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Tools & sharpeners
Fulling Mill Fly Patch84%

Fulling Mill

Fulling Mill Fly Patch

Available in red, blue and grey

A wearable fly patch with proper storage inside, foam on top and three magnetic staging areas. Dead handy for keeping your next fly ready and your recently used ones separate.

  • Measures 12 × 7.5 × 2.5 cm.
  • Quoted capacity of 180 flies across twin slotted internal foam pads.
  • Three external magnetic staging areas plus a flat external foam top pad.
Tools & sharpeners
Dynamite Baits Maggot Riddle84%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Maggot Riddle

DY510 · 33cm · Black

A straightforward steel riddle for maggots and groundbait, with a 33cm diameter and a snug fit on the Dynamite match bucket. Not glamorous tackle, mate, but bait prep rarely is.

  • 33cm-diameter black steel riddle.
  • Suitable for maggots and groundbait.
  • Three side-mounted handles, each 4cm, with Dynamite Baits branding.
Tools & sharpeners
Drennan Big Grip Scissors80%

Drennan

Drennan Big Grip Scissors

Big Grip Scissors · TAAE01

Roomy handles and serrated, titanium-coated blades make these a sensible shout for trimming braid and mono, especially when tiny scissors leave your fingers feeling wedged in.

  • Product code: TAAE01.
  • Oversized ergonomic handles accommodate larger hands.
  • Stainless high-carbon blades have a titanium coating.
Tools & sharpeners
Deeper Smartphone Mount Phone Holder74%

Deeper

Deeper Smartphone Mount Phone Holder

FLACC04

A lightweight way to keep your Deeper screen beside your reel hand. The catch? Its stated 3.5–5-inch phone compatibility leaves plenty of modern handsets outside the range.

  • Designed to fasten a smartphone to a fishing rod grip.
  • Stated phone compatibility: 3.5–5-inch screen diagonal.
  • Weighs 14 g and measures 120 mm.
Tools & sharpeners
Deeper Flex Arm 2.083%

Deeper

Deeper Flex Arm 2.0

Flex Arm 2.0

Got a compatible Deeper and a boat or kayak? This clamp-on arm keeps your sonar alongside while you explore. Proper handy for afloat sessions — rather less useful if you never leave the bank.

  • 79 cm overall length and 640 g weight.
  • Wave Rider mounting bracket allows up to 20 cm of wave-motion adjustment.
  • No-drill G-clamp fits suitable mounting surfaces up to 70 mm thick.
Tools & sharpeners
Deeper Range Extender Full Kit80%

Deeper

Deeper Range Extender Full Kit

Full Kit

A tidy way to extend your Deeper connection and organise a bait-boat sonar setup. Just remember: extra Wi-Fi reach isn't extra sonar power, and the advertised 200 m isn't a promise for every swim.

  • Advertised Wi-Fi connection range of up to 200 m / 656 ft.
  • Range extender battery life of up to 14 hours, with a full charge taking 3 hours.
  • Phone clip adjusts across a stated width of 5–8.5 cm.
Tools & sharpeners
Deeper Quest Bait Boat84%

Deeper

Deeper Quest Bait Boat

Deeper Quest Bait Boat

Built-in CHIRP sonar, GPS autopilot and a proper-sized hopper make the Quest a tempting tool for considered bait placement. Just make sure your fishing needs all that tech.

  • Built-in CHIRP sonar and GPS autopilot with advertised 1-metre precision.
  • Main bait hopper holds 2 kg / 3 litres, with a separate 160 ml dry rig hopper.
  • Weighs 4.8 kg including two batteries.
Tools & sharpeners
Deeper START Fishfinder81%

Deeper

Deeper START Fishfinder

START · Black and orange · FNG0026

A castable Wi-Fi fishfinder that puts depth and sonar readings on your phone. Proper useful for getting your bearings, provided you treat it as a clue-finder rather than a shortcut to a PB.

  • Castable sonar with readings displayed on a smartphone or tablet.
  • Advertised casting range and maximum scanning depth are both 50 m / 165 ft.
  • Connects over Wi-Fi rather than Bluetooth.
Tools & sharpeners
Deeper PRO+ 286%

Deeper

Deeper PRO+ 2

PRO+ 2

Three sonar beams, built-in GPS and phone-based mapping make this a handy swim-finding tool. Just don’t mistake a clever picture of the lake for a guaranteed screaming take.

