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What is a spod rod?

Spodding can be a bit of a minefield to those new to the sport. Questions like what is a spod rod? and how to use one all get answered in this full guide.

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Get The Most Out Of Your 10ft Spod Rod: 7 Essential Tips

10ft spod rods are a fairly new innovation in the carp angling world. Check out these 7 essential tips to help get the most of them and improve your spodding.

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Shock Leaders For Spodding Tip & Advice

Explore the use of shock leaders for spodding. Learn the pros, cons, ideal knots, and gear protection strategies in this comprehensive guide.

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Best Fishing Power Banks (374 × 201 px)

Best Fishing Power Banks

This article details 5 of the best fishing power banks on the market today from small, portable power banks, to large heavy-duty power packs.

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Best Lines for Pike Fishing

Best Pike Fishing Line

In this article, I will talk you through the best pike fishing lines that many top pike anglers are using to catch those fiery predators.

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Best Fishing Crimping Tools

Best Fishing Crimping Tool

In this article, I will take you through what I consider the best fishing crimping tool on the market and how I use it to improve my fishing.

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Best Fishing Catapults A Full Guide

Best Fishing Catapults

This article will detail 7 of the best fishing catapults in the tackle shops today. Different angling disciplines require a different catapult and this guide will suggest good options for different fishing situations.

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Best Fishing Whips

Best Fishing Whips

This guide details 5 of the best fishing whips on the market today. I’ll also talk through what features to look for in a great fishing whip and answer some of the frequently asked questions on the subject.

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Best Pellet Waggler Floats

Best Pellet Waggler Floats

This article reviews 5 of the best pellet waggler floats, explains what makes them good and also details what features to look for in a great float for pellet waggler fishing.

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Fishing Rod Test Curve Calculator

Fishing Rod Test Curve Calculator

If you are having trouble deciding what test curve rod is best for you, then fear not as our handy fishing rod test curve calculator will point you in the right direction.

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Best Fly Fishing Reels

Best Fly Fishing Reels

So within this guide, I will detail 7 of the best fly fishing reels in the tackle shops today that I have personal experience with and robustly tested over many years.

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Best Carp Fishing Bed chairs

Best Carp Fishing Bedchairs

Best Carp Fishing Bedchairs Are you struggling with what carp fishing bedchair is best for you? I’m not surprised as there are so many different shapes, sizes, materials, gadgets and features on fishing bedchairs these days, choosing can be a bit of a minefield. This is why I wrote this full guide on the best

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Best Sea Fishing Rods in 2020 - (Full Review)

Best Sea Fishing Rods

Sea fishing is potentially one of the widest disciplines in the angling world. This article is a comprehensive guide on the best sea fishing rods available in the UK based on years of experience and extensive research.

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best uk carp fishing holidays

Best UK Carp Fishing Holidays

This article details 15 venues that are great UK carp fishing holidays. Whether it’s just the lake you are looking to book for a week or a lodge with a carp fishing lake nearby, we explain all

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Best Fishing Trolleys

The 7 Best Fishing Trolleys

In this article we are going to look at what makes the best fishing trolleys and give you some idea as to what we think are worthy contenders.

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best float fishing rod

Best Float Fishing Rods

In this article we are going to look at exactly what goes into the best float fishing rods and how you can make the best choice.

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best feeder rods

Best Feeder Rods

This article runs through some essential features found in the best feeder rod for coarse fishing that should help you up your catch rate significantly.

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best fishing umbrellas

Best Fishing Umbrellas

This article will shine some light on what you should look for in the best fishing umbrellas, and we’ll even throw in a few suggestions of our own for good measure.

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What Tacklemart Is All About

Having started as a marketplace that sold new, used and second hand fishing tackle, Tacklemart is now a platform that houses many fishing related articles that aims to help all types of anglers from across the UK.


Not forgetting our roots, however, we have moved our used fishing tackle operation onto our social media platforms. With over 20,000 followers, check out (and hopefully join) our second hand fishing tackle facebook community.


You can find out more about Tacklemart on our About Us page.

james bevan - founder of tacklemart