Fishing tackle

Fishing hook sizes are not scaled to a world standard, but the industry comply with the following sizing structure,
32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, 1/0, 2/0, 3/0, 4/0, 5/0, 6/0, 7/0, 8/0, 9/0, 10/0, 11/0, 12/0, 13/0, 14/0, 15/0, 16/0, 17/0, 18/0, [...]

Zach asked about buying fishing rods and reels. I thought that others may find use of my opinions so I posted the reply here instead of simply replying to Zach.
Zach,
I am guessing you are not from the UK !
But my advice to you would be, rods in the £50 - £100 price bracket are very, [...]

Further to my post about bubble floats I have remember reading in “Hooked on Bass” (a must read for Bass fishermen) about their Jif lemon rig. This used an empty jif lemon bottle filled with wax to act as a float to cast red gill and sand eel huge distances and still surface fish.
I myself [...]

Just a very quick note, but something I have recently thought about after reading a publication on fishing regarding using braid with your fishing rod.
Make sure the rings on a spinning rod are suitable for braid. Check at the angling shop before you buy as ring linings vary and some lining material can be quickly [...]

Get double for your money with this fantastic offer from Tacklebargins on thier Salmo lure offer.
If you spend £10 on these lures they will send you £20 worth.
Have a look here for Salmo Lures
These Lures are ideal for plugging for Bass and Pollock!!

I am getting a lot of questions about fishing with a bubble float, so I will attempt to answer a few with this post.
The bubble float is a hollow container, generally spherical in design. They have plugs that allow you to add water to add weight to the bubble float to adjust how it [...]

My kakay fishing rods arrived today as promised from Richie! after I posted here about my new rods
This fella is a great ebay seller and I would recommend him to anyone! Here is a link to his fishing rods.
Anyway the first kayak fishing rod is a SHIMANO solara 6 ft baitcasting rod,

Model Number SLC-60M2

7 Aluminium [...]

Next month our competition prize will be this extremely high quality Diawa Reel.
With a 6.1 : 1 ratio, 4 bearings, 250 meters of 20lb line capacity and weighing in at 14.5 oz. This quality rough ground reel is built to last with a one piece CT Graphite frame. The high speed retrieve helps keep your [...]

This is the latest to come from the ABU collection. This fishing reel really winds in the line at an amazing 6:3 to 1 ratio.
For those of you who don’t understand, for every turn of the handle the spool will turn 6.3 times. The amount of line that winds in depends on how much is [...]

This is 5/6 piece fishing rod depending on whether you have the 7ft or 8 ft version, comes in 10lb to 50lb class so you can have a rod for Bass fishing or Conger fishing and it will fit in your bag to take with you where ever you want. They say it fits inside [...]