Discount Fishing Tackle. Carp, Barbel, Specialist, Coarse, Pike and Predator fishing tackle from Leslies of Luton Ltd.

REUBEN HEATON

When Reuben Heaton first established his business he may never have envisaged that one hundred and fifty years later, Reuben Heaton Ltd would still be manufacturing high quality products in the angling market. The knowledge and experience gained over this period has helped design both angling and commercial weighing equipment used worldwide in many industries, and develop the market-leading products that Reuben Heaton customers rely on to provide reliable accurate results every time.

Scales
All Reuben Heaton scales are developed to meet the requirements of the modern angler, and cope with the demands of the angling environment. These factors make them the first choice for top anglers, as well as the official scales for main world events.
All Reuben Heaton scales feature
· Full overload protection
· Stainless Steel hooks and hanging points
· Tough ABS body and lens
· Generous zero / tare facilities
· Calibration and manufacture to weighing industry specification.
· Full after sales facility

Specimen Hunter Marine

Specimin Hunter Marine

Specialist Saltwater Scale

Flyweight Mk2

MK2 Flyweight Scale

Ultra-light Pocket Dial Scale

Little Gem and Gem

Gem & Little Gem Scales

Compact Tubular Balances

Sportsman’s Balance

Sportsman's Balance

Laser cut stainless steel

Specimen Hunter

Professional scale with lens mounted LED night light

Specimen Hunter 150th Anniversary Edition

Limited Edition Specimen Hunter

Based on the original legend.
Total production
365

Standard Scale

Robust and reliable

Standard Scale

Flag Range Scales

Limited Production
Flag Range
Limited Edition

Scales Pouch

Scale Pouch

NEW 7000 Series DIGITAL SCALE

7000 Series Digital Scale

Accessories
• Scale pouch
• Weigh Sling
• Weigh Bar
• Weighing Accessories

Weighing Accessories
Our weighing accessories are designed with efficient weighing in mind, something you might expect from a world leader in angling scale manufacture. Our vast experience has produced a range of functional weighing accessories incorporating fish friendly materials designed to protect your catch. All our weigh slings are balanced, and strengthened for efficient weighing
and durability.

Poly Ball Mats

Standard and Euro

Tripod

Weigh Crook

Weigh Crook
Stainless Steel & Alloy

Weigh Bar

Stainless Steel & Alloy

Heavy Duty Weigh Sling

Measurement
Our measuring instrument range has been developed to help anglers correctly assess environmental information and help improve catch rates. Each product we manufacture is designed to give anglers the edge when it comes to determining fish feeding habits.

Digital Thermometer

Records Water and air temp
Max – Min function

Standard Casting Thermometer

Can also be hand held.

Depthometer

Maps out lakebed profile

Celebrating 150 years of service to the angling industry
When Reuben Heaton first established his business he may never have envisaged that one hundred and fifty years later, Reuben Heaton Ltd would still be manufacturing high quality products in the angling market. The knowledge and experience gained over this period has helped design both angling and commercial weighing equipment used worldwide in many industries, and develop the market-leading products that Reuben Heaton customers rely on to provide reliable accurate results every time.

Flyweight Mk2

Ultra-light Pocket
Dial Scale
Ideal for the stalking or roving angler.
Divisions 40lb X 1oz.

Little Gem and Gem

Compact Tubular Balances
Sportsman’s Balance
Laser cut stainless steel
Superb for the roving angler where space is important, tough construction, a fully folding, compact design.
Comes complete with protective pouch.

Specimen Hunter Stainless Steel Range
Reuben Heaton has over 150 years of engineering experience, and the Specimen Hunter Stainless Steel Range uses this to demonstrate many things that the company stands for in terms of quality, reliability and design, hence the prestigious Specimen Hunter brand. The range caters for specialist individual needs through bespoke manufacture of one off products and specials made to customer requirements.
Two gauges are available, the Standard 16mm diameter and Heavy-duty 22mm diameter. 16mm bank sticks inners are solid as are the cross bars on buzz and snag bars. The heavy-duty 22mm range incorporates weight saving tube inners on both bank sticks and buzz/snag bars, giving a massive weight saving over other makes. Stabilizers are available in both 16mm and 22mm sizes. Accessories include leather washers; thread protectors and spare locking screws. Further items in the range are planned for introduction in 2007 including pod systems, bobbins and swingers.

Specimen Hunter Marine
Specialist
saltwater scale

Standard Scale
Robust and reliable

Specimen Hunter
Professional scale with lens mounted LED night light

Specimen Hunter 150th Anniversary Edition
Based on the
original legend.
Total production 365

Standard Scale Limited Production Flag Range
Fly the flag in the anniversary year

DIGITAL THERMOMETER

Records Water and air temp
This unit features, measurements in Centigrade or Fahrenheit, waterproof external sensor with 3 metres of cable, maximum & minimum memory function, maximum & minimum reset function, temperature range -50c to 70c or -58f to 158f, accuracy + & - 1c/1.5f

Standard Casting Thermometer
Can also be hand held.

Depthometer
Maps out lakebed profile

COMPANY HISTORY
Since Reuben Heaton founded the business in 1857, his name has become synonymous with quality handmade fishing tackle, and this tradition has been carried forward to the present day, where although the product range has changed somewhat, the attitude has not.
Over the years Heaton’s have made many products from rods, reels and angling accessories to cycle parts and bullets during two world wars. In the nineteenth century the main production was reels for which Reuben Heaton gained much recognition. Reels were sold to all corners of the British Empire in vast quantities, with Heaton’s employing over eighty staff turning out around 30,000 reels a year around the turn of the century.
Reuben Heaton and his successors are responsible for many groundbreaking developments that have shaped the tackle industry over the years some of which are still in evidence today. Heaton’s patented many ideas for reels including early drag mechanisms, quick release systems for spools and large arbour reels. Reels were made for all angling disciplines and from many materials such as brass, wood, ebonite and alloy, with Heaton’s always amongst the first to try new and more advanced materials.
Heaton’s made spring balances as early as the turn of the century, but the first large dial scales did not appear until the late 1920’s. The traditional Isaak Walton logo also first appeared around this time on the dials first alloy match scales, which were adapted from the brake testing units that the company made alongside their tackle products. The design of the scales has changed very little over the years apart from the adaptation of the adjustment system, now located at the top of the scale instead of the side.
With the advent of monofilament lines and fixed spool reels Heaton’s product range began to diversify more towards scales as well as reels. Reel production finally ceased in 1984, but since that time the scales making side of the business has grown into the company we see today, and latterly new products such as the Specimen Hunter stainless steel range have emerged, taking Heaton’s back into the tackle production
once more.
A more in depth history of the company
can be seen on the web site
www.reubenheaton.co.uk

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