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Fox Interactive - Consultants, Sponsored Anglers & Teams
We pride ourselves on producing the best fishing tackle in the world, but to do so we need a team of consultants who test our tackle to the limit. Here you’ll find a list of those anglers, with a little information about each one.
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  Andy Little
 
Andy Little Andy Little is a very well respected professional angler. Andy Little's name is synonymous with specimen fishing. Andy's weekly column for Anglers Mail is probably the longest running series in any UK publication. Having started over 20 years ago, since then Andy has never missed a week.

Marlin Adventure in Watamu, Kenya in the Indian Ocean
Shark Adventure in Watamu, Kenya in the Indian Ocean
Big Hits on the Reef, Watamu, Kenya in the Indian Ocean
 
 
  Roberto Ripamonti
 
Roberto Ripamonti Roberto is from Rome, Italy and an angling author since 1988. The 47 year-old founded leading Italian magazine ‘Pescare Carpfishing’ and is also the founder of Carp Fishing Italia and IGFA Rep. With over 2000 articles published in seven countries, six books and 45 videos he’s probably the most important Italian angling author ever.

Professionally Roberto is a former 104 Starfighter Sqdn, Commander on ITAF and actually, First Officer on Alitalia. He joined Fox in 1998.


Roberto also has his own web site www.robertoripamonti.it

River’s Revelation - River Fishing Part 1
Fishing from the Bank - River Fishing Part 2
 
 
  Ian Chillcott
 
Ian Chillcott Better known as Chilly, Ian Chillcott is one of the longest serving members of the UK Fox team and it is fair to say he is one of the most popular faces in modern carp fishing. He currently writes regular monthly slots in Advanced Carp Fishing and Total Carp magazines and is the star of Onlinefishing.TV’s Chilly on Carp, the first series of which has recently been launched on DVD to great acclaim. Chilly is a big fan of boilie-fishing and in the past he has used his tactics to outwit some of the country’s hardest carp from lakes such as the Car Park Lake and Wraysbury. In more recent times the big man has fished on the stunning Ashmead syndicate in Somerset where he caught his current PB of a staggering 52lb+ and Wellington Country Park, where he has bagged a number of impressive carp to well over 40lb.

 
 
  Chris Holley
 
Chris Holley Chris Holley is a well know and respected Dorset based angler. Chris grew up in South London where he spent his early teens fishing for carp on the pits and lakes of Kent but his real love is for running water. With over 30 years experience on rivers, he specialises in the pursuit of barbel and chub with over 200 double figure barbel to his credit and chub to 7lb 10oz.

Chris has been classified by the media as a traditionalist spending the majority of his time on the bank preferring to adopt a roving approach with conventional baits to search out his prey.

He has been involved in many angling clubs and organisations over the years, being a founder member of both The Barbel society and Barbel Study Group, carrying out several studies on the species and their habitat. However, nowadays Chris spends much of his time teaching with tuition days and presentations to fellow anglers. Chris is also an NFA qualified coach.

 
 
  Stefan Hanff
 
Stefan Hanff Stefan is a French professional fishing guide who also qualified as a coach in England, and subsequently joined the Professional Anglers Association. He is renowned for his attention to detail and an instinctive watercraft, and shares his knowledge without restraint!

Based in the South East of France where he guides British anglers for carp, barbel and general coarse fishing on natural venues, Stefan is also chairman of the Alpine Carp Study Group. His best fish so far for 2008 is a 50lb mirror from St Cassien.

Stefan provides his clients with the latest Fox gear, acting as a real life tackle test platform. Stefan’s pledge is to get people to catch wild fish from a variety of venues in the Provence-Alpes region, which is a guarantee that the tackle is put through its paces!

