Up Close: Preston Innovations Original Slip Double Elastic - 27/07/2010

The double strands offer a completely different type of action and many top anglers have switched to using them. As usual, Preston Innovations has been very quick off the mark and...

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Up Close: Garbolino G-MAX 1000 Competition - 27/07/2010

Four more poles were launched this year using the same mandrel, starting with the G-MAX 600 (£999) and culminating in the flagship 1000 (£3,500). The G-MAX 1000 competition replaces the very...

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Up Close: Dynamite Baits Silver X Carp - 23/06/2010

It might seem strange that a product named Carp falls into the Silver X bait range but that’s because this isn’t just a mix of crushed carp pellets, it is a...

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Up Close: Tri-Cast Trilogy XS Competition Pole - 23/06/2010

It has an unrivalled knowledge of carbon production and this is always evident when it launches a new range of poles.
In the past, the company has had more of...

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Up Close: Daiwa Tournament Pro X Pole - 23/06/2010

Since then, other manufacturers have tried to copy it, but it’s one thing getting something to look like something else and quite another making it exactly the same. How these same...

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Up Close: Abu Garcia Cardinal Reels - 23/06/2010

These three new offerings most definitely drop into the ‘good’ category, though. They’re very good, in fact, and we’d go so far as to say they certainly wouldn’t be overpriced if...

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Preston Innovations Two-Piece Platform - 23/06/2010

Solid as the proverbial rock is one way to describe this platform when it’s fully set up! This monster has a load area that measures 770mm by 700mm, and because it...

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Middy Carp 93-13 Power-Plus Hooks To Nylon - 23/06/2010

The popular 93-13 hooks are now available tied to Lo-Viz mono line in five sizes from size 10 to 18 (10 to 0.20mm, 12 to 0.18mm, 14 to 0.16mm, 16 to...

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