I’ve always thought a lot of dive gear cost too much, especially spearfishing gear. Let’s take the humble spear head or tip as an example… … It’s your basic double barb spearpoint and this one will set you back nearly $40 (do I hear an ouch?). Now archery is a much bigger sport than spearfishing …
I’ve been looking for a light spinning rod and reel to add to the quiver of gear aboard “So It Goes” and I have to admit it makes me feel kinda old… Sure, design trends come and go, but I find it kind of hard to take a reel seriously that looks like it came …
I’ve never really understood the fixation that a lot of folks have for buying fly reels over a certain price range. Off hand I’d say it was more akin to Leica collectors and suchlike, rather than a need for a better reel. Which is not to say that every once in a while I get …
Someone recently asked me about his recent purchase of an “emergency fishing kit” to go in a ditch bag… Off hand, my first impression is that while less than it could be it is so much better than what you’ll find included in your liferaft’s inventory. That being the case, it is a quantum leap …
A few thoughts on a fishing kit for emergencies… Read More »
Once sailing between the Canary islands and Martinique, I hooked a monster Mahi Mahi and while trying to get him aboard saw my cheap no-brand gaff hook go from hook shape to not hook shape and watched sixty pounds of Mahi filets slide off and go bye-bye as a result… A while back I lost …
Several readers have asked about what sort of fly reel to go with an Eagle Claw Trailmaster. As much as I like the new reels from Diesel, the Trailmaster is a cheap (but excellent) rod and as such is much happier with a good but cheapish reel to go with it. As it happens, Eagle …
Classic glass and in an eight weight 7’6″ package… Cabelas must have been listening…
Speaking of new fly patterns… I really should get into some serious fly tying but with all the other various projects on the boat that will have to wait for a bit. Kind of a bummer really as I have some ideas about Tarpon flies that I’d love to try on the local tarpon population. …
The Mitchell 300…
Sage TXL-F Fly Rods… YOWZA!