Fishing tackle

My first spinning reels was an ABU CARDINAL 50. It was a very durable reel and lasted years of fishing by my brother on the Isle of Man before it ever got to me. I believe it has been dropped down more cliffs than you would have thought possible. It still works to this day [...]

Over the next few weeks I will being you some detail about the range of popular Abu Garcia fishing reels. Abu Garcia is a Swedish company originally from Svangsta. In the late 1930’s the company changed tack from making watches to the development of fishing reels……
Abu Garcia Reels
The first fishing reel off the production [...]

Value Sea fishing reel
Okuma have produced a well developed multiplier that is well priced for keen Kayak anglers and others, new to beach casting and boat fishing.
Why is it good a good multiplier for Kayak anglers? Well fishing reels are not designed to get fully submerged and constantly soaked. You need a reel that can [...]

New tackle and reviews
Many of you keen anglers and readers of the fishing blog have been asking me for months and months, to bring you the latest fishing tackle. Well today I have started for you. I have spent the last 4 hours emailing many of the biggest names in the sea tackle industry, asking [...]

Fitting a fish finder
This as you will hear is a US video on how to fit a fish finder. The terms “Captain Dick” uses may not sound familiar but it may well be of use to you in some way and provide you with some ideas for fitting your fish finder.
FIsh finders can be a [...]

There are hundreds of new products available to the modern sea angler, from clothing to tackle bags, lures to attracting scents, but what piece of equipment do you want the most?
If you are new to sea fishing it may be a brand new beach casting set up or maybe you are looking to upgrade that [...]

My old 2 piece boat rod, is now a one piece, because it fused together and will not part. Do you have a problem like this with any of your rods?
There seems to be no easy fix for this problem. Over time the joint becomes a perfect fit and combine that with some water and [...]

Do you use a variety of hook colours? Did you even know that you can get different colour hooks? I have explained hook sizes in the past, but never mentioned colors.
Some people match their hook colours with their bait. For example, using red hooks with rag worm and silver hooks for sand eel and fish [...]

When I read the angling press and look at the adverts all I see is more and more bearings being added to fixed spool reels, but do they make any difference to the angler?
Quality fixed spool reels
The most important factor when choosing a fixed spool reel is the line lay. Line lay is the way [...]

I have been asked this question a few times over the past year and I have never really given it any real consideration, but it’s a very important point and one that can effect us all resulting in lost fish! Living in the UK we really do not suffer from any great extremes in temperature, [...]