Gardner’s International Angling Team
I started fishing as a young lad on a local venue close to home. As you can imagine, at this time my kit was very basic, but I couldn’t care less. I just wanted to be outdoors and enjoy every second out on the bank. A few years past until I met [...]
As a young teenager I got invited by a friend to join him on a local club lake fishing for carp. We started out on the surface and ended up catching these beautiful creatures on the bottom and I fell in love with them from this day on. Before I knew it [...]
I’m a carp angler in a town called San Adrián (Navarra). Since I was very young, accompanied by my father, I was taught love for nature and respect for all living beings. I started fishing carp at a very early age. Year after year, whilst meeting great people and friends, I have learned a [...]
En entrant chez Gardner, le boss m’a dit: « Il faut que tu me fasses un texte pour te présenter. » Je crois donc que le moment est venu de me livrer... J’aurai vraiment souhaité vous conter une histoire époustouflante, mais mon parcours est tout ce qu’il y a de plus classique dans notre [...]
Als kleine jongen knul kwam natuurlijk ook het vissen bij mij binnen gedrongen, het park water in buurt is dan ook het gene waar ik veel tijd door bracht weekende vakanties of na school het was altijd vissen wat ik deed en wil. Toen ik wat ouder werd gingen we natuurlijk wat verder van [...]
I am Rex Van Puffelen, an angler from 5 years of age and I have been ever since. I started with a pole and some method and pike fishing. I caught my first carp ever, when I was 10 years young in France (yes in France ;D) and I was completely sold on carp [...]
During my 27 years as an angler I have had the pleasure of practising various fishing methods; spinning, fly fishing, Surfcasting, Game fishing. I have also been able to catch large tuna and predators in Spanish coastal waters. I have visited glorious and wild places, like the Amazon river, getting many great catches and [...]
I come from a fishing family, my dad, my uncle, my brother, etc. are all angling fanatics. So I often found myself accompanying them on their fishing trips and eventually I caught the angling bug. My fascination with carp angling occured whilst watching a carp angler on the bank. I was completely enthralled by [...]
I have been interested in fishing since childhood. I came to angling in a very traditional way. First I went along with a friend and found that I really enjoyed it and I have been faithful to this fascinating hobby ever since. I have specialised on carp since 1992 and I have tried many [...]
I was in a pram when my father first took me fishing and since then my interest in angling has never abated. After 8 years I got my first rod and since we own a private stretch of river, I fished there all the time. This fascination with carp fishing has never left me [...]
At the age of 8 I watched my Grandad catch an eel with a fishing rod. I was so fascinated by this that the life-saving hobby of my ancestors flared up in me and I knew that I wanted to be an angler. Over the past 29 years together with a lot of fun, [...]
My name is Jurgen Vandenstorme and I work as an independent baker. As a youngster I started fishing for roach and then switching to bigger coarse species such as bream. Several years later I became interested in carp fishing, which soon became very addictive. My favourite fishing venues are rivers and canals, which I [...]
Hello everyone, so I'm Michaël and I am 37 years old. I am a foreman in public works for an international group. I have fished for carp for 26 years. I caught my first carp in 1988 (this does not make me sound young), not using modern methods but using a good old hook [...]
I started on my quest to catch carp at the age of 14, many moons ago and I still love it as much as I did then. I have fished on small lakes, big lakes, rivers and canals in Belgium, France and Holland. But to be honest, I favour fishing on my home soil [...]
Fact File Name: Josep Maria Bartralot Rovira Age: 24/12/1986 City: Manlleu (Catalunya) Years carp fishing: 10 years PB: 44lb mirror on River Ebro Favourite venues: Any quiet location with beautiful fish in it! Favourite Rigs: Every situation is a different game but I love using pop ups and fishing a rod with the [...]
I have fished since I was a child, but my passion for carp fishing was born about 10 years ago. Now every year I spend around 120 nights fishing for carp. The fishing technique that I prefer is definitely searching for large fish from the boat in large natural lakes. I regularly compete, over [...]
Hello I'm Laurent, 36 years old, an expatriate in Alsace after several career changes. My father was a fisherman who took me regularly to the waters where he fished. Canals, ponds and rivers were the playgrounds where I learnt my craft. When I started, I did not really have a favorite fish, the important [...]
I have always followed my father to the water's edge, watching him, until there was an opening in a small community pond in my hometown, the Pas de Calais. He put a rod in my in hand with a strong line and a big fat worm attached, I must have been 4 or 5 [...]
I love the large natural lakes and I like to spend a couple of nights a week on them. It’s difficult to quantify how many nights a year I fish, maybe 50-60, however this depends on factors such as work and my family. I fish all year round, from spring right through the winter. [...]
