Welcome to the Solar Tackle Web site.
Before starting Solar, I was making bits and pieces for myself and friends that
would not let them down. The tackle
would be a joy to fish with and put as
many fish on the bank for my friends
as I would hope for myself.
I still have that outlook, only this time
I've a lot more friends out there and
they all want exactly the same thing.
The goal remains the same. Solar
design products to make angling more
interesting, enjoyable and also more
successful. How do we do it?
Because here at Solar we are all
anglers, it's as simple as that!
Our belief is that by the time a product
reaches the shelves, we already know
what you want; because it's exactly
what we want too!
We've gained respect and credibility by our attention to detail, with no corner cutting to sacrifice quality or performance.
Poelmans Pole Position
7th July 2008
Belgian carping Legend Alijn Danau got in touch last week to let us know about a massive carp caught in Belgium by Gunther Poelmans. Here's what Alijn had to say about the result:
"Gunther caught a 34,1 kg mirror last week. It is the biggest Benelux mirrror alive! Uncaught for more than two years (only three times caught before) and 10 lb bigger than on it's earlier capture. An absolute peach of a fish!
Regards, Alijn"
Then Gunther himself contacted us with this amazing photo, the fish looks absolutely huge in this shot. Gunther wrote:
"Hi all,
Got some great news! Remember the previous mail, I told you I've been fishing on a 25 hectare sandpit with just 10-15 carp in it? Well, ... I caught the target that wasn't caught in 2 years, and his weight was mindblowing.. a beautiful mirror of 75,1lbs or 34,1kg.
Of course, this is my personal record and Ithink this is also the biggest mirror alive in the Belgium. You can't imagine how happy I am. This is (only) the fourth time the mysterious carp reaches the bank, so you can imagine it isn't a easy lake.
I caught him on those fabulous boilies ...The Secret! Almost all the carp I caught this year are with those pink (baits)....The fantastic hooks which banked (me) almost every carp are the Longshank hooks size 6.
Many regards at the solar crew! Gunther Poelmans"