Go to any chandlery in France, Spain, Italy, or the UK and you’re likely to find fully rigged handlines for sale not unlike this one… Just the thing to troll behind your sailboat and catch fish with. What’s not to love? They’re cheap at around $20, effective, and don’t take up a lot of space …
A quiver of mylar wrapped cedar plugs from Tail Chaser Lures.
I just noticed that West Marine has a sweet deal today on a really nice lip grip/scale. Might want to check it out…
So, let’s see how much we can save by buying our own basic fishing kit a la carte… The $60 kit we’re trying to beat is basically just some line (150 feet of 150# test), two lures (rigged), a teaser, a shock absorber, and a small bag to put them in. For handline line my …
a simple (less expensive) basic sailboat fishing kit… Read More »
Here’s an interesting handline…
I just got my hands on a newish take on the old yo-yo handline… It’s kinda cool. Called the Flip Reel it’s sort of the same old same yo-yo mated with a silicone collapsible kitchen bowl and it actuallly makes a lot of sense. You might want to keep an eye out for them as …
Being that I’ve never been great at painting lures I find this seriously cool… More about Jigskinzs at their website.
I’ve been reading “Simple Fly Fishing” and it makes a pretty good point for why some gear is so expensive and silly… So, you might say I’m somewhat sensitized about silly gear prices at the moment. A certain kayak fishing site which I keep meaning to unsubscribe to recently was pimping a pair of fishing …