Fishing Tackle & Accessories
Half the seat box is plastic that was moulded once by a firm that folded years ago, and the other half is a bodge you have been meaning to make properly since March. Inserts, fittings and holders print well. Anything between you and the fish does not.
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Common uses
- Tackle and seat box inserts, rig bins and dividers
- Bait board fittings, clips and tidies
- Rod rest and butt rest components — the cosmetic and non-load-bearing ones
- Reel spool spacers and arbor shims for braid backing
- Line guides and tidies on boards, boxes and pole rollers
- Replacements for discontinued fittings on older boxes and pole rollers
Nothing that loses you a fish or a rod
The line is simple: if a part failing costs you the fish, the rod or the session, it is not a printed part. No hooks — a printed point is not a point, and a hook that straightens is a welfare problem before it is a tackle problem. No load-bearing parts. That means nothing holding a rod out over the water: no bank sticks, no buzz bar arms carrying a rod, no rod pod legs, no butt grips taking the pull of a run. It also rules out anything a fighting fish loads through the rod — the rings on a rod blank are not what this page means by line guides, and we will not print them. A rod ring carries the whole fight through a bent blank and a printed one will fail exactly when the fish is on. The line guides here are the fittings on a bait board, a box or a pole roller — the ones that tidy line, not the ones that take it. Landing net handle joints, reel handles, drag components, keepnet spreader blocks: same answer, same reason. Nothing you sit on, either — a seat box carries your weight all day and a printed insert lives inside it, not under it. What is left is genuinely most of the box: inserts, dividers, bins, boards, tidies, spacers and every fitting on an older box that nobody has stocked in years.
UV, water, and why PLA does not survive the bank
The thing that kills plastic on a riverbank is sunlight, and PLA is the worst of both worlds for this: it goes brittle after a season of UV, and it softens in a hot car boot on the way home — which is where most fishing kit actually spends its worst hours. So PLA is out for anything that lives outside. ASA is the default for kit permanently on the bank or on a boat, because it is genuinely UV-stable and stays tough when it is cold. PETG covers most box internals, bins and general fittings, and it shrugs off a soaking. TPU is right for grips, bungs, protective caps and anything that should give rather than crack when the box goes over. Nylon is the one to be careful with: it absorbs water and swells, so a nylon part that was a snug fit in the dry is a different size after a wet week — bad news for any fit you rely on. Tell us where the part lives and how long it stays out, and we will pick rather than guess.
Boxes, boards and the bits you already bodge
Seat box and tackle box inserts start with a measurement, not a photo: internal length, width and depth measured at the base, because boxes taper, and the depth measured to where the lid actually bottoms out. Send those with a rule in shot and we will design around the box you own. Spool spacers are the quiet favourite — an arbor shim to fill a deep spool so you are not winding a hundred metres of backing under braid, printed to your reel's actual spool bore and depth. Rig bins, hooklength spool holders, disgorger and tool tidies, bait board clips and pole roller fittings are all easy wins. And the older boxes are the best case for this: the fitting that snapped is not made any more, so send the broken one or the surviving one from the other side, tell us the panel thickness it clips over and the screw centres, and a batch is the sensible order because the other three will go the same way. One thing worth knowing about the thread on a bank stick: that thread takes the load of the rod, so we will make the tidy that goes round it and not the thread itself.
How it works
Send your file or describe the part
Upload an STL, OBJ, 3MF or STEP file, or tell us what you need with photos and a few measurements.
Get a guide price
When we can read the geometry we estimate from it straight away — material, print time, supports and quantity all priced openly.
We check printability, then confirm
A person reviews orientation, wall thickness and supports, flags anything that will not print well, and confirms your final quote before any work starts.
Fishing Tackle & Accessories — example prices
Worked examples on real models from our print library, priced by the same calculator that estimates your own part. Sizes span small to large so you can see how cost moves with the part.
| Example part | Size | PLA | PETG | ABS / ASA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J-Hook (small) | 23 × 34 × 10 mm | £1.28 – £1.63 | £1.36 – £1.73 | £1.54 – £1.96 |
| J-Hook (large) | 34 × 50 × 14 mm | £2.66 – £3.40 | £2.82 – £3.60 | £3.18 – £4.06 |
| Wall Hook (utility) | 40 × 35 × 55 mm | £5.06 – £6.46 | £5.34 – £6.83 | £5.98 – £7.64 |
| Garage Tool Rail (6-hook) | 45 × 228 × 55 mm | £27.16 – £34.71 | £28.67 – £36.64 | £32.05 – £40.96 |
Guide prices for a single unit, calculated from the measured geometry of each example model — not fixed quotes. Small parts land at or near the £0 minimum order, and per-unit prices fall with quantity. Your price depends on your own part, its material and its printability. How pricing works.
Example models for fishing tackle & accessories
Open-source designs from our print library that show the kind of part this service suits. View any of them for a full material and quantity price breakdown.
J-Hook (small)
Drawer Organiser Tray
Plant Label
Key Rack (4-hook)
These are open-source example designs (CC0) we publish to show what the process suits and what it costs — not a record of past jobs. Prices shown are examples in PLA.
Fishing Tackle & Accessories — FAQ
Can you print hooks, rod rings, or a bank stick to hold my rod?+
No to all three. A printed hook straightens, a printed rod ring fails with a fish on, and a bank stick holds your rod over the water. Those are the parts where failure costs you the fish or the tackle, and a layered plastic part is the wrong thing in all of them.
Which material for kit that lives outside all season?+
ASA. UV is what destroys plastic on the bank, and ASA resists it while staying tough in the cold. PETG for box internals and anything shaded. PLA is a poor choice for fishing kit — brittle after a season of sun and soft after an hour in a hot car boot.
Can you make an insert for my seat box?+
Yes, if you measure it. Internal length, width and depth at the base — boxes taper, so the rim measurement will not do — plus what you want to fit in it. Send that with a rule in shot and we will design to the box you actually own rather than the catalogue one.
The fitting on my old box is discontinued. Can you copy it?+
That is exactly the case for this. Send the broken one, or the one from the other side, and tell us the panel thickness it clips over and any screw centres. Once the file exists a set of spares costs very little, which is worth doing because the rest of them are the same age.
How much does fishing tackle & accessories cost?+
There is no fixed per-item rate — price comes from how much plastic the part uses, how long it takes to print, how much support and finishing it needs, and how many you want. The example table above shows what real parts of this kind work out at. Upload your file for a guide price on your own part.
How long does it take?+
It depends on the size of the part, the queue and the material. Tell us your deadline when you enquire and we will tell you honestly whether it is achievable before you commit.
Can I order one of the models from your library?+
Yes. Every model in our print library is a design you can have printed — pick one, choose a material and quantity, and the example price on its page is your starting point. You can also download the file and take it elsewhere; they are all CC0.
Are my files kept private?+
Yes. Uploaded files go to private storage, are never made public, and are only used to quote and produce your job.
Worth reading first
Practical guides that help you get a better part and a more accurate quote.
What Is TPU (Flexible Filament)?
TPU is printable rubber. It bends, grips, seals and absorbs shock — and it behaves nothing like PLA, which is the whole point and the whole difficulty.
Nylon and Carbon Fibre Parts
The engineering end of FDM. Nylon is tough and wear-resistant; carbon fibre makes it stiff and stable. Both are harder work — here is when that pays off.
How to Copy a Part Without CAD
No file, no drawing, just a broken part and a pair of calipers. That is a perfectly normal starting point — here is how the process actually works.
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