Skinned hooklinks have been widely available for many years now, Ultra Skin now offers significant improvements in terms of feel, colour, finish and ease of use.
It is really the softest and supplest material of its type; with the colours carefully specified and tweaked until we were 100% satisfied they were the best hue and 100% correct.
The matt finish isn’t only for show; it really helps the material blend into the aquatic environment and the soft feel means that if a fish bumps into it, whilst feeding on a baited spot, it feels ‘natural’ and is less likely to alarm a fish that may be a bit ‘edgy’. Of course this is also helped by the fact that the material sinks well, and is more likely to settle flush to the lake bed.
As anglers we realise that most soft hooklinks need pinning down (because the hook bait tends to drop nearer the lead than the length of the hooklink) and a blob of Critical Mass tungsten putty half way along the hooklink really makes a difference to your final presentation – even with really heavy hooklink materials like Ultra Skin – particularly if you’re fishing on hard spots that are very clean due to feeding fish.
Ultra Skin is easy to strip and will not rupture whilst tightening down a well tied ‘figure of 8’ loop knot.
The unique polymer mix used in the skin means that Ultra Skin straightens easily*, even just using your fingertips.
(*Keeping your hooklinks straight is important, as it improves the manner in which the rig settles and helps to alleviate tangles. Sometimes it’s the little things that make a big difference in terms of a rig’s overall performance.)
Great product as always from esp, great price and delivered next day, couldn't have asked for any more from tackle tavern brilliant service 5*
Great bit of kit and well priced . Used it already and was well impressed
Another excellent product from the solar team never disappointed with their products
A very reliable store, the vouchers arrived for my son in law’s birthday in record time, thank you. Well recommended
Having received my chair, the very next day I have a weekend on day trips planned, as I was looking at gathering content for Freshwater Informer. The chair performed perfectly it was light it was super stable and comfortable, the bonus for me was the small detachable bag which I used for a small tackle box of essentials to be kept to hand whiles fishing through the day.
I made use of the outer pockets for my powerpack, phone and to keep my car keys safe.
Overall, I am really happy with my purchase and again great service from The Tackle Tavern getting the parcel to me so quickly and the price couldn’t be beaten.
Have not used yet waiting for the weather to improve 🙄 but a speedy delivery from the tackle tavern and good quality sleeves which although quite expensive should be able to clean after use, will certainly try.
Now this may not be the best bivvy for winter time, you can't beat a double skin in winter but for 3 seasons I reckon this bivvy is perfect. Light and easy to carry. With regard to Tackle Tavern, I haven't used them before but this was literally the cheapest price I found on the Internet at the time and delivered within a couple of days.
They have answered my email sorry for bad review didn’t know Monday to Friday thank you
The pictures show four pole rigs only got two but paid for four the company a joke
Great product, top quality . And top service from the Tackle tavern.
Great light performance spot on lightweight packs away inside pocket
Great quality product. Very warm and comfortable to wear. True to size. Only lightly tried in wet so far but water repelled completely. Tackle Tavern best price seen. Very prompt delivery. Very satisfied with this purchase.
Bib n brace by PI size L is a perfect fit for me (40” chest, 30” leg and 5’ 7” tall). Seems substantial and over my normal trousers will provide all season use.
Excellent quality, great price ,fantastic looker good all rounder bag
I reserved my pod Tuesday and went fishing Wednesday the pod broke in my hand one of the locking screw shaped in my hand not happy
Seen a few reviews talking about these rods not being finished overly well. Mine arrived and is perfect...I'm a bit OCD about things like this, so trust me it's spot on. Haven't been able to use it in anger yet due to bloomin floods 😔 but can't wait to get out and use it...I have attached my favourite reel and the balance feels great and my wife has been a stand in for a fish and the action feels really nice. So far money well spent....first time I've ordered from tackle tavern and I'm really impressed, won't be my last for sure, plus I'm only 1/2 hour down the road so may well be popping in in person 😜