Welcome to Fishing Chair Info




Why a site on the fishing chair? Well… it seems to me that there are now a lot of fishing chairs out there on the market, particularly with the relatively recent mainstream explosion of carp fishing in Europe. Let’s face it, out of all the fishing tackle it’s your fishing chair that actually has the most used time and probably gets the most physical abuse – even more than your fishing reel!
 

Fishing Chair Design

There are a wide range of chairs available on the market. The sort of 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’ 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 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 fishing you do, your 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.