Safety Zone - Part 1
Safety Zone - Part 2
Safety Zone - Part 3
 
 
  Ian Welch
 
Ian Welch Dr Ian Welch is an aquatic scientist by training and has put his expertise into practise by becoming one of the foremost all round big fish anglers in the UK with a PB list which includes: UK catfish to 55lb 10oz, pike to 35lb 12oz, carp to 34lb 6oz, barbel to 16lb 7oz, bream to 16lb 3oz, zander to 13lb, tench to 10lb 1oz, chub to 7lb 5oz, perch to 4lb 10oz, crucian carp to 4lb 8oz, roach to 3lb 6oz, silver bream to 2lb 1oz and dace to 1lb 4oz.

Ian is a former RMC Angling boss, a previous winner of the prestigious Fox Specimen Cup, a director of the Carp Society and chairman of the Professional Coarse Fisheries Association.

He has written in most national angling publications and currently has the weekly lead feature in Angler’s Mail magazine. Ian has also made numerous TV and radio appearances.

Exploring Thailand's Waterways
Horseshoe Lake in Lechlade
 
 
  Tom Maker
 
Tom Maker Without a doubt one of the brightest young carp angling talents in the UK, 18-year-old Tom Maker has been hooked on fishing since the age of 7. Tom has fished on a variety of venues including the famous Walthamstow complex, which was the scene of his first English 30lb+ carp. Since then Tom has gone on to land more than 50 English 30lb+ carp with a personal best standing at an impressive 44lb 8oz. Tom lists the Linear Complex and a private Surrey syndicate amongst his favourite venues. Tom has an incredibly active angling style, which is based on keeping mobile and locating the carp to ensure every session is fulfils its maximum potential. In addition to the more conventional carp angling, Tom is also a keen carp match angler and has been runner-up in the British Young Carpers Angling Championships on two occasions. He has also finished third in the adult version when partnered with his father and follow Fox team member Andy and has even fished for the NFA England carp team. Keep your eyes peeled in all the major carp angling magazines for Tom as this is set to go from strength to strength in 2010.

The World Carp Championships - Part 1
The World Carp Championships - Part 2
 
 
  Steve Spurgeon
 
Steve Spurgeon Steve Spurgeon is widely regarded as a true thinker in carp angling and it is his ability to make the correct tactical decisions that have led to a long and distinguished carp angling career. Like Tom Maker, Steve is another keen carp match angler and has also represented his country at the FIPS World Championships, where he helped them scoop a silver medal. In addition to this Steve has partnered fellow Fox member Chris Rose in the British Carp Angling Championships on a number of occasions, which has seen the pair reach the final an impressive five times. He likes to use a variety of methods when angling but rates heavy baiting with a spod amongst his favourites. Steve started using the spod back in the lake 1980’s and has used this baiting tool to great effect ever since. His current UK PB stands at 47lb 2oz and he is a regular star in a number of UK magazines including the top-selling Total Carp and also stars in overseas titles too.

 
 
  Chris Rose
 
Chris Rose With the best part of 20-years carp fishing experience to his credit, Chris Rose is what you could call a carp fishing innovator. Responsible for a number of products that you will find on your tackle shops shelves, Chris’ latest brainchild is Fox’s extremely popular Arma-Mesh. Chris believes this product has given his angling a massive edge in recent times and judging by the number of carp he has caught on it we cannot disagree. Alongside Steve Spurgeon, Chris enjoys match fishing for carp and hopes one day to finally lift the British Carp Angling Championship trophy. He is another fan of using the spod to fish large beds of particles and has used this tactic to take a number of large carp topped by a PB of over 41lb.

 
 
  Mark Noorman
 
Mark Noorman Mark is an IT Consultant and has been fishing for carp since 1990. For many years he has been a regular contributor to Dutch angling magazines and several articles have been published in other European countries.

Because of his busy job, family life, sport and other hobbies and commitments he is forced to prepare and execute his fishing as effective as possible. Although Mark has already caught quite some big Dutch carp, that alone is not what he’s after. Variation in his fishing by constantly searching for new challenges and improvements in every aspect of carp fishing is what makes him more fanatical with each passing year. Forward thinking quality products from Fox International play a major role in this process which he combines with sponsorship from Mainline Baits UK.

