Paul’s Tackle Reviews - Matrix Fishing Extending Side Tray 

Great Review Paul, very thorough and you made some good points regards how to set it up. I do not have as much food as you on my tray (snickers, bounty's, mars bars, Cornish pasty etc) so I could put an extra tub in there place 😂👍

Hi Paul, after watching your videos. I purchased the Matrix sliding tray, the bait brolly and the tulip kit roost. I have found that these three items together have enabled me set quicker, and the large extending tray gives me so much more room. I don’t find the bait brolly quite perfect but it does work. Have set up the matrix tulip roost kit and use the Preston support tripod with the blue kit roost. I find that cos’ the tulip roost hold the to kits firmly it does not need the matrix kit roost with a second matrix tulip roost. I think this is cos’ the looser Preston roost doesn’t hinder the removal of top kits. One pinch point seems to be suffice. I now need to order the bag from Midwater to house all the bulky items. There is no doubt that having to open and remove contents from so many specific bags takes too much time and requires too many kit bags to keep track of. Thank you for the videos they are very informative I think I’ve seen most of them now!

Small luggage elastic solves the problem of stopping the tray sliding open

Your report has given me food for thought, unlike yourself I do like have covers fitted to keep everything on the tray dry. However the one drawback of these covers is that they tend to get in the way if I want to fish close in on my left.

Brilliant idea with the tray support leg 🎣👌

Very good Dad, keep up the good work!

Excellent Paul. As good as I thought it would be and its given me a couple of ideas!

Perfect! Just the information I was looking for. Chers Paul.

good viewing paul, good to see more precise detail of tackle, look forward to your review of the guru x case as I've not long bought one myself and not had a chance to use it

Well done. Excellent ingenuity there. Thanks

Paul a great unbiased account of your tray. 👍 Good point about sliding closed yes Matrix do need some locking device to stop this, if I bought one I’d drill small holes and insert small removable locking pins to stop this occurring.

spot on

excellent video,you convinced me to buy one now,i wanted an upgrade from a generic side tray and not a fan of the preston ones,i did want a daiwa one but not that big to be honest so was looking for something decent glad i found your review well done

After mine biting me and leaving me with a dirty great blood blister I now put a bungee elastic round it.

Hi Paul. Thanks for the review. Has there been anything you've since that you'd be tempted with instead? Can the 4 corner leg clamps be rotated so the knobs all point inwards, taking less space? Many trays don't have any outrigger legs/arms etc, and you've explained the 3 iterations that you've been through to ensure you achieve additional support. Does it really additional support or are you being over cautious?

So when using the matrix bait brolly and the matrix extending tray how and where do you put your matrix kit roost when it’s raining? I often fish a public park lake where I cannot put kit roost behind me. I’m right handed and like the kit roost on my left side. Usually on my right side I have the pole roller supports if fishing with more than top plus 2 sections? I haven’t yet found a solution to my problem. Any ideas please? Sorry it’s such a long question but this is causing me serious problems, I don’t like sitting under an umbrella and I’m thinking about buying the Halton Hunt suit.

Paul would you say this needs the legs, seen one on eBay with no legs is why I ask.