Leeda Concept GT Double Roller

Leeda Concept GT Double Pole Roller

The Leeda Concept GT Double Pole Roller is an exceptionally stable, feature-packed piece of match bankware designed to offer maximum protection for expensive carbon poles without the premium price tag. For the modern pole angler, a smooth, reliable roller setup is crucial to maintaining speed, rhythm, and safety on the peg. This double roller completely elevates the standard, providing a highly technical twin-roller system that represents easily the best value on the market today.

Built around an ultra-strong yet lightweight main body, the Concept GT features a split-bed design that incorporates two independent flat rollers. This configuration is a game-changer for high-paced match environments, allowing you to execute advanced “double shipping” techniques without your pole sections colliding or sliding off track. Complete with folding uprights and fully adjustable telescopic legs, this roller provides a rock-solid foundation on any terrain while packing down into a highly compact profile that easily slides into standard carryalls.

Technical Specifications

Key Features & Construction

• Two Independent Flat Rollers: The crown jewel of the Concept GT. The split-bed design features two separate, smooth-rolling EVA horizontal barrels. This layout allows you to ship back two separate sections of your pole simultaneously, keeping your gear perfectly organized and preventing carbon sections from scraping against one another.

• Fully Adjustable Telescopic Legs: Equipped with four independently adjustable legs that extend from 300mm to 480mm. This height variation ensures you can achieve a perfectly level, rock-steady setup on severely sloping canal banks, uneven river banks, or steep commercial platforms.

• Folding Protective Uprights: The vertical guide rollers are wrapped in high-density, soft-touch EVA foam to shield your pole sections from sudden impacts. Both the outer uprights and the central splitter fold completely flat against the main frame, resulting in a low-profile transport shape.

• Ultra-Strong & Lightweight Chassis: Engineered from a highly durable composite compound that absorbs the knocks and vibrations of hard match fishing, while keeping the overall weight to an absolute minimum for comfortable transport down the towpath.

• Padded Carry Bag Included: Supplied complete with its own custom-fit, heavy-duty padded carry bag to protect the EVA rollers from being punctured or torn by other bankware inside your main carryall.

Where to Use: Recommended Scenarios

• High-Paced Commercial Match Fishing: The ultimate tool when catching big weights of Carp and F1s on the long pole. The double roller system allows you to break your pole down at the intermediate sections and ship them back cleanly, dramatically speeding up your cycle time per fish.

• Canal & River Towpath Angling: The wide adjustment range of the 300/480mm telescopic legs makes it incredibly easy to nestle the roller flat against sloping canal embankments or stepped river banks, providing perfect horizontal alignment behind your seatbox.

• Long-Pole Fishing (13m to 16m+): When fishing at extreme lengths, the stability of your rear support is paramount. The wide footprint and high-sided uprights of the Concept GT ensure that even in strong crosswinds, your long pole sections remain securely trapped within the roller bed.

The Gerry’s Fishing Verdict

At Gerry’s Fishing, we see a massive amount of match gear pass through our doors, but the Leeda Concept GT Double Pole Roller stands out as an absolute triumph in value engineering. It brings high-end tournament functionality—like twin independent rollers for double shipping—down to a price point that every single angler can afford. It is incredibly stable, folds completely flat, and protects your thousand-pound carbon pole flawlessly. If you want premium performance without the eye-watering price tag, this is the roller to buy.

Gerry’s Pro Tip: To maximize the efficiency of the twin independent rollers when “double shipping” in a frantic match scenario, always place the roller at a slight angle behind your peg rather than perfectly perpendicular to your seatbox. This creates a natural, streamlined path for your top kit or intermediate sections to glide into the left-hand roller bed, while your main pole section effortlessly tracks back through the right-hand bed. Additionally, during high-wind sessions, hanging your groundbait riddle or a small clip-on weight from the central under-hook of the roller frame will anchor it heavily, completely eliminating any chance of the frame tipping over.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What exactly is “double shipping” and why do I need a double roller for it?

Double shipping is an advanced, speed-focused match technique used when fishing at long lengths. Instead of breaking down your pole once and pushing it all back in one massive line, you break the pole down into two manageable sections (such as your top kit and a mid-section cluster) and ship them back side-by-side. A double roller features a central upright splitter that keeps these two sections entirely isolated, allowing you to roll them back concurrently without them tangling or clashing together.

Will the uprights fold down if my pole hits them hard during a quick ship?

No. The folding mechanism on the vertical EVA uprights is engineered with a positive locking detent system. They click into place firmly and remain securely upright to trap your pole even during rapid, aggressive shipping or in heavy sidewinds, yet they release easily with a deliberate manual fold when it’s time to pack up.

Is the roller wide enough to fit inside a standard match carryall?

Yes, that is one of its major design benefits. While some high-end double rollers are excessively bulky, Leeda has meticulously engineered the Concept GT main body to fold completely flush. Once the legs and uprights are collapsed into the included carry bag, its compact dimensions allow it to slide easily into the side pockets or main compartments of the vast majority of standard fishing carryalls.