 
 
  Andreas Scherf
 
Andreas Scherf New recruit to the Fox Team, 33 year-old ‘Andy’ lives in Ruedesheim at the Rhine in Germany. He started fishing in 1987 on the River Rhine, but his carp fishing really started around 1990 with his professional carp angling career started in 1993. Over all these years he has fished all around Europe. He is experienced on many of the legendary waters in France. He has also fished a lot of very small and difficult lakes in Germany, but his main fishing remains on the Rhine.

He has banked many carp weighing more than 20kg, with his personal best being a huge 33.4 kg fish! He also targets zander and catfish, admitting that fishing with shads and lures is his second love after carp fishing.

 
 
  Scott Day
 
Scott Day 33-year-old Scott has recently joined Fox in the position of technical and product development administrator and brings with him a wealth of industry experience not to mention 20-years fishing expertise too! Originally from Northwich, Cheshire in the north of England, Scott has recently re-located to Essex and is currently fishing on a large, private syndicate, which is home to his current PB carp of 55lb 8oz. He lists his favourite venue of all time as Redesmere, which is located in the frozen north. He has a number of impressive captures to his name and has also made the final of BCAC on more than one occasion when asked what his preferred style of fishing was his reply was “a bit of everything really.”

 
 
  Lewis Porter
 
Lewis Porter Lewis is the former editor if leading UK carp fishing magazine Crafty Carper and is employed by Fox as their media editor. He works very closely with all of the Fox-sponsored anglers both in the UK and overseas and produces editorial material for magazines and websites across the globe. Lewis is also quite a distinguished carp angler in his own right having banked two different UK 40lb+ common carp one of which is his current UK personal best at 43lb 8oz. He enjoys fishing on a number of venues in and around the Nene Valley including the 65ft deep Bundy’s Pit in Cambridgeshire. Lewis has caught carp from Bundy’s in over 50ft of water and is looking forward to testing the performance of a range of Fox’s products in these extreme depths over the coming years. His preferred style of fishing is a boilie-only approach and he particularly enjoys tackling tricky venues where you need to devise cunning plans to fool the wary residents into taking your hookbait.

 
 
  Shaun MacSpadden
 
Shaun MacSpadden 34-year-old Shaun is Fox’s product development director and is basically responsible for all of the fantastic Fox products that you get to use in your day to day carp fishing plus he designs tackle for match, sea, predator and big game fishing. Due to a busy work load Shaun has not published many articles in carp magazines but in the past has featured in both Total Carp and Advance Carp Fishing and plans to produce more features over the coming year. He has been a member of the Fox team for seven years now and is based in Chelmsford, Essex, although he lists his favourite venue of all time as Redesmere in his home county of Cheshire. He is currently targeting a private syndicate lake in Essex and has a UK PB carp of 41lb 12oz. Aside from fishing for carp, Shaun, also enjoys pursuing a host of exotic species all across the globe and has banked some incredible fish such as blue marlin to 650lb, a 350lb goliath grouper, and a 50lb wahoo! Back in the UK he has banked tench in excess of 10lb and has a PB roach of 3lb.

 
 
  Mark Taylor
 
Mark Taylor 32-year-old Mark is the newest recruit to the team of Fox anglers and is based in Thetford, Norfolk. His current UK PB stands at 39lb 12oz and has been carp angling for over 20-years. He is currently targeting the hush, hush Nunnery syndicate in Norfolk and manages to fish nine nights in an average month. Mark has been a user of Fox products for many years and is a big fan of many of our new releases and ranks the Zig Floats as one of our best ever! He likes to turn his hand to all styles of carp fishing and also enjoys the odd trip down to the river for a chub or two.

