Steve Ringer's Skills School | Skimmer Bream on the Long Pole

January 2, 2018 Sam Curtis

Check out Steve Ringer's Skills School where he will show you the best way to catch a big bag of skimmers on the long pole.

Steve Ringer's Skills School | 6 Tips for fishing the bomb in winter

December 4, 2017 Sam Curtis

River fishing with our special offer trotting set, available now!

October 4, 2017 Sam Curtis

METHOD FEEDER FISHING with the Maver Reality 10ft Feeder Rod REVIEW

September 26, 2017 Sam Curtis

We're out on the bank with the 10ft version of the new Reality range from Maver. Watch how it performs during some exciting method feeder action!

Pole fishing with the Centrum Carp 12.5m special offer

August 29, 2017 Sam Curtis

Steve Ringer's Skills School

August 16, 2017 Sam Curtis

Steve Ringer is back! and with a new take on an old method that will definitely help you land more fish! It's easy to use and very simple to set up.

Start carp fishing with our special offer carp starter set

August 8, 2017 Sam Curtis

Get a matching pair of 12ft carp rods and reels, rod pod, pair of buzzer bars and set of bite alarms for less than £80 and get yourself kitted out for carp fishing this year!

How to tie a pellet waggler rig

July 4, 2017 Sam Curtis

Follow our simple guide to help you tie a pellet waggler rig for you to use on your next session.

13 questions with David Stockdale

June 21, 2017 Sam Curtis

Phil Spinks' amazing roach haul

May 16, 2017 Sam Curtis

These are the incredible pictures of the greatest big roach catch of all time.

Well-known specialist Phil Spinks admitted that ‘he’s still pinching himself’ after he banked six roach over the 3lb mark in a session that will go down in fishing history.

The Korum and Angling Direct-backed all-rounder landed fish of 3lb 12oz, 3lb 10oz, 3lb 8oz 8dr,
3lb 6oz, 3lb 5oz and 3lb 2oz from Homersfield Lake in Suffolk.

In order to avoid the small roach that occupy the privately-owned, 33-acre fishery, the 36-year-old fished groundbait feeders in conjunction with helicopter rigs that he baited with 12mm Sonubaits Code Red boilies.

The biggest fish sets a new personal best for Phil, whose roach-fishing CV makes impressive reading as he’s now landed 37 fish over 3lb.

“This was the best day’s fishing of my life… it still hasn’t sunk in yet,” Phil told Angling Times.

“I’ve had some exceptional roach fishing at this stunning venue, but to land six over 3lb in one session is incredible and, to my knowledge, the 3lb 12oz and 3lb 10oz is one of the biggest braces of roach ever caught.

“I had loads of fish over 2lb during the same session, but I was unhooking them and slipping them back without even weighing them, which is crazy. It just shows you the sheer quality of the roach fishing here.

“I still can’t believe I’ve had six fish of a lifetime in one session.”

Homersfield Lake is a private membership water that boasts a large head of carp to over 50lb, tench to 13lb, bream to 16lb, along with the huge roach. It’s a fishery that was also used by fishing legend John Wilson to film some of his iconic shows.

Phil’s catch has also stunned the Symonds family, which runs the venue. “We have so many huge roach caught all the time, but this is truly in a league of its own. A catch like this is totally unheard of, and will probably never be repeated,” said Martin Symonds.

“It’s a catch that really is a testament to how good an angler Phil is. There aren’t many who could come here for the day and achieve something like this… truly amazing stuff.

“There are anglers who come and target roach, but many are caught by accident by carpers.

“We’ve had roach to 4lb 4oz caught in the past, which equals the current British record. I wonder how big they go...”