WORDS

January 50's don't come around too often, especially not rare ones that look like this one. A lovely short tale from Tommy about the capture of a lifetime, and enough to spur anyone into dusting the rods off to chance your arm at some winter gold. Kettle on, kick back, and enjoy..

Main man at ESP and all round good guy Dave Ellyatt gives us an enigmatic account of his set of 'first times'. This was the opening piece to our very first print edition, following on from Dave's chapter in the ed's 'The Forgotten Chapters' which was also the opening chapter.. kettle on, sit back and enjoy.

German based artist and photographer Marcel Panne talks about his love of free-diving and photographing carp and other species in the magical and mysterious underwater worlds of the lakes surroundings hometown of Cologne. Take a deep breath and enjoy.. 'it’s very difficult to describe it, most fish have no real personal traits, but the carp has definitely got it, some times more, sometimes less and sometimes I’m overwhelmed by it, it’s like meeting an old soul...'

Sit back to enjoy the concluding part of Scotty's chess games with the tricky White Swan residents. Strange occurrences with hooking dead rabbits, a string of incredible mirrors and three foot long linears abound. Fire up the kettle, and enjoy

Part 2 of Scotty's White Swan tales is taken back up, rare mirrors, a spring soiree back to the Circus and Al's meeting with the 'Trip'... things are starting to fall into place.

An astute blend of tactical wizardry and wit, Scott Karabowicz's piece from our long sold out Issue 1 is the first from our archives. Make a tea and sit back for Part 1 of 'Scratching the Surface'

Simon Maris has penned us a rare short story, of an ever rarer mirror. Reliving an epic, six year long chase for what is surely one of the best big mirrors in the UK

Watermind is the side project of Korda EU cinematographer Christian Kessler - SUB contributor, carp angler, dry fly adventurer, skateboarder, surfer and all round creative, he is using Watermind as a 'love' project to tell some stories through the lens of angling. Sit back and enjoy this ten minute insight into his life and work

The kind of carp we all dream about, and a beautiful little story to pay it the deserved dues from our Dutch friend Daniel Takken. Make a tea, sit back and enjoy the journey

The ed takes us back to last summer and a trip for the Thinking Anglers cameras in the heart of the Reading scene, and the capture of two of the biggest mirrors in the lake

The ed, Gareth Fareham, takes you back to sunnier days for a little recap on a summer trip full of old dark mirrors, searing summer heat and thunderstorms..

With winter and the 'river season' approaching, Fortis main man Darran Goulder brings us a short tale of the capture of a monster and provides a little inspiration for some winter diversity to stoke the fires and keep the buzz alive through the dark months