Keep Your Edges
About
Sharp Tackle launched in 2014 with the aim of bringing end tackle comparable to the big brands but at lower prices. Sharp achieved this by selling direct and not going through shops and has a loyal following of anglers who want to save money without saving on quality.
In Oct 2019, Sharp was bought by James Harrison who re-branded the company, improved quality control and grew the business. James always planned to change Sharp over from direct to consumer end tackle brand to a high end custom product brand. In Oct 2024, James sold off the end tackle side of the business and spent the next year finalising products for the relaunch in Sept 2025.
Sharp is focussed on bringing innovative, practical products that last and predominantly made in the UK where possible. Nothing is pre-bought from a foreign catalogue. All products are designed by Sharp from scratch.
James Harrison
James has been around the carp scene since the early 1980s cutting his teeth on the local club waters and early carp venues like Broadlands Lake. He has worked in virtually every aspect of carp fishing from tackle shops, to product development, guiding on Orellana and most notably from his work with Advanced Carp Fishing and Carpworld magazines. He designed the first lead release system for helicopter rigs, the Atomic Chopper Dropper, which was heralded by Carpworld as the greatest advancement in rig safety. It has since been copied by all the major brands.
James brings an unbridled passion for carp fishing which has got him in hot water with various 'names' and brands with his outspoken views on the carp fishing trade. A trade he feels has made anglers paranoid in to buying the latest products that offer absolutely no advantage to the angler. Sharp is allowing him to bring fairly priced, high quality end tackle to the market and also an avenue to bring superior featured and superior quality, UK made products to market. If he can't make it better than anything else, he wont make it.