 
 
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  Xavier Paolozzi
 
Xavier Paolozzi Xavier, more commonly known by his British friends as ‘Zav’, lives in the countryside of Paris, giving him the opportunity to fish for big carp from the rivers in this region: the River Marne, OISE, and the famous one: the Seine, as well as the many gravel pits in this area.

He has travelled around the world in search of big carp from Italy, Spain, Romania, Ukraine, Canada, Belgium, Germany, South Africa... the list goes on! However, the River Seine still gives him a special feeling!

Because of Zav’s varied carp fishing, he insists on using the best products. That's why he uses Fox International carp tackle – it means he can concentrate 100% on his fishing!

 
 
  Steve Mogford
 
Steve Mogford Steve Mogford aka Moggy has been carp fishing since the early 80s and has banked a number of the country’s most sought after carp in his time. Amongst his most memorable captures include The Royal Forty at 42lb 12oz, and the captures of no less than three different 40lb+ commons from one venue topped by the mighty Charlie’s Mate at 45lb 12oz. Steve is a real jack of all trades when it comes to his tactical approach, however, he loves nothing more than trying to find the carp in the margins and then attempt to outwit them at close quarters. He is currently fishing on Cemex Angling’s Frimley Pit 4 and says he gets to fish between 8-12 nights in an average month. Steve has written for a number of leading magazines in the UK including Carpworld and more recently Carp and Coarse Angler.

 
 
  Carl Goulsbra
 
Carl Goulsbra Another ‘young gun’ in the Fox team, 20-year-old Carl Goulsbra from Lincolnshire is another hot prospect with a very big future in carp fishing ahead of him. At the age of just 14 Carl was crowned British Young Carp Angler of the Year and since then he has gone to finish fourth in the World Carp Championships and bank a long list of big carp topped by his current personal best of 43lb 8oz. Carl enjoys fishing a number of quite syndicate lakes in his home county and is also a regular face on the banks of famous midland day-ticket complex A1 Pits. Carl has some big plans for his fishing in 2010 so keep your eyes peeled in the carp magazines and the Fox website to keep in touch with his achievements this year.

 
 
  Adam Clewer
 
Adam Clewer Adam’s grandfather was a river keeper on the famous Hampshire Test and as a boy he caught the fishing bug! Adam has been carp fishing since the age of 12, having caught hundreds of 20s and numerous 30s from all over the south coast on England. His personal best stands at 37lb 2oz. He works as a full time Youth and Community Worker and enjoys making a difference with the people he meets. He has recently written articles for some of the well-known angling magazines in England, including Crafty Carper, Carpworld and Total Carp.

 
 
  Jocelyn Dupre
 
Jocelyn Dupre Jocelyn is French and lives in Lyon where he works as a sales representative for Homsys Group.

He has fished for carp since he was 13 years-old and specialises in targeting big rivers and lakes in France and abroad.

International carp fishing author and sponsored by Fox and Dynamite Baits and Navicom (MinnKota, Humminbird) Jocelyn has caught numerous specimens in lakes and rivers in France; Orient, Der, Cabanac, Biscarosse, Saint Cassien, Bin El Ouidane... his record stands at 29 kilos a mirror carp called « Jaluse » caught on the Orient Lake and has 6 fish up to 25 kilos

Read more from Jocelyn on his very own website, www.jocelyndupre.com

 
 
  Matt Ridley
 
Matt Ridley

Catching ‘The Creature’ – a UK record!
 
 
  Matt Rand
 
Matt Rand Brought up in the Fens, Matt has been fishing his local waters for more than 15 years, and with that has gained a wealth of experience in fishing the numerous waters around him. Using technology the likes of Google Earth, Matt has discovered many waters that have previously gone unnoticed; many of which have produced good fish for him.

All methods and tactics play a part in Matt’s armoury, and he’s always looking to add another string to his bow. There isn’t any freshwater species he will not target, but he favours Rudd. Matt currently boasts well over fifty Fenland 2lb plus specimens to his name, with a personal best of 3lb 7oz. Predators are another favourite of his, with past sessions seeing him land Pike to 25lb plus, Zander into double figures, and Perch to just shy of 4lb.

