With specialist fishing chairs  now being well established, products are now beginning to move up to the next level. Korum a UK based angling company have come up with the accessory chair. These guys invest serious time, energy and money in to the design and development of the products. Korum’s strap line is ‘Tacticle Angling Products’ and I think that describes them very well.

So what is the Accessory chair?

In essence the Accessory Chair is a stand alone chair that functions as an excellent specialist fishing chair in its own right. It has a number of features that make it stand out from the crowd, one such feature is its vertical leg system. Where most the legs of most chairs are at an angle greater the 90o to the seat base, the Accessory Chair legs are a 90o to the seat base i.e vertical. So what I hear you say, well this actually means that this chair has a significantly reduced foot prints allowing it to be used in smaller swims. It also means that you are not likely to trip over the legs. But… here is it’s defining feature, the Accessory fishing chair has a range of addons that can effectively be bolted to it.

What sort of addons?
I’ve mentioned below a small number of the accessories available:

• A telescopic feeder arm (form of rod rest)
• A tripod feeder arm.
• A spacer arm – this is essentially like you traditional bank stick – it has a thread at the top of it which will take all of the accessories that will fit a bank stick.
• A universal arm – same as above.
• A butt rest with arm
• A brolly arm
• A twin rod buzz bar
• A side tray – really useful for all sorts of bits and pieces and bait preparation.
• You can even get a kit that will temporary convert the chair in to a trolley so you can get all your kit to the swim in comfort.

At this point you may be asking why is that useful, well, how many times have you been fishing from a concrete or solid standing? How many times has the ground been that baked in the middle of summer that you can’t get a rod rest or umbrella in the ground? The Accessory Chair removes all of these issues because all of the accessories mount to the chair and therefore do not have to be put in the ground at all. Simple but ingenious. Is this the fishing chair for you? See the choosing the right fishing chair  article.

Korum are not the only manufacturers of and accessory based chair though, TF gear produce the Bank Boss Chair, you can find an overview here.

Related posts:

1. The TF Gear Bank Boss Chair Overview
2. Specialist Fishing Chairs

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Fishing Chair Design

There are a wide range of fishing chairs available on the market. The sort of fishing chair you will be largely dictated by the type of fishing you do.  (see choosing the right fishing chair post) This site aims to cover from the simple fold out ‘camping style’ fishing chairs to the more sophisticated carp and specialist fishing chairs. Chairs designed for fishing purposes have many criteria to satisfy other than being comfy. When you are looking to get a new or replacement fishing chair you should be keep a look out for certain features.
 

Fishing Chair Features

• Lightweight
  Your going to have to carry or wheel your fishing chair to where you want to fish, you’re ideally looking for a chair with an aluminium frame that will keep the weight down.
• Exposure resistant.
  You don’t want your fishing chair corroding, going mouldy or seizing up. Similarly to the above ‘lightweight’ criteria you’ll be looking for an aluminium frame that’s either anodised or powder coated, both of these processes will stop the frame from oxidising. The actually seating fabric will need to be made from a water resistant fabric. If you have a chair with padding, the water resistant outer fabric will prevent it from getting wet.
• Have adjustable legs
  We all know there’s nothing more frustrating that a wobbly chair (and I doubt you’ll have a supply of beer mats). Make sure that the fishing chair you buy has four adjustable legs that also have a good range of adjustment.
• Broad feet or ‘mud feet’
  This leads on from the ‘adjustable legs’ point. Unless you have large broad swivelling feet it’s going to make a lot of difference if your legs are adjustable or not. You’re going to sink! Bad news – get the broadest feet you can find.
• Have an adjustable seating position
  If you’re going for a carp or specialist type fishing chair make sure that it has an adjustable back. This coupled with adjustable legs will give you an almost infinite range of seating postions.
• Good padding
  A lot of the specialist fishing chairs will have padding, make sure that it’s durable and thick – you’ll be spending a lot of time sat in it.
• Compact
  Regardless of the type of angling you do, your fishing chair will need to be small enough to transport to where you want to fish and to pack in your car.

If you bare all of the above in mind you shouldn’t go too far wrong with your next chair purchase. See a list of the most current fishing chair manufacturers.

Related posts:

1. Specialist Fishing Chairs
2. The TF Gear Bank Boss Chair Overview