Somewhere between the dock and the first cast, most anglers make the same mistake: they buy a rod and a reel separately, guess at whether they match, and find out the hard way — usually when a redfish makes its first hard run and the drag either locks up or slips like wet soap. An … Read more
There’s a specific kind of quiet right before a topwater strike. The lure sits still, the ripples fade, and then — boom — the water just erupts. If you’ve felt that jolt run up your arm even once, you already know why so many anglers get a little obsessed with this style of fishing. A … Read more
Here’s a confession every flipping addict eventually makes out loud: the rod matters more than the lure. You can tie on the fanciest jig in your box, but if your flipping combo bass gear can’t load up, deliver a silent entry, and then turn a five-pound largemouth’s head before it wraps you around a stump, … Read more
Here’s a confession every longtime angler eventually makes: some of the best days on the water happened with the cheapest gear in the boat. A fishing combo under $100 is not a compromise you settle for until you can afford “real” equipment — it is, for the vast majority of freshwater and light saltwater trips, … Read more
So you’ve decided you want to catch fish instead of just watching other people catch fish. Good. That’s the hardest part done. The next hurdle is picking your first fishing combo, and if you’ve spent even ten minutes scrolling Amazon, you already know the paradox of choice is real — spincast, spinning, baitcast, telescopic, seventeen … Read more
Somewhere between a snapped line and a boated redfish sits about eighteen inches of clear, unassuming material — and most anglers give it less thought than they give their coffee order. That’s a mistake. The 20lb fluorocarbon leader is the quiet workhorse of inshore tackle boxes from Texas to the Carolinas, the thing standing between … Read more
There’s a specific kind of heartbreak in fishing: you watch your bait get eaten, you set the hook, and… nothing. The fish just vanished, spooked by a line it saw glinting three feet away. That’s the problem 100% fluorocarbon line was built to solve. In short, 100% fluorocarbon line is fishing line made entirely from … Read more
Somewhere between a spinning reel spool and a mat of milfoil, 15lb fluorocarbon earns its keep. It’s the line bass anglers reach for when 12lb feels a little thin and 20lb starts to choke the action out of a jig. If you’ve ever watched a green sunfish stare down your bait and swim off untouched, … Read more
Somewhere in a tackle box graveyard, there’s a spool of 12-pound mono that got asked to do a job it was never built for — stopping an 8-ounce pyramid sinker mid-flight, or holding the line while a bluefish tried to redefine the word “toothy.” That’s the gap shock leader mono exists to fill. In plain … Read more
You know the feeling. You open a fresh spool, thread it onto your spinning reel, make your first cast of the day — and the line springs off in a stubborn coil, like it’s trying to tie itself back into the shape of the spool it just left. That’s memory, and it’s the single most … Read more