| PEAFLOATS | They're used for shallow fishing (*a false top) (3,6) |
| TOUPEE | False top |
| FACTUAL | Having false top or not, it's true (7) |
| FLATFLOAT | E.g. lollipop for surface fishing (*a fatal loft) (4,5) |
| TRAWLLINE | In sea fishing, a buoyed system of baited hooks (5-4) |
| PEA | ___ float, for shallow fishing (3) |
| BUOYS | Sort of floats good for shallow fishing (5) |
| SKITTLES | Thick-tipped floats for shallow fishing; ninepins (8) |
| FLOAT | It has thick tip/glass stem for shallow fishing (*tallest of kit) (7,5) |
| SKITTLE | It has thick tip/glass stem for shallow fishing (*tallest of kit) (7,5) |
| LINKCLIPS | They're used for quick feeder changes (*PS, Nick ill) (4-5) |
| ICESAW | Tool for fishing a frozen river |
| LOCKEDUP | Keep line tight thus when fishing a snag - like a prisoner (6,2) |
| DOBBERS | Small dumpy floats for very shallow fishing (7) |
| STAR | A ____ Is Born, 2018 musical film which won a Best Original Song Oscar for Shallow (4) |
| GADE | Herts. chalk stream... bit of fishing, a delight! (4) |
| TAZZE | From Italian, a name for shallow ornamental wine cups |
| SLAPPING | Shallow-fishing technique, hitting water surface (8) |
| HITTING | Slapping, e.g. surface in shallow-fishing (7) |
| PAELLA | From the Latin for "shallow pan", a traditional Valencian dish of saffron-flavoured bomba rice (6) |