Thursday Focus - Coarse Fishing Brollies

This entry was posted on 2nd August, 2018

Can there be anything better than spending a long summer afternoon on a river bank? You've got your rods out, the sun's shining, setting the water sparkling, your polarised sunglasses are coming into their own, helping you cut through golden gleams and surface glare to find just the right point to drop your bait down, ready to entice some unwary, waiting fish. Your net's already in the water, whether you're coarse fishing, and bringing a sleekly shining specimen to the bank to get a really good look at it, or you're in the heat of a match, keen to catch as many fish as you can in five short hours, scales shimmering in a keep net set up just below the surface, ready for the final weigh in.

Bright, sunny days, as pleasant as they may be when you're spending them at the water's edge, can play havoc with fresh bait or dampened pellets, drying them out before you get a chance to cast them in. For British anglers, there's also the fact that bright days are often broken up by sudden showers – not enough to send you scurrying for the shelter of your bivvy, and certainly nothing to put you off your stroke during a competitive match, but just wet enough to bother about – you don't want your pellets getting damp when you intended to fish them dry, after all.

A good fishing umbrella, or brolly, as they're commonly known, can help with both sun and showers. Providing shade and shelter, a brolly protects your bait, and keeps you comfortable, whatever the weather chooses to do.

In this piece, we take a look at three brollies from a selection of brands Starting with a dynamic brand that's been rising to prominence in the past couple of years, we get to grips with the Advanta Flatback Brolly.

As its name suggests, this brolly features a completely flat back, giving you the profile and space you'd expect from a bivvy, in a day session choice that's better suited to summer, and easier to transport. As well as shielding you from showers and sun, this Advanta fishing umbrella offers UV and UVB protection, ensuring you're completely safe while out in the sun.

With a wide spread, and adjustable angling, this is a brolly that can give you its best throughout the day, allowing you to easily adjust it as the sun passes across the sky, or to accommodate the precise angle of that unexpected burst of rain. Supplied with pegging points, this brolly holds firm during summer storms – perfect for sitting back and laughing at your competitors or bank-mates, as they desperately try and hang on to their own shelters.

A good looking brolly that does the job, the Advanta Flatback is going to be a popular brolly on a range of venues this season, so get yours now, and set the trend on your local bank.



The Preston Space Maker Flat Back Brolly is all about sleek, stylish performance. Brought to you by one of match angling's leading brands, you'd expect nothing but the best, and this five-star brolly, with our Price Checked promise, doesn't let you down.



Lightweight fibreglass arms make it easy to transport, while strength and stability are provided through pegging points that will hold this brolly firm in any weather. Angle tilt ensures that you can match the shelter your brolly offers to the course the weather's taking, while UV50+ protection keeps you safe when the sun's beating down on your bankside action.

On rainy days, waterproof taped seams keep you and your bait and tackle out of the worst of the weather, ensuring you're always comfortable, and your bait is always in prime condition, ready to cast out and get fishing.

Widely considered a brilliant brolly, the Space Maker more than lives up to Preston's motivation of delivering angling products that fill a gap in the market. Finally, in instantly recognisable bright, bold colours, we have the Guru Bait Umbrella.



Designed to ensure your bait is kept in the best condition, come rain or shine, this 90cm x 90cm brolly is a handy accessory for any match angler. Made from durable, weather-resistant 210D material, the Guru brolly comes with a threaded angle tilt, for enhanced durability, and two pole options as standard; a handy 60cm telescopic pole, for those times you need a little extra height, and an accessory pole, which fixes to your seatbox, neatly covering your side tray – perfect on wet days when you don't want your smaller tackle items getting soaked.

More than up to the task of covering even larger side trays and bait buckets, the Guru Bait Umbrella also makes an effective windbreak on banks with limited space, but plenty of exposure to those brisk British breezes.

Whether you're looking to shield yourself or protect your bait, Angling Direct have the brolly for you – so order yours online today, or pop in to your nearest store, and make the most of those summer sessions.