Avid Carp Outline Reel Line

1. Outline Mono Reel Line

We’ll start with the science: aside from knowing that bright hookbaits pretty much always go first and you’ll always be fishing over three times as much weed as you think, Below The Surface has also taught us that anything which is one continuous tone will stand out like the preverbal sore thumb. Just like camouflage on the bank (think DPM), anything which is broken up with different colour tones will be so much harder to detect.

Now for the product. Outline Mono Reel Line does exactly that: it breaks up its own line, making it extremely hard for the carp to detect. The clear finish has been combined in a two-tone construction with a specially developed algae coloured tint to offer new levels of invisibility.

The line itself doesn’t just perform when it comes to its looks. Great knot strength and super smooth for exceptional casting. It’s abrasion resistant qualities marry wonderfully with its slightly absorbent nature, making it heavy and strong too.

Available on 1,000m spools in the following breaking strains: 12, 15, 18 and 20lb. “GIMME”: £19.99; avidcarp.co.uk

Outline Fluorocarbon Leader marries supreme sinking qualities with this new level of invisibility, great knot strength and abrasion resistance.

2. Outline Fluorocarbon Leader

We’ve long been fluorocarbon patriots – ever since we first saw how invisible it is when dropped down into the margins. But then we lost faith when, once again, Rob Hughes and his underwater camera came along. It become quite obvious (quite literally) that fluoro can become quite conspicuous when it’s off the lakebed. Outline Fluorocarbon is extruded with the same algae tinted two-tone construction, meaning it’s very hard to distinguish at all levels in the water column. This makes it not only a very special leader material but a darn good hooklink too.

Available on 50m spools in breaking strains 18, 20 and 25lb. “GIMME”: £9.99