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Lee Petty
Age: 36
Address: Leicester
Occupation:
Tackle used Jel-e-wyre, Haula and Claw hooks, most of the terminal bits and Dung Leads.
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Dave Magalhaes
Age: 28
Address: Kingston-upon-thames
Occupation: Gerrys of Wimbledon Employee
I've been with Atomic Tackle since day one really, and its been awesome to watch them consistently releasing products that the other companies wish they could have. You only have to look at the jel-e-wyre hooklink. The original version was good, but its been fine tuned and improved upon still to create possibly the best hooklink available at the moment, and its got tongues wagging all over the carp angling fraternity. The leads obviously need no introduction, and it still amazes me that anybody would use anything other than a dung or gravel lead. Many companies have tried to copy them, and there are a few poor, cheap imitations out there, but as the saying goes 'the original and still the best' springs to mind!
Without going on too much, I’ll finish up with a little pointer. If your a fan of the 'Chod' rig, then have a look at the Grabba hooks. Some the finest anglers in the country have been using the Grabbas on there chods for a while now, catching some of the countries hardest carp. You would never know it as the hooks are spoken about with hushed voices, but I'll tell you now that as a result of the sheer success these hooks have had, a new one is evolving as I write...
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Jamie Penfold
Age:31
Address:
Occupation:
UK PB Common: 47lb
UK PB Mirror: 45lb 2oz
Overseas PB: 59lb 20z
Iv'e fished waters such as Silvermere, Swan Valley, Welly, Wynersh and the River Thames were I’ve caught carp to 42lb.
Iv'e got 14 UK forties under my belt so far also well over 100 different 30s.
Im a great lover of all Atomics gear i especially like the new Jel-e-wyre hook link material which I use for 90% of my fishing.
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Matt Eaton
Age: 40
Address: Portsmouth
UK PB - Common 45lb 4oz - Mirror 43lb 12oz (x2)
Current Venue: Dinton Pastures.
Claw Hooks: Incredibly sharp hooks that stay sharp. Extremely strong lightweight.
Choppa-Droppa: Perfect for the weedy venue I am fishing.All the presentation benefitsof a helicopter rig but releases the lead. Bottle Bombs: Shape ensures whole weight of lead comes into play whilst sittingwell on the lake bed. Well camouflaged coatings.
Leadcore: Easy to splice and subtle colour. New Jel-E-Wyre: What a hooklink! Thin, supple, easy to strip and an unobtrusive matt colour yet tough and strong.
I have been with Atomic for nearly 3 years now and use a large number of their products as the quality is superb, there are always new items in the pipeline and the gear has never let me down.
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Perry Harris
Age: 34
Address:
Occupation:
U.K P.B 57lb 4oz uk common 40lb 8oz.
French 50+.
Claw hooks (simply the best), Jel-e-wyre 25lb, All the lead range. Leadcore where excepted.
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John Dent
Age:
Address:
Occupation:
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Jim Carpenter
Age: 37
Address: Berks
Occupation: Atomic Tackle Employee
Uk PB: 47lb 12oz Mirror.
Foreign PB: 54lb Common.
All the Atomic range including grabba and claw hooks and Jel-e-wyre hooklink.
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Nathan Bailey
Age: 25
Address: Reading, Berkshire
Occupation: IT Support
UK PB Mirror: 55lb 15oz Blackeye, 51lb 12oz Jockey
UK PB Common: 44lb 1oz Charlie’s Mate
I’ve been very fortunate so far in my fishing to have fished such a varied amount of top quality venues and these include Pingewood, Swan Valley, Tol Pit, Frimley 3, Silvermere, Chad’s Home Pool to name a few. This has led me to some great achievements including two 50lbers and Commons to 44lb in the UK by the age of 25.
Sam (Healy) introduced me to atomic products some years ago now and have ever since been impressed with many of their products. In my mind the end tackle is one of the most important aspects in fishing so I will use whatever product\company to ensure that I get the best out of my fishing and have full confidence in my approach and this is why the majority of my tackle box will be atomic based products. In particular I use rock bottom leadcore, the new Jel-e-wyre, rock bottom putty and various other bits and pieces. I also use atomic leads and it goes without saying that they are the best leads on the market; you don’t need to look no further than the dung and gravel leads.
