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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Available for free from your local tackle shop... This is an essential guide to getting the most out of Gardner Tackle’s terminal tackle ranges. ‘The Ultimate Rig Guide’ includes loads of helpful hints that will help you to fine tune your own favourite set ups, as well as step by step instructions on putting together [...]
We would like to congratulate all of the competitors that took part in the “IV National Carp Fishing Final for Spain” that took place in Caspe, Zaragoza between 29th June to 3rd July. This year the event was hosted by the Aragón section of the Spanish Angling Federation, and was sponsored by Gardner Tackle together [...]
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