Like many anglers the concept of travelling light just doesn't seem to apply with me. Even as a teenager when I could only get to waters I wanted to fish on foot or by public transport I always insisted on carrying an amount of gear that would make a Sherpa think twice all because of the thought of "what if?"

What if I needed that Carp rod, even though I was actually after Bream that day?
What if I needed the Pole even though I was going to be ledgering that day?
What if I needed a spare reel, scales, weigh sling, multiple rod rests, ground bait riddle, multiple bait boxes, float boxes, bite alarms, rod pods etc etc etc?

As a result I've always taken just about every piece of tackle I own every time I go fishing and this involves lugging with me:

• 2x Carp Rods
• 1x Medium Float Rod
• 1x Quiver Rod
• 1x Multi Tip Rod
• 1x Avon Rod
• 3-4x Reels (including 2 baitrunner)
• Large Tackle Box
• Large Float Box (I can't stand float tubes so I have a heavy wooden float box)
• Scales
• Weigh Sling
• Unhooking Mat
• Nets (several)
• Landing Net Handle
• Bank Sticks (Loads)
• Rod Pod
• Umbrella
• Rod Rest Heads (several)
• Bite Alarms
• Catapult
• Bait Boxes (several)
• Bait Bucket
• Stink Bag
• 2x Chairs (second one for my wife)

Plus lots of other little things and that doesnt include bait which usually consists of 2-3 bags of groundbait, 1-2 tins of hemp and 1-2 tins of luncheon meat.

Whichever way you look at it, this lot weighs a hell of a lot!

Up until now I've always tried to balance all of this on a trolley like this one. The biggest problem with this kind of trolley though is the width of the wheel base.

A narrow wheel base has two problems:
1) It means that the width of the platform onto which you place the things you want to carry is narrow meaning that you have to pile things on top of each other a lot more. Virtually all chairs have folding legs, whilst they fold 'flat' they do not leave a completely level surface meaning that the chair invariably can rock when laid flat across a trolley. This is especially so when you try to place two chairs on tope of each other. When you then add a stink bag full of nets and a giant hold all it makes everything more than a little precarious. This may not be too bad for places where there are flat concrete banks and paths but as most places have grass banks that are uneven, it can and often does mean that your gear simply falls off even when secured by bungee cords.

2) It's not very stable. Wheels that are close together can be easily tipped over and when you make the center of gravity high above the wheels, which you will when you pile all your gear on top of it, you just make matters worse. Without fail every single time I've used this trolley the same thing happens. I'll start walking and everything will be fine but then the uneven ground will start to kick in and the trolley will start to bounce from side to side. I have to stop and wait for it to stop bouncing because if I don't the bounce gets more and more severe until it just tips over.

Back in February I wrote how I had bought myself the Korum Deluxe Accessory Chair. The reason why it's called an Accessory Chair and the reason I bought it, is because there is a whole load of accessories that attach to the chair such as tables, rod rests, umbrella holders and even wheel kits that convert the chair into a barrow.

The other week I ordered the latest verson of the wheel kit which converts the chair into a wheel barrow. This latest version is slightly different to older versions in that it now also includes a barrow tidy that is a 'basket' that hangs off the back which is perfect for chucking all your bait and loose items into and because it's secured on all four corners it doesn't flap around.

The kit is incredibly simple to assemble, you simply thread the bag onto the handle frame, use the thumb wheels to 'screw' the handle frame onto the rear leg stems in the same way that you attach any accessory to the chair, remove the front legs and replace with the wheels that have short legs attached to them. And that's it.

Because the chair is wide the wheel base is therefore wide which makes it far more stable than my old trolley and also you can either fold the back of the chair flat or set it to any rake you want to hold pretty much any amount of gear that you need. Furthermore as the whole chair is a metal frame there are plenty of points which you can use to secure your gear with bungee cords. In use it makes carrying large amounts of gear so much easier and more comfortable although it might be a little overkill for some venues where you can park almost at the waters edge, but then the same could be said for any barrow in this regard. My only criticism of the kit is the fact that Korum say that you should remove the wheels and re-attach the front legs when you want to sit on it as the wheels are designed to take the weight of an anglers gear and not the angler themselves. But as you can swap the legs in just a few seconds it's not really that big a problem.