Hats off to ponios for pike fishing

Hats off to one of the cheapest, naffest-looking accessories out there. Ponios - I'm sure they have other names - come in different sizes and you can get a selection pack for not much over £1. 

Rod bands, meanwhile, are three or four quid a pair and most seem to be the wrong size to fasten two sections of a pike rod together securely. They also have a habit of getting lost.

Slip a few of the ponio-wotsits over the handle of the rod, stash a few more in a pocket somewhere and you can use them to keep tackled-up rods securely banded together in transit. Simples.