13 items to put on your shopping list this month

1. Penn Spinfisher 7500 LC

You don’t have to get your balls battered by a rope to have top-end winders thanks to Penn and their £119.99 Spinfisher 7500 LC reel. In terms of performance, design and cosmetics we can’t knock it there either. Leveline slow oscillation, shielded stainless steel bearings, water tight design and a stunning wooden handle knob are just for starters. “GIMME”: £119.99; pennfishing.com

2. Mistral Chilli Pepper Groundbait

While 77.3% of other carp anglers won’t use groundbaits – be part of the 22.7% that do. And because of that, you’ll have an edge. Specially blended groundbait with proven attractors that can either be balled up or used in conjunction with a Method feeder. For added spice and kick, mix it up with ‘The Juice’, load it into PVA bags and then watch in delight and matie next-door becomes very, very jealous… “GIMME”: £3.60 for 900g; mistralbaits.co.uk

3. JRC Kurve Indicator System

Use this indicator set-up to fish in the margin with an ultra light head/chain or at extreme-range with a heavy swing arm. The articulating head features a unique line clip which can be set to grip the line or allow it to run freely and each indicator includes a black ball chain, rigid swing arm, five clip-on lenses and add-on weights. “GIMME”: £12.99 or £34.99 for the set; jrc-fishing.co.uk

4. Spotted Fin Putty

Unless you’re a putty snob, it’s often hard to distinguish between different products as to which is better. Some simply don’t grip, others are harder than rock and some sound really bad. This new addition to the Spotted Fin Terminal Tackle arm overcomes those issues; it’s a very (read: brick) dense, very easy to knead, zero smell and comes in two colours: Gravel and Weed. “GIMME”: £7.00; spottedfin.com

5. RidgeMonkey Carbon Throwing Stick

As the right wrist of Nigel Sharp will tell you, using a throwing stick on a regular basis is painful. They’re heavy, bulky, create large amounts of air resistance and leave you with a gammy wrist. As a means to lessening the chances of this, RidgeMonkey have come up with the world’s most all-encompassing carbon throwing stick. The 3k carbon weave equals zero weight. The handle loading port means you can bait up quickly. And the V shape glides through the air with consummate ease. Two sizes available: 20mm “Precision” and 26mm “Distance”. “GIMME”: £59.99; ridgemonkey.co.uk

6. New Mainline Activ Ades

Yes, they’re flavours. In fact, they’re Mainline’s premium flavours. Yes, to be any use you need to make your own bait. And yes, it could make you as good as Pecky and Fairbrass. Why? Because by picking anyone of eight flavours, includes their two new ones for 2016, Garlic Ade and Squid Ade, from the shopping list means you’ll have a truly unique bait. “GIMME”: £7.99 for 100ml; mainline-baits.com

7. Bait-Tech The Juice

Give a man some boilies and he can catch a carp. Give a man this liquid to glug those boilies and he can catch more – and quicker. It’s extremely sweet, extremely versatile and extremely bloody effective. Glug up! “GIMME”: £6.99 for 250ml; bait-tech.com

8. TF Gear Hardcore Universal Barrow Mat

If you’re going to lay down some dosh this summer for a new unhooking mat, it should be one which is the ultimate in protection yet be a solution to transporting your tackle to the bank – something like this new offering from TF Gear which has been designed by Dave Lane. It’s big – like 107 x 58 x 25cm big – features a super soft padded mat base, padded sides and fits perfect on to all barrows, meaning you can load it up and then protect said kit from the rain thanks to the oversized lid. “GIMME”: Normally £99.99, currently £74.99; totalfishinggear.co.uk

9. Gardner Point Dr.2

June’s cover star, Marcus Howarth and big fish angler, Lewis Read are huge fans of this cheap and easy solution to keeping your hook points needle-sharp. The Dr.2 version features a unique abrasive rubber compound which makes it better at taking a little bit more material off the hook, a little quicker. “GIMME”: £4.99; gardnertackle.co.uk

10. New Crafty Catcher liquids

These new liquids do more than just boost your foodbaits. They can also be poured directly into solid PVA bags, for increasing the attraction of your particles, pellets and groundbait mixes, and a real banger for right now is glazing your floating pellets. “GIMME”: £7.99; copdockmill.co.uk

11. SSP Pellets

For value versus quality, these new 2, 4 or 6mm pellets are top, especially as they contain the same proven ingredients that go into the boiled food and come in the two colour options: Beige Gravel or Dark Silt. Breakdown time? A couple of hours. During that time? A release of powerful attractors. What time? Any, they work all year round. “GIMME”: £4.99; sspbaits.com

12. Vass Yellow Printed Brace T-Shirts

Vass’s awesome clothing line is soon becoming as legendary as its famous yellow-strapped waders. And because of that, the brand has now produced this T-Shirt range featuring a print of said iconic strap across one shoulder and the Vass logo in the centre. Available in sizes S to XXL and in Choc Brown, Olive, Black, Red, Navy and Camo. “GIMME”: £14.95 and £19.95 for the Camo version; vassrainwear.co.uk

13. Urban Liver Cracker Powder

Don’t be fooled into thinking this is a bait ingredient for those who roll their own. Adding two to three teaspoonfuls to a kilo of frozen boilies will enhance your bait tenfold. The same can be said for dusting your Mixers, maggots, hookbaits and pellets. “GIMME”: £5.95 for 100g; urbanbait.co.uk