Team Daiwa whips

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£29.99-£44.99

As the silverfish match revival picks up pace, whips will form an increasingly important part of the matchman’s armoury.

These five new telescopic whips in 2m, 2.5m, 3m, 3.5m and 4m lengths have super-fine carbon tips and will bring small fish quickly to hand.

Middy Supplex 4GS Speed Whip

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£199.99, shop around £145

The new Middy Supplex 4GS Speed Whip is the ideal combination fishing tool for silverfish and carp. The 8m pole comes with a telescopic top three whip section featuring a built-in flicktip, perfect for taking all small silverfish.

It also comes with a take-apart top kit with a No20 elastic rating that can be safely used for playing big carp. The Speed Whip’s fifth, sixth and seventh section joints also have reinforced metallic collars to ensure breakages are highly unlikely.

Preston Innovations Absolute Whips

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2m SSP - £23.99
2.5m SSP - £26.99
3m SSP - £36.99
3.5m SSP - £43.99
4m SSP- £48.99

Whip fishing is enjoying a bit of a rebirth on natural waters stuffed with small fish and while you may not need one every time you go out, a decent whip should be a part of every angler’s rod bag and few are as good as the Absolute range. The range of telescopic models are available in 2m, 2.5m, 3m, 3.5m and 4m sizes and feature a solid spliced-in carbon flick tip for fishing with light hooklengths but which are soft enough to land bonus fish without the line giving way! Fast-actioned with stiff lower sections, which aids swinging in fish quickly and cleanly, they won’t cost the earth either.