Total Carp Staff

There have been fishfinders before that you can cast out, but this one ticks a massive box in that it syncs with your iPhone, iPad or certain Android devices and gives you a live view on your screen. It’s extremely simple to use, just attach the ball to your line and cast it out. The device feeds back to the phone so that you get a fishfinder view on the phone. You’ll need to download the app first, but we all know how easy that is.

Supple fluorocarbon hook linkSeveral breaking strains availableExcellent knot strengthVery easy to work with£7. 95WWW. ESP-CARPGEAR. COM.

Marc Coulson’s verdict - Easy to splice, nice flecked-green colour and very reliable There’s a proliferation of lead-free leaders nowadays, with very few terminal-tackle companies not producing one and, while I cannot claim to have tried them all, I’ve certainly either used or played around with most. As I talk about in my diary this month, my new syndicate water is extremely weedy, so I made a call to my old mate Lewis Read at Gardner and did my best Oliver Twist impression. It worked, and the generous old so-and-so sent me some of this to use. The mottled green finish is perfect and, to my liking, it’s a little thicker than some others.

Read the text that should have been in the mag this month!Following some sort of technical glitch, Ian Chillcott's diary was printed incorrectly this month, with the text from the previous issue appearing instead. We're obviously extremely sorry for this but have tried to rectify it by bringing you the correct version here. click on the link to read it. .