LATEST ADDITIONS

Pop-up rigs have sprung up in popularity over the last few years, igniting a need for extremely buoyant yet highly attractive pop-up hook baits. Well how about 12mm hook baits that offer enough buoyancy without a cork ball insight? Sounds interesting right? The new range from Blakes Baits is exactly that. It’s available in a wide array of flavours, including Fruit Poptail, Pukka Pear – which is one of my favourites – Aniseed Dream and Nut-Mix Scopex & Peach, to name but a few. Designed for use with chod rigs, stiff hinged presentations, multi rigs and more, they have been tested and proven to hold a size 4 hook up for eight days, at which point the team were satisfied and called it a day.

Imitation dog biscuit ‘mixers’ Look just like the real thing Easy to hair rig or side hook Free fluoro sight stops to help spot hook bait £2. 60 WWW. ENTERPRISETACKLE. CO.

Hi-spec coated-braid hook link Super-strong and abrasion resistant 20lb and 30lb breaking strains Olive Green, Gravel Brown and Natural Silt versions £13. 95 WWW. KRYSTON. COM .

There is no shortage of good hooks available to the modern carp angler and in these, Prologic has raised its own bar significantly. With super-sharp points throughout the range, there are a host of patterns to cover all fishing situations. My only slight reservation here is that they carry numbers for their descriptions, such as XC2, XC5 and XC7, which don’t immediately tell you what they’re designed to be used for. That aside, most pop-up and bottom-bait presentations are more than catered for and each pattern looks relevant.