Tom Scholey gives the Acolyte Carp a full 16m workout in the latest issue of Pole Fishing magazine. 

The Pole Fishing editor takes the pole to Woodside Fishery in the West Midlands to see how it copes with extracting carp and F1s from a snaggy island swim.

As part of his expert analysis he praises one of the pole’s many features as, “one of the cleverest pole fishing innovations that I have seen in a long time.”

You’ll have to get the November issue of Pole Fishing (in the shops from Friday 3rd October) to find out exactly what Tom’s referring to!

Also inside the same issue, Drennan Barnsley Blacks team man, Lee Harrison, shows you a positive approach with maggots and you can delve into Alan Scotthorne’s hooklength box as he offers his expert advice on hair rigs.