Latest Product News

Due to increasing demand we have finally made the decision to re-release our full range of Essential in-line Leads and associated products. For those of you that remember, these leads once dominated the lead market with their innovative shapes coupled with their unique fish friendly semi-fixed arrangement.

The four different shaped leads are as follows: Terrapin leads (for silt/soft weed) Pendant leads (for gravel bars/marginal slopes) Comet leads (for long/extreme range work) and Pear leads (for general purpose use). The leads are available now and full details/pictures will be updated on this site soon. The Torpedo beads and Quick-Sink tubing will follow shortly behind.

Our new range of B5 Rock Hard Hookers and B5 Balanced Wafters are now available. The Rock Hard Hookers are ultra tough and have been designed to withstand the attentions of nuisance fish and minimise the attention from crayfish, eels etc. As the name suggests, the Balanced Wafters are neutral buoyancy hook baits that have been designed for ‘Rig-Shy’ fish. More details on both of these new products to follow soon. Alternatively contact essential for more information.

We believe this exciting new powdered squid additive is going to be one of the most devastating and talked about ingredients ever! A bold statement we know but our custom bait rolling service has been inundated with requests to include it within the Shellfish B5 in conjunction with either Black Pepper oil or Natural Squid flavour. It would not be an exaggerated claim to say that it has literally been tearing waters apart, in fact this is the additive that was used in Jon McAllister’s B5 during his incredible run of big fish in 2007 and is also included within our new Natural Squid pellets.

This is our new flavour for this year and one that has worked very well for customers taking advantage of our custom bait rolling service. It has a slightly ‘smokey squid’ aromatic profile and has an excellent track record in conjunction with the B5 and the new Squid-Stim powder. We can take the Robin Red out of the B5 for customers preferring a natural brown/beige coloured bait and the Squid combination is the perfect compliment to our new Natural Squid pellets.

The phenomenal success of the Squid-Stim powder within the B5 soon made us realise that it was something very special indeed. We therefore decided to formulate a nutritional pellet with a quick breakdown time to release food signals, but with the inclusion of the Squid-Stim powder. Further to this, we have also developed the pellets in a very dark (less spooky) charcoal type colour, which the carp seem to go mad for! They also have the added advantage of blending in with the lake bed and minimising the attentions of diving birds.

Following the success of the new Natural Squid pellets we have blended them in with our ever consistent Betaine pellets to create a ‘Double-Action’ combination of both quick and slow attraction release. The two pellets match up perfectly with the Squid pellets releasing instant food signals and the Betaine pellets offering a slower diffusion of attraction, but over a longer period of time. In short, the pellets will be working from the moment they hit the water and for many hours after!

Our famous CSM range of baits have also been strengthened in 2008 with the addition of several ‘boilie matching’ products. This includes the new CSM Bag ‘n’ Stick Mix, which is basically a ground down version of the CSM pellets and includes Micronised Crushed Hempseed, Niger Seed, elevated levels of Betaine and powdered cream palatants to give the mix a smooth caramel cream aromatic profile. The CSM range of baits offer an excellent alternative to fishmeal based baits throughout the year.

We have now released the Cream-CSM version of the extremely popular ‘Handy Pack Buckets’. The convenient bucket contains 3kg of base mix with flavour and oil included inside the bucket. All you have to do is supply the eggs and roll. Perfect for beginners and experienced anglers alike who prefer to make their own boilies. Furthermore, both the Cream-CSM and B5 Handy packs are also now available in a new giant 10kg bucket size!