Having just undertaken a Buyer’s Guide review on hook links, I was keen to give a few a go on my next few sessions on the bank. Hook-link material can be a personal thing so it always pays to have a play around. I used the N-Trap Semi Stiff in weedy green for fishing this winter because it blends in well with the lake bed and its inherent stiffness helps to prevent tangles. The coating is resilient so it won’t break when tying knots in it.
The new Centium DFXs offer you the opportunity to upgrade your bite alarms without breaking the bank. As you would expect, they boast a string of great features. Five-point sensitivity settings, volume and tone allow you to personalise the alarms to your situation. Each one is supplied with optional interchangeable light filter so that you can change the LED to any colour that you wish.
There aren’t many bedchairs that are as comfortable as your bed, but the Flatliner certainly falls into that category. When folded out the perfectly flat profile allows me to use the full width of the bedchair to sleep. This is done by the Flip cam system that allows the cam to be flipped 180 degrees out of harm’s way. The bedchair combines a padded mattress and even flow elastic that gives me plenty of support when out on the bank.
• Stainless-steel component to stabilise banksticks• Available for the Super Slinky and the Rock Solid range• Stylish captive thumbscrew • Made exclusively in the UK RRP: £10. 99FOR MORE DETAILS GO TO: www. matrixinnovations. co.
These little beauties from Sonik are brand new for 2014 and combine fantastic looks, outstanding performance and all at an incomparable value. They are 12 feet and available in a choice of test curves: 2. 75lb, which comes fitted with a 40mm butt ring, while the 3lb and 3. 25lb are complemented with 50mm butt rings.
The only problem with the renowned Delkim alarms is that they all look the same. Well not now, the Identikit helps to personalise yours and make them individual to you. With 26 nationalities to chose from, there’s an abundance of options to show off your patriotism. Among the national-flag dome labels the kit comes with a Delkim printed lanyard and attachment, which fits any Delkim receiver, allowing it to be kept close and hung around your neck.
• Ultra-buoyant, super-soft hook baits • 10 per pack in five colours • Porous nature helps to take on flavours and additivesRRP: £2. 85FOR MORE DETAILS GO TO: www. enterprisetackle. co.
Following numerous requests and the popularity of the one-man HQ, Avid has produced the two-man version. It houses all the features found in the one-man but boasts enough space to accommodate two bedchairs, ideal for the angling couple, the angler who fishes abroad or the person who just likes a little more space. It’s a simplistic and efficient bivvy system that was the first shelter to bring the revolutionary inner wrap, eliminating condensation without the hassle of attaching a winter skin. Once you’ve put it in place it can be left inside permanently, making it a very quick shelter to erect.
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