods in and given the swim a rest for a few hours with no lines in the water. The conditions looked so good that I made the decision to leave the rods out and put another fifteen spods of my mix out to [...]
