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Top tackle firm's latest take on the brolly more than impresses. Those tackle boffins over at Fox just keep thinking of brilliant new ways to improve our on-bank experience – and their latest take on the brolly looks set to do exactly that. Lightweight but super strong, the new Fox Supa Brolly employs fiberglass pole construction along with the company’s new STS system giving loads of space under the shelter. Built from high-quality Ven-Tec fabric and boasting such added features as an optional front rib support, extended storm sides for even more room and multiple pegging points to give you loads of height options, Fox has created a quality piece of kit more than worth a closer look.

On form Southern Syndicate, produces another two 40lb Commons and enormous Eel. Less than three weeks after Wingham Fishery' syndicate lake produced four different forties in as many days, there has been the capture of two more 40lb+ commons from the Canterbury gravel pit. Fishing at 90-yards range in the deepest part of the lake at 17ft, 34year old mechanic, Simon Ford saw a fish show at reasonable range and cast just a single hook bait to the area. Shortly after at 1.

Don’t miss the June issue of Total Carp – the UK’s biggest-selling carp fishing magazine. As well as a bumper 220-page feature-filled issue, there is a 90-minute Dave Lane Carp Fishing DVD. The film, shot on location at Linear Fisheries, sees Dave catch a number of day-ticket carp to mid-twenties, while passing on many of his tips to help you do the same. Don’t miss it – the June issue is on sale in supermarkets and newsagents from Friday, 25th May.

A good mate of mine, Tim Norris, spent ages trying to find the right bag for his carp fishing, scouring the luggage world, and trying pretty much everything out there in the process, before settling on one of these. I asked him how he’d decided that it fit the bill and he told me that it was just the right size – just big enough for his gear without being so big that it encouraged him to take stuff that he didn’t need (we’ve all been there, right?). It was also easy to access the stuff that he needed quickly via the external pockets and the single, full-size opening and internal compartments allowed him to arrange everything neatly inside. As he was telling me all of this, I realised that the NXG sounded like it ticked all of the boxes in my search for an all-round bag that I could take anywhere.