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As a bit of a technology geek, I’m always looking at how to bring technology into my fishing. Some anglers hate it, I love it! Smart watches however, I have a bit of a love hate relationship with. I love a proper watch and all the smart watches out there I have used just haven’t cut the mustard...
The Penn 525Mag series reels have been around for over a decade and sold in scores of thousands. There have been several upgrades and model options throughout the years, but the latest, the 525Mag4, has pooled all that experience to produce a reel that is not just tough and strong in the...
A braid we’ve been fishing with a lot lately is Berkley X9. Pitched as a mid-price braid the packaging information tells us its designed for maximum strength, smooth operation, also casting distance.
X9 comes in a wide range of sizes from 4lbs right up to 100lbs and is available in spool sizes...
The Penn Conflict 5000 Long Cast reel falls into the ultra-competitive light surf and estuary fishing market. It has to have something different about it then to get it noticed, so what features make it stand out from a host of other reels available in this category?
The stand out feature for...
It’s all in the name when it comes to the Penn Spinfisher V1 7500LC fixed spool reel. This is a reel designed to achieve absolute maximum range utilising an ultra-modern spool design but with the mechanical features that make it one of the toughest reels available.
The reel is constructed with...
A recent introduction to the famous Penn stable is the Penn Slammer 3 fixed spool reel range. A tough, no-nonsense series of reels that have proved a best seller both worldwide, and in the UK. But what makes the Penn Slammer tick and where does it stand amongst the many other fixed spools on the...
There are literally scores of different braids for sea and freshwater fishing on the market and picking one that offers just that little bit more in performance in all situations is not easy. Here, the Tackle Talk testers take a look at Spiderwire Stealth Smooth, a medium-priced braid to find...
Martin McGowan, the brains behind the original ultra-popular Bait Weaver bait elastic dispenser, and based in the fishing heaven that is County Kerry in Ireland, has come up with an improved version under his new company INOVA, called the Inova Bait Binder.
First thing you’ll notice about the...
The Penn Clash reel series were introduced to journalists and magazine editors from around the world by Penn at a special and highly successful three-day event in Costa Rica during December of 2015. With hard fighting roosterfish, jack crevalle, rock snappers, and of course marlin to be caught...
Whilst angling has inspired many hundreds of literary gems it has to be acknowledged that classic books relating to sea angling are scarce. This seems strange as the sea and shoreline is surely as dramatic and inspiring as any freshwater location. There are numerous how to fish type books of...