Matt has always enjoyed helping others with their own fishing, and is very committed to attracting youngsters to the sport. He has been a regular contributor to Coarse Fisherman magazine for more than 3 years and has his own website that can be found at www.rodcast.co.uk.

Float Caught Rudd
Adapting To Your Surroundings
A report on the Fox Elite Boat rods
 
 
  Christophe Philbert
 
Christophe Philbert Christophe is based in the centre of France, approximately 100 miles south of Paris. The 40 year angler has been associated with Fox since 2003. With a plethora of big fish to his name, including mirrors to 47lb 4oz and leathers to 39lb 7oz, he certainly knows how to catch them.
One of Christophe's passions is competing in major carp matches. With his long-standing partner and great friend Sebastien Depont, who is a Fox angler since 2007, their biggest win to date came in June 2000 when they finished second to the English pairing of Tim Paisley and Steve Briggs at the World Carp Cup at Fishabil.

Christophe writes for French magazine ‘Carpe Record’ and has also presented two DVDs. He lists his favourite methods as a single pop-up boilie (a Mainline boilie, that's for sure!) and balanced presentations with PVA sticks, stringers or bags.

 
 
  Andy Maker
 
Andy Maker Although he has been fishing since the age of 5, it wasn't until he was 13 that Kent-based Andy started to fish solely for carp. His carp fishing started on local club lakes and farm reservoirs, before in the 1984/85 season he joined Darenth and spent many happy years fishing this venue until its demise. After leaving Darenth, Andy went on to fished various venues in the Medway Valley, Sutton at Hone, the Walthamstow complex, and Chilham Mill to name but a few. In more recent times he has enjoyed angling on a private ‘southern syndicate’, where he has landed carp to over 40lb (and a colossal British Record chub of 9lb 5oz!), and making regular trips to the legendary Linear Complex in Oxfordshire. Andy’s current PB is a staggering 54lb 14oz and was in fact landed on a Zig Rig! Like his son Tom, and fellow Fox members Steve Spurgeon and Chris Rose, Andy enjoys his match carp fishing, and is in fact rather good at it having won the British Carp Angling Championship in 2004, finished third in 2008 and then going on to win the ‘Champions of Champions’ held at Barston Lake in 2009. He has appeared in a number of UK magazines including the Angler’s Mail, Angling Times, Crafty Carper and UK Carp and has been a member of the Fox team for the past two years.

 
 
  Mike Redfern
 
Mike Redfern Known by the carp fishing public as Spug, the charismatic Mike Redfern started solely targeting carp in 1995. He started his carp fishing path on some local day ticket waters before joining the Catch 22 Syndicate Lake in 1997, where he soon started breaking records for the amount of fish caught in a weekend and then in a season. The following year Spug decided to join the famous Kingfisher Syndicate in Norfolk, before moving to Kent and targeting the ultra-difficult Conningbrook, home of Two Tone, the British Record carp. Over a three year period Spug spent 72 nights on the lake and bagged a total of four carp including the mighty Two Tone at 56lb 8oz.
Spug is a regular face in Carpworld and Crafty Carper magazines and has also recently had his own book published entitled Carping Mad!, which has received quite some critical acclaim. He is currently targeting well-known big-carp venue Monks Pit in Cambridgeshire and lists he favourite approach as camping style with lots of boilies!


 
 
  Sebastien Depont
 
Sebastien Depont I’m 26 years-old and I started carp fishing in 1993. During these fifteen years of passion, I enjoy taking part in many French and international major carp matches partnered with my friend Christophe Philbert, with several good results including the second place of the World Carp Cup Fishabil 2000. I like fishing high pressured small lakes as well as big lakes as Orient, Der Chantecoq or Saint Cassien. Fishing different types of waters enables to increase his capacity for adaptation, therefore to learn always more! I’ve caught many 44lb+ carp and my personal best is 64lb. Fox products fulfil all my expectations in all conditions: rivers, big lakes or on high pressured and very difficult small lakes. I’m sponsored by Dynamite Baits as well.

