Gardner Tackle’s articles. Written by our team of highly experienced carp and specialist anglers.
The year started with a few sessions on the AK (The Albert canal) but blanking was the norm, so after a few trips I gave up and purchased a few tickets for some other waters. One was a small club/park lake and the other was a 74 acre deep sand pit, which I planned to [...]
Well, the brief from the Gardner office asked for a quick round up of how my angling went in 2018 so here goes. Somehow, I don't think a sentence saying "I caught loads of carp and 4 of them were over 45lbs the end" will be enough, so I best expand on this and [...]
Time for a change and a few new experiences were my goals for 2018, so I had a new water that was sure to set me a few challenges, a couple of trips over to France and a pledge to try a few different day tickets and guest sessions along the way. I [...]
Sometimes you fall in a bucket of s##t and come out smelling of roses, other times you fall in a bucket of tits and come out sucking your thumb. Certain things become out of our control and sometimes doors open which is exactly what 2018 showed me. For me, March started with the return to [...]
After 12 weeks or so of no angling due to family illness, both my wife and mother in law were finally on the mend. Both medical procedures went ahead and both went as planned thankfully, and around mid-March I finally got the rods out. My first trip of the year was a 48 hour [...]
It been a tough one for me this year, with very limited time on the bank due to work and family commitments but I have managed to catch a few with what time I’ve had. One week in particular was very productive for me where I found myself chasing a fish [...]
2018 has been a really memorable year, both on and away from the lake. My girlfriend ran her first marathon, running London in the spring and raising a superb £6000 for the charity Children with Cancer. I changed jobs, joining Dyson in the Autumn. Also with two young boys, Ellis (7) and Zach (3), juggling [...]
In this piece Lewis Read looks at the evolution of carp rigs, and how developments in terminal tackle, new ideas and angling situations have effected this.
Winter is on its way and Sam details the preparation and tackle he uses to land his targeted pike on the bank.
Nigel Sharp recounts his time on Gold Lake fishing a social with the Gardner Team at the end of the summer. With some good and some not-so-good looking carp ending up on the bank.
It’s not only extremely effective, but incredibly versatile too. Here’s why you should try it...
The Horton Rig is essentially a presentation tailored to catch the fish that are showing over an area that is both firm and relatively weed-free, and is his own tweaked/bespoke balanced bottom bait presentation...
Classic ‘D’ bottom bait rigs have been around a LONG time – for the simple reason that they work! It’s a presentation that offers amazing consistency by way of how the rig lays out after the lead when it reaches the lakebed, and then settles down nicely...
The TT German Rig looks like a Ronnie, but by using a Covert C-Lok swivel (without the flexi ring as used with the Ronnie) it gives the rig less movement, so it acts differently to a Ronnie.
Carp fishing convention dictates that it’s important to match your hookbait to the size of the hook you’re using in order to catch consistently, but MARK WOZENCROFT’S results suggest otherwise...
Line-aligners, kickers, hook extensions... those little bits of tubing have many monikers, but do they all do the same job and when’s the best time to use each type? LEWIS READ provides the answers...
KAI RICHARDS shows why you have to put your faith in zig rigs to target big carp in early spring...
Gardner Tackle’s resident tactical expert LEWIS READ looks at the principal causes of poor hookholds, and some of the simple steps you can take to avoid them...
Which types work best with certain baits and hooklinks? Gardner’s LEWIS READ explains all...
Karlos White reveals a fresh approach to fishing over low-lying weed, using a tactic that has already helped him to catch more than 10 ‘thirties’ this spring...
