17 items of tackle to buy this month

1. Mainline Response Flavours

You won’t find high levels of ethyl alcohol or glycerol in this comprehensive range of flavours. All 15 attractors, ranging from fish and fruit to spice and savoury, are made with actual flavouring and not watered down with above said product, resulting in a much stronger, neater smelling flavour. “GIMME”: £4.99 for 60ml; mainline-baits.com

2. Wychwood Puffer Gilet Camo

That autumn nip in the air gives you a perfect excuse to break that New Years’ resolution you made some 10-months ago: to fish through the winter. Don’t do it – suit up with this new gilet from Wychwood and you won’t even notice the cold. The down fill keeps the freezing gusts at bay, and the 5000mm hydrostatic head material on the outsides keeps you dry and sweat-free. “GIMME”: £59.99; wychwoodcarp.co.uk

3. RidgeMonkey Bivvy-Lite Duo IR

Just like your Nash Siren alarms, the Bivvy-Lite Duo IR can be adjusted over-the-air. Now you can switch between its two colour options and tweak the twin brightness settings all via the remote whilst laying back in the comfort of your four-legged bedchair. It’s powerful too: one 5hr charge will give you back 120hrs of use. “GIMME”: £34.99; ridgemonkey.co.uk

4. Taska Riza Lite ‘Mega’

Designed to be more robust than its smaller brothers, meaning it’s ideal for fishing with tighter lines or in windier conditions. Available in seven colours and are all manufactured from heavy-duty, highly polished plastic. “GIMME”: Complete set, £7.99; just the head, £2.49; taskacarp.com

5. SONIK S3 Carp Rods

Criminally gorgeous mid-price range rod from SONIK. The S3 is a replacement for this SK3XTR range and is constructed from a ultra-powerful, low resin carbon fibre incorporating 1k woven carbon cloth (it’s thin), has super tough SiC guides, 50mm double leg butt ring, a Fuji DPS 18mm reel seat and either a full length cork or slim shrink wrap handle.It has all the features and characteristics of a premier league rod, but just at a fraction of the price. “GIMME”: From £79.99; soniksports.com

6. Eagle Claw Trokar Chod Hooks

All Eagle Claw Trokar hooks feature a patented Surgically Sharpened Point, making them significantly sharper than anything else on the market. The Chod version features a straight point, is forged, comes with a low profile barb, a Ring Eye Epoxy Sealed and is finished in a black chrome PTFE coating. Available in sizes 5 and 6, and our first choice. “GIMME”: £5.99 for ten; reubenheaton.co.uk

7. Bait-Tech 2mm Krill Pellets

Krill, in any one of its many forms, has caught a mind-blowing amount of carp during the last few years and with pellets like these coming from our pals at Bait-Tech, that trend is only going to continue to grow. Perfect in solid bags, incredible when mixed with hemp and casters and outstanding when scalded down for the Method feed. “GIMME”: £4.49; bait-tech.com

8. CC Moore Elite Booster Sprays

All glugs coat your hookbait. This new range delivers extremely concentrated, thin and colourless pH-balanced intense feeding triggers. They are CC Moore’s most powerful taste/aroma sprays which will quickly soak into any bait product, are PVA-friendly and designed for all-year-round usage. Available in Acid Pear, Citrus Zest, Dairy Supreme and Golden Spice. “GIMME”: £7.99, ccmoore.com

9. TF Gear Sandwich Toaster Grill

Forget service station sandwiches this autumn/winter. Hot food, ranging from deepfill toasties and fry-ups to steaks, burgers, sausages, chips and pizzas can all be rustled up whilst lakeside thanks to TF Gear’s new compact Toaster Grill. “GIMME”: £9.99; fishtec.co.uk

10. Kodex Graviton Putty

Here’s the product you need to balance your pop-up to absolute perfection with the least amount thanks to its heavyweight content – one which isn’t just super adhesive but one which comes in three colours blends for total concealment: Weed, Green and Choddy Silt. “GIMME”: £6.99; kodextackle.com

11. Spotted Fin Washed Out Hookbaits

A summer of pressure equals an edgy autumn, so do yourself a favour and adopted to the Nigel Sharp approach: dulled down hookbaits. Rolled from the amazing Catalyst recipe but in watered-down yellow, white and pink pantones. “GIMME”: £5.99; spottedfin.com

12. Fox Camo Square Buckets

It’s hard to imagine a bait bucket looking ‘sexy’, but this robust collection of three pulls it off. The square shape means they’re easier for stacking and storing in the car and on the barrow. 5, 10 and 17lt options. “GIMME”: £4.99, £6.99 and £8.99; foxint.com

13. Urban Baits Nutcracker

This bait is the biggest boiled food success story since Terry Hearn’s The Source back in 2004. This beautifully creamy smelling bait, which is a made from a blend of ground nut and milk proteins, is available in three sizes: 12, 14 and 18mm, and in both shelf-life and freezer form. “GIMME”: From £10.50 a kilo; urbanbait.co.uk

14. Gardner Trick Link

As Nigel Sharp told us back in 2014: “everyone’s using the same rig: the Chod, hence why I’m using the Hinged Stiff Link and/or Stiff Bottom Bait Rig.” And this is the perfect material to create the latter and for the booms for the former. Cheap, strong, reliable. “GIMME”: £3.99; gardnertackle.co.uk

15. Kryston Towel

Your new official angling towel. Green? Tick. Quick to wick-away moisture? Tick. And it’s from a heritage-rich brand. “GIMME”: £5.95; kryston.com

16. Nutrabaits Liquid Krill

Krill isn’t a new liquid additive for Nutrabaits. They’ve been using it in its various guises since the early 90s – it’s a key ingredient in the brand’s Trigga and Trigga Ice. But now they’re making their version (produced from pure pre-digested Antarctic krill) available in 500ml and 1lt bottles – perfect for glugging, soaking and mixing. “GIMME”: £6.99 and £11.99; nutrabaits.net

17. Nash Heavy Combats

From the folks who brought us the super soft Street Grey and Bank Green hoods and Tees comes an updated version of their classic combats in a new heavy-grade cotton hybrid material which is tougher and warmer. The Nash designers have even produced these loose fit, elasticated ankle slacks in both Regular and Long for the perfect fit. Available in sizes S to XXXL. “GIMME”: £44.99; nashtackle.co.uk