Gardner Tackle Podcast

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. It was an absolute pleasure to welcome none other than Sir Pete Springate into the studio. A founding father of the big carp scene, a pioneer, and outdoors man in the truest sense. Pete is a man that likes to keep himself out of the limelight, so it was great to have the opportunity to sit down and find out where it all began for him, his fishing in recent years and of course his iconic captures of some true Wraysbury Giants!

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. Come Spring and Summer, surface fishing becomes the major part of team member, Matt Eaton's angling approach. It can not only be an enjoyable way of angling, but when approached correctly can be an extremely effective method of catching carp. Sit back and soak up Matts tips to improve your surface angling!

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. We are delighted to announce, none other than Dave Lane has joined Gardner as a consultant! We grabbed some of Dave's time to sit down with him to discuss all things - big pit carping! Finding out why this style of angling makes him tick and how he goes about preparing and tackling these larger waters with often a low stock of carp!

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. This podcast is one for those looking to embark on a river campaign in search of Carp. In this episode, we sat down with south coast angler and team member, Craig Smithson to shine a light on his campaign and quest for something really special... a Hampshire Avon 30! 

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. The other side of VS Fisheries, Viv Shears grew his angling roots at an early age! Going on to become Fisheries Manager of the RMC Angling portfolio, and a long standing Lecturer at Sparsholt. We sit down with him to discuss his life in angling and passion fishing for a multitude of species.

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. We sat down with Viv Shears to discuss the great work he and his team behind Anglers National Line Recycling Scheme are doing in the way of promoting the recycling of Line and other plastic products within the Angling industry, safe guarding the future of our sport and angling environments. Whether you do or don't currently recycle your line. Click play, it's an eye opener!

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. We welcome team member, Nigel Sharp back into the studio for Part Five of his Living The Dream series. Part Five - see's Nigel Sharp target Jumbo in the tricky Pads Lake before his final quest targeting Scaley from the Nursery Lake.

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. In this episode, we sit down with team member, Matt Eaton to find out whether fishing line spooks Carp? Matt is a firm believer that line is extremely unnatural to carp in their aquatic environment and in turn has always paid close attention to his line lay. We sat down with Matt to discuss all aspects of line concealment, so if you are looking for an edge this season that will no doubt help you land more carp then make sure to listen!

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. In this episode, we continue to follow Nigel Sharp as he works he way through the famous Yateley Complex, fish by fish. Part Four - see's Nigel Sharp head over to the North Lake in pursuit of one of the countries most famous Mirror Carp - Bazil.

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. Team member, Matt Eaton is no stranger to catching big carp using single hook baits. In this episode, we took the opportunity to sit down with Matt and asked him to shine a light on everything from the colour of favourite hook baits through to his most successful rigs when using this method.

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. This episode covers Part Three of Nigel Sharps 'Living The Dream' series with us. This episode sees Nige cross the road on the Yateley complex, and step foot on the Car Park lake, to make a start on his campaign on this notoriously tricky pit. Sit back and relive what was truly a period of time in Carp fishing that will never be forgotten.

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. In this episode, we sit down with team member and all round nice guy, Matt Eaton. Matt is no stranger to catching big carp using Chod Rigs. Over the years, Matt has refined and fine tuned various aspects of his Chod Rig angling, so we took the opportunity to sit down with him to shine a light on everything from his set-ups through to casting techniques to help you all land more fish using Chod Rigs!

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle, Carp Fishing Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. In this episode, and Part Two of Nigel Sharp's 'Living The Dream' series. We take a trip down memory lane with Nige. Delving into his early adventures on the mighty Yateley Complex. The characters, captures and everything in between...

Welcome to the Gardner Tackle, Carp Fishing Podcast. Hosted by James Clarke. In this episode we sit down with Nigel Sharp for Part One of his 'Living the Dream' series. This episode covers Nigel's obsession with fishing from when it started, through to his thoughts on the current pandemic.