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Sam Healy
Age: 23
Address: Middlesex
Occupation: Atomic Tackle Employee
UK PB: 46lb 5oz
Foreign PB: 47lb 14oz
Use most of the Atomic Range I.E. Jel-E-Wyre 25lb, Stinga Hooks, Leadcore, mainly Dung Leads and Terminal Bits. |
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Clive Williams
Age: 54
Address: Sussex
Occupation: Tackle Agent “INVENTOR OF THE KRUSHA bait crusher"
UK PB: 43lb 4oz Mirror
Foreign PB: 67lb Common
Use the Atomic Leads, Jel-E-Wyre and various terminal bits.
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Dave Ayres
Age: 54
Address:
Occupation: Owner of Chad Pool Carp Fishery
UK PB: 54.12 Black Eye.
Foreign PB: 58.14.
Atomic bits used include Fuzewyre, Claw Hooks, Rockbottom Leadcore, plus the Leads.
Click here to find out more information about fishing at Atomic Chad Pool.
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Dave Moncaster - 44lb Mirror
Age: 41
Address: Stamford, Lincs.
Occupation:
Materials used for the 44 lb Mirror.
1oz Bottle Bomb.
Jel-e-wyre hooklink set up on a grabba snowman rig.
After finding an area of weed covered in what i believed to be bream eggs i used a light lead and a balanced snow man set up to fish on top of the weed.
Had 2 fish then then big girl .
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kristian Morris
Age: 30
Address: Kent
Occupation: MD at Individual Baits.
This 39lb 13oz Common was caught from Frimley Pit 3 whilst using Atomic Dung Leads.
39lb 13oz Common
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Les Marsh
Age: 50
Address: North East of England
Occupation: Process Technician
The fish were caught using size 6 Haula hooks, 3oz dung leads, rock bottom swivel clips and Atomic leadcore leaders.
Fish I’ve caught in the past are Benson at 58lbs, the Creature at 59lb 4ozs, 45lb mirror from a publicity shy cambridgeshire syndicate, catfish to 64lbs [UK]. Loads of other fish including 10 40lb plus, numerous 30s from loads of different lakes plus stacks of other fish.
Rig wise at the moment I’m using size 6 Haula’s line aligned with silicone, snowman style, Jel-e-wyre 25 lb, 3.5 oz Atomic pear lead attached to 3 foot Atomic leadcore leader.
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James Mann (Lockie)
Age: 32
Address: Essex
Occupation: Locksmith
Interests: Fishing, Weight Training, Music.
Most memorable capture was my 1st 30lb common from Averly lakes Essex when I was 17 fifteen years ago that was a good fish.
Personal best 58lb 04oz the Annie and also I had Black Eye at 54lb this year also I have had a 58lb 02oz common from France and 54lb 08 oz mirror.
Sponsors are Atomic Tackle and Tails up Baits.
Despite working 50 hrs a week and having 3 kids under 10 and a wife its proof that the average man can still catch large English carp on limited time if you use the rite tools for the job!
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Stuart Wilson
Age: 30
Address: Essex
Occupation: Electrician
Moonscale 32lb 8oz
I run a busy electrical company and just started a family so my angling time is limited.
I tend to walk round my chosen venues as much as posible even if only for 30 mins to keep in touch with where the fish are, see what they’re doing so when i can get out i have a few pieces of the puzzle already in place, like fishing for them in the edge, watching the carps behaviour to baits/rigs been using the grabba hooks which stay really sharp, the new jel-e-wyre, choppa droppa and most of the other terminal bits.
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Wayne Painter
Age: 31
Address:
Occupation: Atomic Employee
The English fish were caught using a simple snowman rig with 2" hair incorperating a size 8 Stinga hook a 6" 25lb Jel-e-wyre hooklink and 3oz Dung bomb in conjuction with an Atomic lead clip and a 3ft Rockbottom leadcore leader.
French fish were caught using a greedy pig rig with 4" hair incorperating a size 6 Stinga hook an 8" 25lb Fuzewyre hook link and 4oz Dung bomb in conjuction with an Atomic lead clip and a 1 meter length of Mega heavy tungsten rig tubing.
