Guru Speed Stems
Price: £2.99
Due for release next week as a part of its X-Safe inline elastication system are Guru Speed Stems.
Fitted with Speed Beads, they allow rapid changes of hooklength, and there’s also a rotating swivel that allows the hooklink and bait to behave more naturally.
Speed Stems, in short and long versions, are fitted with either heavy black or light white elastic.
Maver Profile 8 Braid
Maver’s ultra-soft, round profile eight-strand reel braid has exceptional abrasion resistance and knot strength.
Hard to see in water, Profile 8 Braid’s zero stretch factor makes it perfect for spotting shy bites at distance. On 150m spools in sizes 0.10mm and 0.12mm.
Price: £29.99
Maver UFO Tapered and Fluted Tip pellet wagglers
Maver UFO Tapered and Fluted Tip pellet wagglers are slightly slimmer and longer than normal, perfect for rough and windy conditions.
In three sizes – 4g, 6g and 8g – the pre-loaded floats are ready fitted with an anti-dive disc, just the job for up-in-the-water tactics.
Price: £2.99
Vespe E2 Bi-Core elastic
Vespe has added two powerful new elastics to its E2 Bi-Core range – the 3.2mm Fluoro Pink and 3.8mm Fluoro Yellow.
Both combine an incredible 850 per cent average stretch factor with a silky-smooth fish-playing action. They are ideal for ‘zoo creature’ carp, particularly when side puller kits are being used, but they can also be set light so as not to bump off smaller fish. Visit www.vespe.com
Price: £9.99
Gardner Glo Pro luminescent line marker
This Gardner Glo Pro luminescent line marker is available in hi-viz orange, yellow, pink and green versions and glows for up to 12 minutes after being charged with a UV torch or powerful LED headtorch.
Simply paint it on to your mainline and it forms a tidy tapered coloured marker which won’t snag in the rod rings when casting, or slip when you are playing a fish.
Its flexible rubber texture means that it can be easily removed with your fingernail.
This stuff is ideal for clipped-up casting at night – just remember to shake the bottle well before use.
Price: £4.99 (£10.99 for a twin pack)
Middy Xtreme Pro Dacron connectors
These revolutionary elastic to line Middy Xtreme Pro Dacron connectors feature a soft rubber oversleeve that rests up against the PTFE bush, protecting it from any possible line damage.
Each pack comes with colour-matching Dacron link loops which can be attached separately to the connector.
This gives the angler the best of both worlds, as the rig line can also be looped directly on to the connector without the Dacron link – a great idea from Middy.
TF Gear Banana Braid
Peeling off the reel like no other, the new TF Gear Banana Braid has an ultra-low diameter to add yard to the cast. With its abrasion-resistant coating, this is probably the most durable braid available.
The hi-viz material has incredible knot strength, and its supple finish makes it ideal for all heavy-duty spodding and precise marker float work. On 250m spools.
Price: £29.99
Drennan Shorty Pellet Wagglers
These are ideal for up-in-the-water summer tactics. The floats have an 11mm body diameter and come in 4g, 5g, 6g and 7g sizes, with hi-viz flighted tips in orange or yellow.
The streamlined base weight makes for arrow straight, accurate casting while a pair of removable brass weighted discs allows for additional fine-tuning. Optional dive discs reduce deep diving on splashdown.
Matrix Impact Bagging Waggler
Ideal for warm water tactics, the cage on the base of the float can be loaded with bait to allow a trickle of free feed directly around your hookbait. This is also a very effective float to use with a Method feeder when fishing tight to islands.
If you start to get too many liners you can swap to the Impact Bagging Waggler and effectively turn the swim upside down and catch the fish as they feed in midwater.
Vespe Multi Margin Pole Floats
These virtually indestructible stubby little floats are super-stable and ideal for fishing the margins.
More than strong enough to withstand explosive takes when fishing down the edge against reeds, bushes and snags, their shallow water versatility allows them to be used with virtually any bait.
Available in sizes 0.1g, 0.2g, 0.3g and 0.4g.
Enterprise Tackle Glow Stops
Enterprise Tackle’s new soft luminous Glow Stops are said to add extra visual attraction to your rigs and lures.
Ideal for both coarse and sea fishing, they are fast to recharge using an Enterprise UV torch, and may well get you get you a bite in heavily coloured water when all else has failed. Ten per pack.
Garbolino Hard Core floats
Garbolino has just launched these four Hard Core floats built from a new generation waterproof PVC material featuring a central portion that is much harder than normal.
All four patterns have eyes below and above the main body, as well as a guide eye on the body to ensure that your line sits correctly on the harder inner core without digging in.
Extremely buoyant, these floats have small bodies for their size and come with long fibreglass stems glued straight through the bodies and into highly visible plastic antennae.
Maver UFO Pellet Wagglers
Maver has unveiled these superb new mini loaded UFO Pellet Wagglers in 4g, 6g and 8g versions.
They are ideal for very shallow tactics on commercials, cast like a dream, stand up immediately and feature an anti-dive disc that’s quick and simple to fit.
The floats make a plopping sound as they hit the water, mimicking the commotion of big pellets being fed.
Price: £2.99
Garbolino Topix hooklength and rig line
Garbolino’s Topix hooklength and rig line is a premium quality clear mono with a supple feel, excellent tensile and knot strengths and abrasion resistance – so it won’t be seriously weakened when you pinch shot on and slide it up and down.
The line is loaded on to its spool with a parallel winding process, so it will lie flat and evenly on the spool of your reel. In its larger diameters I am assured that it makes a great predator fishing line. On 100m spools, 0.8mm-0.22mm.
Korda Stow Indicators
Price: Stow heads £6.99
Complete bobbin set: £19.99
Korda has released the second generation of Stow Indicators. The new bobbins stay faithful to the original straight Stix Elstow design, but with an upgraded line clip and a much improved full-colour, translucent, light-refractive body.
The side-mounted clip now features an internal spring to hold the line in position positively without any risk of damaging it.
Offering highly sensitive visual indication, this indicator is great for margin or distance fishing with both slack and tight lines.
To get the best from the system, the indicator must drop from the line when you get a run – this is controlled by the length of chain extension between indicator and bite alarm.
The complete bobbin pack includes two different lengths of chain extension, which locate with magnets into the Stow Stix. As a rough guide, Delkims and alarms of this size are best suited to the short extension, while smaller alarms like Nevilles and ATTs are ideal for use with the long extension.
Browning Quantum Exofil
Ideal for use with all light lures and drop shotting techniques, Browning’s Quantum Exofil is a hi-tech monofilament reel line with a Nano Fluorocarbon coating. This creates an ultra-smooth and abrasion-resistant surface. Made from the highest quality Japanese materials, this superb line has faultless linear and knot strength. The inside core is a molecular compressed compound, which basically reduces its stretch and helps to prevent it spinning-up.
Sizes 0.12mm-0.45mm, on 300m spools.
Price: £13.99-£24.99
