'Timbers' is a talented weekend angler, who angles for a variety of species throughout the year.
SAM JEFFERYS
YEAR BORN: 1981
OCCUPATION: Scenic Artist Film/TV
UK PB MIRROR: 48lb
UK PB COMMON: 44lb
FAVOURITE WATER: Cassien/Bin El Ouidane
AVERAGE LENGTH OF SESSION: London: 3-4 hours late at night, a few nights a week. Overseas: 2 week sessions
Some people are just born with a huge sense of adventure – Sam Jefferys is one of those people, and this has shown through in his angling path from a very early age. Strangely, it was in Cape Town, South Africa where Sam first found angling, but it was only once he was back in the UK, he was captured by the carp fishing bug.
From the early age of just 13, he was cutting his teeth on many of the central London park lakes, fishing alongside absolute chaos and the mad going-ons which these lakes were known for. He quickly grew tired of the busy banks of the UK, and this is where the real adventures started. Sam headed to the continent in search of big, wild waters and unknown carp! Morocco, Lac De St Cassien, Orient and Orellana to name but a few, and let’s just say this fire burns just a brightly now as it ever did.
With a warm character, and a relentless enthusiasm for angling, Sam is an angler with vast experience and knowledge on a wide variety waters, from the urban London rivers to the large foreign, inland seas and adds huge value to the Thinking team.
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.