 
 
  John Kneebone
 
John Kneebone Cornish born and bred carp angler John Kneebone is a fairly new addition to the ever-strengthening Fox team and has spent the last decade dedicated to perfecting his carp techniques. He has fished on a number of challenging venues in and around his home county and is currently making regular 8-hour round trips to target the various lakes on the famous Linch Hill Complex in Oxfordshire. Jon regularly answers questions in the Mainline/Fox Ask the Experts feature in Carpworld magazine as well producing informative features for both the Fox and Mainline Baits websites.

Watch and learn
Fox Stratos 12000 MAG reels – User Report
 
 
  Eugenio Amore
 
Eugenio Amore Eugenio was born in Vergato (Bologna), Italy in 1972. He now lives in the small Italian town of Viareggio, which is located between the Italian coast and Puccini lake. This location allowed him to start fishing from the age six. Over the years Eugenio has tried several kinds of fishing, but three years ago he fell in love with carp fishing. His other passions are beach volleyball, snowboarding and his two daughters.

 
 
  Mauro Pitorri
 
Mauro Pitorri Top Italian angler Mauro Pitorri is from the city of Rieti in Italy which is home to a number of big lakes and superb trout waters.

His wide fishing experience makes Mauro one of the best all round anglers in Italy with a stunning record of huge carp, pike, perch, zander and trout. Mauro’s list of catches speaks loudly!

Chairman of the local fly fishing club for over 20 years, he’s also the founder of many carp and predator associations aimed to encourage younger generations to try fishing and to raise money for charity. Mauro is a well respected angling writer for the leading Italian magazines and has appeared in many carp, spin and fly fishing videos. His secret is the incredible amount of time he still spends fishing almost everywhere.

 
 
  Samuel Salamagnon
 
Samuel Salamagnon Samuel was born in 1970, in Le Havre, Normandie, France and has been a keen carp angler since 1990. Most of his fishing is in France, on well-known big carp venues like Amance and Orient, Cabanac Lake and the River Seine.

2010 will see Samuel’s carp fishing rise to a new level. His ambition is to fish for 100 days of the year, travelling to Cassien, Dordogne, River Cher and some secret lakes in Normandie. He also vows to fish in Romania and hopefully Morocco.
His carp fishing preference is to fish big waters after big, wild carp using top quality products like Fox. He has been sponsored by Nutrabaits for four years.

He writes regularly for Carpe Record Magazine and has his own carp fishing blog.

Catch Report
 
 
  Ash Bradbury
 
Ash Bradbury Essex-based Ash Bradbury is aged 29 and is a director of popular bait company Tail Up. He has been a member of the Fox team for 18 months and has been published in a number of leading carp magazines including: Carp Talk, Crafty Carper, Total Carp, Advanced Carp and the Anglers Mail. Ash’s current PB is a mighty 58lb mirror and he has also banked common’s to 43lb. He is a real fan of Zig Rog fishing and also likes to stalk his quarry. His fishing time is limited and a normal month will see him only get out for about three nights so a mobile approach is called for to maximize his time.

 
 
  Chris Boyda
 
Chris Boyda Chris is a monthly star in Crafty Carper’s 48Hours feature during which he gets to fish a different day-ticket venue each month, and has also been published in Carpworld magazine. To date Chris is yet to ever blank on one of his 48Hours features and is widely regarded as a rising star in carp fishing. He has a current UK PB of 40lb and enjoys tackling a variety of venues from intimate day tickets to the mighty 300-acre+ Sonning Eye in Berkshire. Chris specializes in a number of different tactics for tricking carp and climbing tress and locating the carp plays a massive role in his continued success. Although he is one of the youngest members of the Fox team is certainly highly regarded and is set to have a very long and successful relationship with the brand.

