The Tackle Shop
Your home for specialist fishing tackle
The Tackle Shop is one of the original specialist fishing tackle shops. We've been around for 38 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 24 years. He can advise on most aspects of pike fishing. Ian Swannack specialises in pike, big bream and barbel plus just about everything else. Gary Hickling is mainly a pike man and did well last season with fish to 25 from the Broads. Chris Tate fishes for pike and barbel 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!
Last but not least the person that keep things running efficiently is Sue Doyles the manager (she who must be obeyed). She is ably assisted by her daughter Debbie.
Normally frozen fish parcels arrive on time and in perfect condition.
Even a days delay should see the product fine for use. However just once in a while things go wrong. We recently had a parcel get stuck at a depot and the customer didn't ask us where ir was until 4 days later.
The couriers had in their wisdom decided to bin the parcel. We had to replace the frozen fish. Obviously this costs us money and sometimes with baits which are scarce it is hard to replace them. So please contact us at the shop 01427 613002 if the parcel hasn't arrived by 16.30 so we can find out what has happened and resolve the problem.