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.)
The service from Tackle Tavern was excellent as always. The Fox Camo Tape however was a waste of money. Within 24hrs it’s started peeling off the box it was used to cover. The surface was clean and dry. It mainly peeled from the overlap of tape. Not great when tape won’t even stick to itself 🫣
I am impressed by the quality and making of the reel. The mechanism is good cant wait to use them.
Super smooth running reel , very light ,runs like jewelled watch great for my 10ft rods
A great addition to my bivvy and will hopefully keep the rain off. Definitely helps with condensation as there wasn't any !
Very comfortable to sit in all day. Lightweight and easy to transport. A good buy
This is my third pair of these the first two pair split haveway up the wellie boot youre lucky to get a season out of these and thats me doing about 10 fishing trips there not heavy duty they flex so many times then boot splits but there is no decent rubber waders out there now all cheap made and dont last long
Not used yet for river till rivers are open so can't leave a review but all my items came properly sealed amd protected so can give full 5 star's for that brilliant thank you tackle tavern
Great item, looks and feels quality, bite alarms fit perfectly with lots of room for extras.
Better condition than what I thought. Would definitely browse the pre loved again
Absolute bargain. The most comfortable bed I've ever been on.
Reel arrived next day perfectly packaged awesome service
We are really happy with our Ridgemonkey, good well built product and a great fast delivery, would recommend
Need some 10ft rod sleeves these came up for an absolutely song. Quick delivery and kept informed
Very pleased with this purchase. The Tackle Tavern was extremely helpful, the product is excellent, very well made and I expect it to be very durable. The seat height is good and the arms on the chair made it easy to get out of even for an aging person like myself. Overall very good value for money.
Great product and great price
arrived next day well packed not put up yet but thankyou
Bigger than expected . Very light for size. Very comfortable can’t wait to use it