Our go to gaff aboard “So It Goes” is a commercial halibut gaff which is pretty common on the west coast… They’re available in sizes ranging from about a foot to a yard or more in length. For our boat, 24-inches is just about right. The other sort of gaff I’d like to have aboard …
What’s working at the moment… The wingie spinner thingie is really an inspired bit of design by the folks at Mack’s Lure.
I have some scrap wood I need to get off the boat or do something with and I have just the project… The thing is I’ve come to realize that the boat has way too much space devoted to handlines of the Yo-Yo sort. The problem is that while Yo-yo’s are not a bad way …
The other day I got some promotional material for some interesting lures… Yeah, it sorta kinda looks like a spinner, does it not? What makes it interesting is the thought process that went into it. Since fish don’t quite see stuff like we do maybe we should think about how they do see. Geared more …
Well, I’ve always had a soft spot for black light posters… Read More »
I’ll be the first to admit that my tackle bag has way too much stuff in it, a veritable cornucopia of lures to entice and seduce the most shy pelagic prey. I could certainly get by with about a dozen or even less. The zen take of less is more where fishing from a sailboat …
A while back, a reader wrote asking why trolling lures were so expensive and, as an example, he gave me a couple of links to one of those “HIP” fishing outfitters with silly expensive lures… Now, as someone who makes lures and flies myself, I realize that there is both labor and materials involved in …
When I was a kid I used to fish a lot with a cheap handline. I’m sure you know the sort… Thirty feet or so of green seine line, a few feet of monofilament leader, a sinker and a couple of hooks on a wooden frame… Sadly, they are something of a rarity these days …
I’ve been muddling over something of a conundrum about what makes a good starter fishing package for someone just getting into it… and the going has not been easy. The problem with most starter gear or packages is it’s mostly crap but cheap. If you start out with crappy gear your experience will be less …
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 …