Korum Consultants
Meet Team Korum
The Korum consultancy team features some of the best all-round anglers in the country. From big fish hunters, to river experts and predator specialists, the Team fish for all species using all manner of different techniques
Adam Firth
Korum's Media Maestro
Adam has been an angler from a young age. Starting out on small commercial pools and canals, he is a very accomplished angler at getting a bite when it really counts, having caught fish from a variety of waters all over the country! A skilled photographer and experience of working in the Angling Media...
Ade Kiddell
River maestro
Ade Kiddell is a top river angler and barbel expert. He's caught barbel all over the world and is regarded as one of the best - if not the best - barbel anglers in the world. He's got some fantastic techniques up his sleeve and is a minefield of advice and expertise when it comes to river...
Chris Ponsford
AKA The Pons
Chris Ponsford first cast a line over 40 yrs ago, and has built up an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of the sport, such is his enthusiasm for it. Better known latterly as a Barbel expert, due to living in the Barbel rich Midlands, he has caught well over 250 double figure Barbel, to over 15lbs from...
Dai Gribble
Specimen hunter
Dai has been fishing for over 40 years and for the last 30 years has targeted big fish of most species. He's considered one of the best big tench and bream anglers in the business, but is just as at home on rivers and canals fishing for any species. Dai is always on the hunt for new waters that...
Ed Matthews
The Predator Hunter
Ed Matthews is one of predator fishing's brightest young stars, catching numerous big pike, perch, zander and eels in recent times. He's also a renowned big carp specialist, and general all-round angler. With such an impressive big fish list at such a young age, he's one of the most exciting...
Gary Knowles
Mr Precision
Gary Knowles is one of the UK's best known predator anglers, but classes himself as a complete all-rounder. He sets high standards in terms of the big fish he wants to catch and the way he wants to catch them. Gary has had a big hand in the design of many Korum products and demands great things...
Mat Woods
Korum Brand Manager
Mat Woods manages the Korum brand from Korum's headquarters in Shropshire. The former angling and countryside magazine Editor has a wealth of experience, having caught from carp venues in almost every UK county. Mat also enjoys fishing for smaller carp on commercial fisheries, classing Method...
Nigel Botherway
Ambassador for the I Heart Fishing campaign
Nigel was born with the fishing bug, and is happy to report that he still has it, 50-years later! A freelance presenter on Sky TV’s popular Tight Lines fishing show, Nigel has fished all over the globe, catching some huge specimens up to 500lb. His mission now is to pass on his own passion for...
Phil Spinks
The all-rounder
Phil is the manager of Avenue Angling in Suffolk. When he's not busy in the shop, he's chasing large fish of all species. He's a top all-round angler who enjoys catching all types of fish using different angling styles. He's the newest member of Team Korum.
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Rinko Oosterveen
Dutch river master
Rinko is our Dutch consultant and has caught some monsters from Holland, including the Dutch record barbel. He's a top angler and highly skilled, using big fish tactics on untapped stretches of rivers. Rinko is also a fantastic photographer and creates his own Youtube films featuring his fishing...
Shaun Hodges
Modern tactician
Shaun Hodges began his fishing life with perch, moving on to become one of the most well-known and respected carp anglers in the country. Today, he's more of an all-rounder, and in a short period of time has managed to catch big fish of a wide variety of species.
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