As he delivered the thick walled, 7-foot cardboard tube to my doorstep, the UPS driver asked, good-naturedly, “just how many fishing poles do you need?” I took no offense to his observation, one ...

Finally, after years of suffering tangled messes when changing out fly line, I've found a device that is both inexpensive and good, surprisingly good. When a Simple Task Turns into a Tangled Nightmare ...

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Knots, tangles, and line twists are part of fishing. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been at it; nobody can avoid the dreaded backlash forever. In many cases, the factors that cause tangles are ...

If you make reel maintenance and certain aftermarket tweaks part of your routine, not only will you improve the longevity of the tool, but you could also increase its overall performance. You’ll be ...