English PB's
Common 34lb 13oz's, Mirror 38lb 5oz's, Leather 30lb 3oz's.
French PB's
Common 44lb 7oz's, Mirror 42lb 3oz's.
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Alex Osborn
Age: 17
Address:
Occupation: Mistral Baits
UK PB: 40lb 2oz.
I have been fishing with Atomic now for about 2 yrs and have been and still are amazed at how good there tackle is! The gear has helped me catch a lot of fish from pressured venues and runs waters making Atomic a brilliant all round company. My new quest is to catch the Fat lady from st Ives next year, and knowing all of the carp I have banked on Atomics stuff it makes me all the more confident that she may hopefully trip up on her ways . Good fishing.
Venues Fishing: Stanwick Lakes Fisheries.
Rigs used: Atomic claw hook size 6/Atomic jel-e-wyre/4oz dung bombs/rock bottom leadcore.
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Dean Fletcher
Age: 36
Address: Berks
Occupation: Green Grocer
UK PB: 47lb 2oz Mirror.
Euro PB: 44lb Mirror.
Fished - Dinton Pastures, Welly, and local club lakes.
Use mainly Bottle Bombs, Jel-e-wyre, Claw and Grabba Hooks and most of the Atomic bits.
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Gary Green
Age:
Address:
Occupation: Painter and Decorator
Orange spot 37lb 2oz road lake and 42lb 12oz Surrey Syndicate.
Use tackle as follows use 3oz dung bombs, Jel-E-wire in 25lb, size 6/8 Grabba hooks, tied blow back style.
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Chris Collins
Age: 21
Address: Shepperton
Occupation: Davis Angling Employee
Common 32.04 Rockbottom 35lb leadcore, 25lb jel-e-wyre brown, size 5 stinga, bait ice reds. 0.5 oz nutz backleads with 1.1oz dungs.
Mirror 26.06 Rockbottom 35lb leadcore running 1.1oz dung with micro bore beads stop. half ounze nutz backlead. 25lb jel-e-wyre brown , size 5 stinga, bait choc orange.
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Wayne Green
Age: 34
Address: Milton Keynes
Occupation:
UK PB: 41lb mirror - 39lb common. Foreign PB: 56lb 02oz.
Started carp fishing 20 years ago @ Diana Pond, Bushy Park Surrey.
At present fishing a very difficult bedfordshire clay pit.
I'm using 4oz inline dung pears (line traveling on outside of lead so ejects on takes) 4 or 5 big blobs of rockbottom putty up the mainline some time even put a whizzer on with a slugz up the line to set distance it flies back.
I’ve been using Fuzewyre and Jel-e-wyre mainly in 25lb this covers most bottoms combi or chod style. Hook wise i use the claw or stinga in size 8 or 6 depending whats in front of me finished of with a small piece of matt green shrink tube. |
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Scott Sullivan
Age: 25
Address: Surrey
Occupation: Multitrader
I have been carp fishing for around 12 years and fished lots of lakes around my area, my most recent haunts have been wellington country park, swan valley and silvermere to which i have had some great success recently and have thoroughly enjoyed my fishing this year. My favourite and most used products this year have been the choppa droppa system with 5ft rockbottom leadcore leader to which i rate highly.
My preffered hooklink choice is without doubt the new improved jel-elwyre in 15lb,and 25lb. My most used style lead has to be the dung bottle leads in 2 and 3 ozs.My favourite hook pattern at the moment is the claw in size 6, 7 and 8 to which i have had exellent hook holds and have never lost a fish on them to date.
40lb 12oz Common and 38lb 12oz Mirror.
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Ben Owen
Age: 23
Address: Hounslow
Occupation: Electrician
Fishing since age 12. I have fished places such as Bushey Park, Richmond Park, Dark Park, Kingsmead 1, Horton, Yateley the Thames, Swan Valley, Frimley.
My PB is currently Shoulders from Horton at 44.8lb, my floater PB is 40.5lb.
Atomic Tackle products used include jel-e-wyre, leadcore, all the leads.
