Well here we are after having been dragged kicking and screaming into the internet age! If there's one thing I dislike that is spending money and for a couple of years now we have been bombarded by people offering to construct us a website. These offers usually involve parting with large sums of money. ( this is a bad thing ).

So here is our site which will hopefully do something to fill in for our late lamented catalogue which we will produce again one day.

Let's explain who we are.
The Tackle Shop is one of the original specialist fishing tackle shops. We've been around for at least 25 years ( we have stopped counting now! ). You can buy most of what you need to catch pike, zander, catfish, carp, barbel and so on from us. I own the business and try and make sure we stock the latest products which are of use to specialists. For example we have a much expanded lure range based on my experiences with these new lures. ( a 37-08 on one in 2000! ) Staff member Bob Hopwood has been pike fishing for over 20 years and does well on our local waters. He can advise on most aspects of pike fishing. New staff member Ian Swannack specialises in pike, big bream and barbel plus just about everything else.

I like a bit of carp fishing as well, but do not go along with much of the hype concerning rigs and baits. None of us will try to sell you something you do not need. Our policy is that most customers are bright enough to spot a hard sell and just as we do not like pushy car salesmen or assistants in clothes shops, we'd not treat our customers that way.

Finally because we have been around forever you can expect us to honour guarantees and deal with mistakes efficiently. We will not disappear overnight!

The two people that keep things running efficiently are Sue Doyles the manager ( she who must be obeyed ) and Carole Moss.

Neville Fickling