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Solar Tackle

Founded in 1987 by Martin Locke, Solar Tackle is one of the longest standing, true original carp fishing brands.
Born out of a need to get on the bank mid week, Martin was working as a metal engineer in the early 1980s, where he produced stainless bankware for his own fishing during his lunch hours. Quickly he had more requests from angling mates to make them some of the same than he could build in his lunch hours.

Having recently joined a busy water Martin needed a way to get on the bank mid week for his best chance at his target fish, and so, on the verge of being sacked anyway due to making too much fishing gear during work hours, Solar Tackle was born.
Starting out in his mum’s garage in Kent, the plan was to fulfill all orders by Sunday so that he could nick a couple of days early in the week on the bank before getting back to work.
 
From little acorns do giant oak trees grow, as Martin says, and so it has been for Solar Tackle. Over its 30+ year history Solar has been responsible for designing and producing many cult and market-leading products. The Globetrotter, Sod and Worldwide pods, its renowned buzz bars and banksticks, original Monkey Climbers and the Bow Loc landing net through to the current P1 stainless, Titanium and Advanced Rig Gear ranges.
 
Not stopping at bankware, Martin took Solar in to carp baits in the 1980s as well. Fishing some of the country’s renowned carp waters, including Savay Lake and Redmire Pool, Martin and some of the countries best carp anglers of the day started to develop Solar baits. One of the first was the original red and yellow Savay seed mixes, making Solar one of the first companies to make seed mix baits easily accessible to carp anglers. So successful was the Savay Seed Mix, that it still makes the base for our seed baits to this day.
Sourcing ingredients and developing baits quickly became part and parcel of Solar Tackle and this led to Solar’s best known bait in the Club Mix, which helped Martin land a World Record 92lb mirror in January 2010, has landed numerous country records and countless PBs.
 
The Solar story continues, and on its 30th anniversary, in 2017, Solar Tackle stepped in to new territory again with a range of high-end bedchairs, chairs, luggage and bivvies under the Solar SP banner.
 
“At Solar we are anglers that design and build gear for our own fishing,” says Martin. “It’s no secret that this has been the strength of Solar from the start, and remains to this day. We are passionate about what we do, and we believe that our passion comes through in the products that we release for our customers.”

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Solar Tackle SP Multi - Pouch

LG22

A Mag-Loc internal divider and zipped and Velcro pockets lends this little item perfectly to a whole host of uses.

£36.99

Solar Tackle SP Bankstick Bag

AC05

PLEASE NOTE: All pictures shown are for illustration purpose only. Additional products are not included.

£13.99

Solar Tackle Undercover Camo Foldable Unhooking Mat

CA28

- Weight: 2.3kg - Twin carry handles

£76.99

Solar SP Deluxe Fleece Pillow

AC12

- Dimensions (cm): 0.5 x 0.25 x 0.09

£37.99 £26.59

Solar Tackle Undercover Camo Accessory Pouch

Zipped accessory bags to match our ultra-popular UnderCover Camo luggage range. Made from 600D PU-backed fabric with padded sides, base and lid. Available in 4 sizes, tiny, small, medium and large.

£7.49

Solar Tackle Undercover Camo Scale Pouch

CA19

This pouch also benefits from zipped top access and a zipped, rubberised-mesh front pocket.

£16.49

Solar Tackle Undercover Camo Rod HoldAll

12ft - 3+3rods or 13ft - 4+4 rods

£119.99 £64.99

Solar Tackle SP Carryall

LG15

£69.99 £48.99

Solar Tackle Stronghold 101 Hooks

10 hooks per packet Barbed Available in sizes 1 to 10 (select above) Mute Camo finish

£6.49

Solar Tackle A1 Aluminium Buzz Bars

Full Range * price is per single buzz bar

£21.99

Solar Tackle A1 Aluminium Travel-Lite Banksticks

All sizes * price is per single bankstick

£13.99

Solar Tackle A1 Rod Pod – With 3-Rod Buzz Bars

A1POD-1

Goalpost upright attachment for the buzz bars to give maximum stability Drop-in buzz bar attachments for quick, secure fixing

£219.98 £164.99

Solar Tackle P1 Titanium Adjustable Snag Ears

P1SB

They deliver total rod security, even when fishing at 90 degrees to the rods. Plus, the P1 Adjustable Snag Ears are adjustable in both height and depth to accommodate most bite alarms and style. You can even take both arms out and deploy when necessary.

£43.98

Solar Tackle Titanium Range Indicator Head

All sizes & Colours Compatible with all Solar indicator chains, arms and accessories, and most others out there as well.

£11.99