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Wesley Coggeshell
Age: 29
Address: Bromey, Kent
Occupation:
Been carp fishing now for 17 years, I've fished lakes like keston ponds, larkfield and the railway, three masons, alders lakes, cemex sutton, essex manor etc, my pb is 41lb 14oz.
Over the past couple of years my terminal tackle has comprised of a number of components from atomic tackle products, I am currently using the stinger hooks for my pop up rigs and the claw hooks for my bottom bait rigs, I tie most of my rigs with the Fuzewyre hook link material, these are fished with my favourite bottle bombs leads.
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Mark Hogg
Age:
Address: Sheffield
Occupation:
UK PB: 58lb 2oz (the creature).
Foreign PB: 63lb (luke moffatts the graviers).
Rig bits i use are, the haula hooks (long shanks) fished blow back style, tied with jel-e-wyre, atomic leadcore to make leaders, the dark brown colour fits the bill for most bottom situations, the clam lock swivels and of course the leads, dung and brown in distance patterns.
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Michael Krassos
Age: 25
Address: London
Occupation: Sales Rep
UK PB: 43lb 8oz Mirror
Foreign PB: 64lb 6oz Mirror
Waters Fished: Linch Hill complex, Horton church lake, Frimley pit 3, Swan valley, Yateley Complex to name but a few.
Have caught well over 70 30's, and 3 uk 40's. caught numerous big fish across the channel including a 64lb 06oz Mirror.
have stopped fishing overseas these days as concentrating all my efforts on British carp. Also have written articles in Advance carp, Carp talk, Carpology and Big Carp.
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Dean Richardson
Age: 34
Address: London
Occupation: Heating Engineer
UK PB: Heather the Leather at 44lb 4oz
Venues Fished: Bushy & Richmond park lakes, Yateley Car Park lake, Swan valley, Kingsmead 1 and Sandhurst.
I try to get out 1, sometimes 2 nights a week during the spring, summer and autumn but come November my time gets very limited due to work. I caught my 1st carp 21 years ago and have been a keen carper ever since. This season after fishing it on a spring day permit for a couple of years I was fortunate enough to get a syndicate ticket for Frimley Pit 3 and I'm really enjoying it doing the nights and catching a few along the way! I have been using Atomic tackle products since they started with the original bottle bomb and have caught so many fish now using their end tackle components that I have the ultimate confidence in a result when I cast out into the lake! |
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Ian Gemson
Age: 48
Address: Hampshire
Occupation: Carp Angling Coach
My first 30 plus carp capture was a 32 lb Mirror from a council park lake in the middle of a residential housing estate.
Despite fishing at least four times a week I get hardly any time to fish for myself whilst I am coaching, so my own fishing is limited my current personal best 38 lb 11oz Niges Fish from Cemex Sandhurst lake.
Sponsors are Chub & Greys, Mistral baits & Atomic Tackle.
Fishing is about hard work, if you work hard and drive for success using a top quality bait and effective rigs as well as a huge amount of water craft you will reap the rewards.
Favorite Atomic tackle Jel-E-Wire, Rock bottom leadcore, Grabba, Haula hooks, Dung coated distance leads & Chopper droppa rig.
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George Benos
Age: 34
Address:
Occupation: AA Patrol
PB Common: 44lb 8oz
PB Mirror: 59lb 12oz (The Annie)
My favourite Atomic End Tackle products are:
Jel-e Wyre hook link in 25lb, I use the choice of colour to match the hook link to the lake bed and also use the rig putty to pin everything down
Stingers in size 6 or 8 for pop up presentations
Grabbers again in size 6 or 8 for bottom bait / snowman presentation
Switching to claws if fishing over hard gravel in order to protect the hook point, as they have beaked point
Leads, I use all various shapes and sizes - but my most preferred ones are flat pears and again I use a lead to best match the lake bed.
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Jamie Smith
Age: 36
Address: Hampshire
Occupation: Fishing Film Maker
Uk Common: 41lb 04oz
Uk Mirror: 40lb 08oz
Came up with the idea of the loop on the BAG BOMBS to attach mesh bags to for accurate casting.
Use most of Atomic’s terminal bits,love the CLAW and GRABBA hooks and the JEL-E-WYRE.
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