'Timbers' is a talented weekend angler, who angles for a variety of species throughout the year.
GEORGE BENOS
YEAR BORN: 1975
OCCUPATION: AA Patrolman for over 20 years
UK PB MIRROR: 62lb 8oz (Wasing’s Parrot)
UK PB COMMON: 49lboz
FAVOURITE WATER: St. Ives Lagoon, Cambridge former home of the Fat Lady.
AVERAGE LENGTH OF SESSION: 3 – 4 nights
I’ve been an angler for as far back as I can remember. Just like most of my generation, I started fishing the local brooks and canals, catching everything from sticklebacks, bullheads and stone loach, through to perch and pike. I then spent a lot of my early teens racing motocross bikes and did not really get serious about carp fishing until around 25 years ago.
The first fish I really targeted, was a beautiful mid-forty common. At the time was one of the very few forty plus commons in the country. I targeted it from a small club water close to home, eventually catching my prize at a massive 44lb 8oz. This really lit the fire to go on and catch what I consider to be the biggest and the best from waters all over the country.
I have fished the likes of Manor Farm in Essex, North Met Pit in the Lee Valley, Roach Pit in Ringwood, St. Ives Lagoon in Cambridge to name a few, and I have always been lucky enough to catch my targets.
I’m currently fishing Burghfield, what is in my opinion, my biggest challenge yet.
Meet the Team
Joe Atkinson, known around the big-fish circuit waters in Essex, now opts to angle on the quiet lakes where the fish are not as big, but just as beautiful.
Liam Duncan, an angler who goes quietly about his business both on and off the beaten track, who fishes mainly weekend sessions with a busy work life.
With a host of captures from a range of demanding waters, Mitch Hammonds leaves no stone unturned in his search for the carp he desires.
Come rain or snow, Adam Smith has spent the last few years chasing some of the most breathtakingly beautiful carp in Oxfordshire.
Scott Karabowicz, and his meticulous and precise approach to all he does has served him well on those notorious, historic and pressured lakes.
Myles Gibson, one of the country’s best up and coming big-fish anglers and has travelled the country in search of some of the biggest and best-looking carp.
Si Bater, an angler with a natural born hunters instinct. Passionate, focused and driven, he has an impressive portfolio of captures from around the country.
Fishing is a huge part of Marcus Howarth and there isn’t a day goes by that he doesn’t think about it. It's not just carp either, but chub and barbel too.
Oz Holness is a former British record carp holder with drive and passion that takes him across the country, in pursuit of the finest carp in the land.
Ben Hamiliton, is a careful and ever consistent angler, whom builds his chances and opportunities around his work life with regular quick overnighters.