  • Castable, phone-connected sonar with built-in GPS for creating depth maps from the bank.
  • Three beams: 7° narrow, 20° medium and 47° wide.
  • Weighs 90 g, with a stated scanning depth range of 15 cm–100 m.
Tools & sharpeners
Deeper CHIRP+ 3 Sonar Fishfinder84%

Deeper

Deeper CHIRP+ 3 Sonar Fishfinder

CHIRP+ 3

Three CHIRP beams, GPS and a castable body make this a tempting swim-mapping tool. The trick is using what it shows without treating every fish return as a guaranteed bite.

  • Castable sonar weighing 94 g, with an ABS enclosure and titanium inserts.
  • Three-frequency CHIRP with narrow, medium and wide beam options.
  • Scanning depth of 15 cm–100 m and Wi-Fi connection range up to 120 m.
Tools & sharpeners
Daiwa N'ZON EVA Bait Sieve76%

Daiwa

Daiwa N'ZON EVA Bait Sieve

NZEVABS

A compact mesh-bottomed insert for draining pellets and chopped worms. Proper handy if you already use Daiwa’s matching bait box, but that box costs extra.

  • Model NZEVABS measures 130 × 130 × 60 mm.
  • Tough EVA construction with a mesh bottom for drainage.
  • Sits in the top half of the NZEVASB2 2-pint EVA stacking bait box.
Tools & sharpeners
Daiwa Serrated Scissors75%

Daiwa

Daiwa Serrated Scissors

DSSCIS

Steel serrated blades, red handles and a protective cover. Daiwa’s line scissors keep things simple, with the right ingredients for everyday rig-making.

  • Daiwa model code DSSCIS.
  • Tough steel blades with serrated cutting edges.
  • Suitable for cutting nylon and braided line.
Tools & sharpeners
RidgeMonkey VRH300X USB Rechargeable Headtorch84%

RidgeMonkey

RidgeMonkey VRH300X USB Rechargeable Headtorch

VRH300X USB Rechargeable Headtorch (RM513)

RidgeMonkey's VRH300X is a rubberised, USB-rechargeable headtorch with adjustable white and green beams, a dual-orientation design that can't be put on upside down, and a battery life RidgeMonkey say stretches to 360 hours on its lowest night-location setting.

  • Twin colour output: adjustable white and green beams, 50–200 lumens
  • IP64 water and dust resistant rubberised shell
  • Dual-orientation design, so there's no wrong way up
Tools & sharpeners
Spomb Midi86%

Spomb

Spomb Midi

Midi Spomb (Black or White)

The Midi Spomb is the smaller version of the original Large Spomb, a sealed bait dispenser that stays shut on the cast and opens on impact with the water, built to be cast on rods lighter than a full spod rod.

  • Sealed body: no bait spills on the cast
  • Opens on impact and releases bait instantly
  • Recommended for a 4–5lb test curve rod
Tools & sharpeners
Fox Impact Spod90%

Fox

Fox Impact Spod

Impact Spod, Medium (a Large size is also sold)

The Fox Impact Spod is a scoop-bodied bait delivery spod, sold under licence from Spomb, built after a three-year development programme for fast one-handed loading, stable flight and a tapered bait spread.

  • Scoop body for rapid, one-handed loading
  • A single scoop fills the whole inner compartment
  • Even weight distribution for stable, accurate flight
Tools & sharpeners
Deeper Chirp+ 2 Smart Sonar79%

Deeper

Deeper Chirp+ 2 Smart Sonar

Standard Desert Sand edition (Deeper also sell a Limited Edition Yellow version and Long Range Kit)

Deeper's Chirp+ 2 pairs a 3-frequency CHIRP sonar with its own Wi-Fi link to the Fish Deeper app, aimed at anglers who want to scan swims, build bathymetric maps and check depth and temperature from the bank without a boat.

  • 3 Frequency CHIRP: Narrow 675kHz (7°), Medium 240kHz (20°), Wide 100kHz (47°)
  • Target separation of 1cm in Narrow CHIRP, 2.4cm in Medium and Wide CHIRP
  • Depth range from 15cm down to 100m
Tools & sharpeners
OMC Tweakers Touch Me Up86%

One More Cast

OMC Tweakers Touch Me Up

Tweakers Touch Me Up hook sharpener (code OMCTMU)

A compact honing tool. You push the point in, give it a twist and pull it out. Brilliant for a touch-up, but it won’t save a hook that’s properly knackered.

  • Push-in honing cylinder
  • Tweakers range
  • Pocket sized

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