Easy Feeder for pole fishing produced by J.D.S. Products

When I visited the Go Fishing Show at the beginning of April - I spotted this nifty little pole feeder system - and thought to myself - what a good idea!

Chatting to the inventor Jeffrey Darlington - he explained just how the system works - and to be honest - I was very impressed! (You've got to remember - here at the AnglersTimes, we tell it like it is... if it don't work - we say so).

Pictured left is Go Fishing visitor Ashley Holland with Jeffrey Darlington explaining how to use the feeder system.

Jeffrey very kindly gave me a couple of feeders to try for myself, but for a change - and to do something different - I thought I would see what the angler on the bank thought of the 'Easy Feeder.'

So later in the week I went to my local fishery to find out what the general opinion was - from the hardened, seen-it-all Derbyshire anglers.

I soon found a likely candidate in Mick Coates, a very competent pole angler and ex Mercury Matchman - he would give me an unbiased, honest opinion and he had enough angling experience to pass judgement on the feeder system.

The Easy Feeder is very simple to use, you just slip the rubber sleeve on to the pole tip and then pass the connecting clip over it - easy peasy!

The connecting clip has a stonfo connecter - so connecting the feeder is as easy as fitting a rig - just slide the stonfo open, pass the loop of mono over it - then slide the stonfo back into position - easy, quick and fool-proof! See the picture on the below.

With the connectors in place, Mick shipped out his Shimano Technium pole with the feeder attached and was impressed with it from the start!

'It's easy to fill, you can't spill any bait from it - and it opens exactly where you want it to' where his first comments.

'It looks like it will fit any pole - so you don't have to have a specialised cupping kit' was his second comment...'Hey this IS a clever design and it's very accurate!' were his final words as he 'positioned' some maggots into his swim. I think he was impressed.

Leaving Mick to carry on fishing, I drove back to the office thinking how this simple design could improve everyone's pole fishing and not break the bank.

Universal fitting, no bait loss while shipping out - quick, simple - and it works. What more do you want?

There's two sizes of feeder, the largest costs £5.50 and the smaller one just £3.99.


They are produced by J.D.S. Products, telephone 01782 857707 or check out their website - www.easyfeeder.co.uk

Pictured left is the feeder in action - opening exactly where Mick placed it.

Thanks to J.D.S. Products and Mick Coates for his help and comments.

Good fishing to you all

Kevin Miles