 
 
  Keiran Stigant
 
Keiran  Stigant At the tender age of just 17, Kieran Stigant is not only Fox’s newest team recruit but also their youngest. Based in Chichester, student Kieran is currently fishing a venue named Churchyard and lists his favourite lake of all time as Runcton. He currently has a UK PB of 42lb 8oz and gets to fish around eight nights in an average month. His prefers the mobile approach and relies heavily on locating his target carp and is a big fan of the boilie approach and especially likes tackling challenging venues with a low-stock of carp. Kieran is just starting out in his carp fishing career but has already featured in Carp-Talk and Carpworld magazines and has a very bright future ahead of him.

 
 
  Mark Pitchers
 
Mark Pitchers Based in Stokesley near Middlesbrough in the north of England, Mark Pitchers has been a carp enthusiast since the age of 11 and also has quite a distinguished match fishing background too. As a youngster Mark fished for the England Youth match squad with whom he won a gold medal at home international level and a bronze at world level. Once he finished with the England Youth team he returned to his passion, which is targeting large carp. During a distinguished carp fishing career, in which he has reached the British Carp Angling Championships final twice, Mark has also banked common and mirror carp to over 50lb from the UK with his current personal best being the famous Benson, which he banked at a staggering 56lb 8oz. Mark owned his own tackle shop for 10 years and has seen all of the tackle available on the market, yet chooses to use Fox products as he firmly believes they are the best available! Now he owns and manages his own fishery in the North East and is currently trying to bank a 50lb+ mirror known as Black Eye from Home Pool in Gloucestershire. Amongst his most favoured methods for catching carp are floater fishing and stalking as he likes to observe the carp’s behviour and then adapt his tactics to trick individual carp.

 
 
  Stephen Buss
 
Stephen Buss Stephen has had a thorough background in fishing, his father Ron fished for many years with our own Andy Little back in the 80's and Stephen accompanied them on their fishing adventures to Frencham Ponds from a tender age. Since then Stephen has gone on to cut his own carp fishing teeth starting out on Langmans in Surrey renowned for its large, shy-feeding carp. He has also fished in many different countries and venues catching some of Europe’s biggest freshwater fish preferring large bodies of water in search of the previously uncaught monster and is currently running a hotel for fishermen on the banks of the largest reservoir in Extremadura, home to Spain's oldest stock of carp and barbel. He has been described in the angling press for having a natural talent for fishing and pays great attention to detail when it comes to his rigs and watercraft. With over 300 thirty pound + carp under his belt to ounces shy of mid 50 he is a very welcome addition to the Fox team and a name to look out for in the future."

 
 
  Jeroen Flokstra
 
Jeroen Flokstra Jeroen Flokstra is a 40 year old Dutch carp angler who is very passionate about the pursuit of carp. He does most of his fishing on the Abbey Lakes complex in France and is the Dutch and Belgian booking agent for this venue. Jeroen has written a couple of articles for Dutch magazines and is the editor of the YouTube series "Abbey TV" which gives a weekly update from the Abbey Lakes complex. He’s a new addition to the Fox team and has been sponsored by Mainline Baits for a couple of years. Amongst his preferred tactics is the Parachute Bag, which involves using a large solid PVA bag and a bait boat.

 
 
  Leon Derksen
 
Leon Derksen Léon Derksen is a very fanatical and passionate carp angler who finds joy in angling more important than the weight of the carp he catches. Despite this approach he has caught an impressive list of big carp with several breaking the 25kg barrier not only in Holland, but also in other countries as well.

He’s the driving force behind the bait firm Cipro and his attitude of only wanting to use the best products not only applies to his baits but also to his tackle, which is why he choses Fox. Every detail has to be perfect to lead to optimum results in often short fishing sessions. In other words, only the best is good enough!

Léon has become a well known name due to his work in the angling trade, but also as a valuable contributor to several angling magazines in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Hungary.


 
 
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