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Megabass's Own Insanity : The LIN 10
The first thing that strikes you with the LIN 10 was how light it felt. It's not even a full ounce lighter than the Ryoga 1016HL, but for some reason, the weight difference feels significant.
This reel was built to celebrate Megabass's 25th Anniversary. Supposedly, there
were only 200 ever made...
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The Search For One... Rapala Canada's R-Type
The
workhorse of the Rapala
Canada lineup ais an the R Type. We had one of these rods with us on our recent trip to the Amazon in search of peacock bass and today we bring you our review of Rapala Canada’s R-Type RT45TR72MH2, 2 piece casting rod.
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Creature Fever:
Wave Worms Tiki Stick Goes Pro and Gets Heavier and Softer
The newest bait in the Wave Worms Tiki Stick
lineup is the new “Super Soft Pro.” As the name of the bait implies the new
“SSP” is now a lot softer which generates more action during the fall and is
designed to be more collapsible and feel more natural to fish. |
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Professional Angler Aaron
Martens Demos How to Add a Bait
Holder to Any Hook
This simple process
only takes minutes to learn and allows anglers to add this feature to hooks that
may not be available with a bait holder, like one of his favorite hooks, a 3/0
worm bend hook from Gamakatsu. |
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Want to Soup up Your Blade Storage? RMD Machines a New
Spinnerbait Rack for Your Ride
A new spinnerbait rack from RMD makes use of
aluminum instead of plastic. RMD (formerly Kevkel) knows a thing or two about
high end metal work and is the same company that introduced the Revolution
spinnerbait... |
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From Rigs to Jigs with the
G. Loomis NRX 873C CRR
The relatively new NRX
series of rods from G. Loomis has been a hot topic of conversation amongst Bass
anglers since their release. While there has been both positive and
negative discussions, the general consensus is that these are some of the most
sensitive rods money can buy. |
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Have Your Crank and Feel It Too : Evergreen International's Husky Winder
A $350 cranking stick? Thanks to the current state
of affairs with our exchange rate, let's try over $500. Walking away from
this article yet? What if we told you the subject of today's review is actually
an eight hundred dollar plus ($800+) cranking stick? |
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Tim Horton's Bomber Switchback Shad Clicks On and Off
The Bomber Switchback Crankbait is the latest addition to the popular Fat
Free Shad line and features a unique design that features a modifiable rattle
system. A lure that is able to be modified for changing situations?
You know we had to cut this one open. |
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The Temple Fork
BVK 7 weight offers BIG performance at a small price
In this review, we pick apart
the 9 foot 7 weight offering from their relatively new BVK series. What does BVK
stand for you ask? Bernard Victor Kreh, more commonly known as the legendary
“Lefty” Kreh, was heavily involved in the design and release of these rods. Will
legendary design and input equal legendary value? |
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WTF?!? ... Shimano Sustain with an Edge
This past year, at ICAST 2011, Shimano did right
by the Sustain and infused it with a new mystique. Taking the reel back to its
roots and borrowing from past and present styling and engineering advances
pioneered in the Stella, Shimano totally revamped the Sustain line and capped
off the changes by going with a new, stealthy, all black, non-color scheme. |
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What The Finesse?!? : Feeling Lucky... Craft?
What the Finesse are we talking
about? We're referring to JDM-styled fishing rods, with high end components for a price point that does not break the bank. Introducing our look at a third stick from Lucky Craft's rod lineup, the LCS 701MXF.
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TackleTour Autopsy: Cracking
Open the Rapala Clackin Crank
By the end of the day the lab was filled with the fumes from burning
plastic and discarded hardware from sacrificed lures littered the workbench.
Suffice to say it was a tackle massacre. The first victim to go under the knife
was a lure that we wanted to take a closer look at since it was very first
introduced, the Rapala Clackin' Crank. |
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The
Tackle Doctor: Professional Angler Aaron Martens Details the Albright Knot
When it comes to tackle on the professional bass fishing circuit nobody is more detailed than Aaron Martens. Because of
this affection for the finer details in tackle and his ability to customize and
mod his personal gear Aaron Martens is known as the "Tackle Doctor" amongst his peers.
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What the...
Finesse Alphas?
It's been almost eight years since we published our very first Enthusiast Tackle review. Eight long years of fishing some of the best the tackle industry has to offer. Do you recall the subject of our first, published enthusiast tackle review? It was the original, and now legendary Daiwa Alphas.
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A Touch of Class: The Denali
Jadewood 843WJ
With all models of Denali rods
sporting different types of wood fore grips, they certainly have a unique and
classy look of their own. Their entry level Jadewood series offers both
spinning and casting models from 6'6” up to a 7'6” flipping stick. I was
excited to be able to fish a rod that was entirely new to me and see how it
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Five Seconds and More with Quantum's EXO PT
Quantum's EXO PT didn't even need that to impress me. The second I saw the reel, I knew I wanted to fish it. Coming from an Architectural background, and maybe even more applicable, an avid hobby-level cyclist, one look at the EXO
PT frame, and I knew exactly what Quantum had done. |
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A Blast from the Past: Introducing the
Bass Fishing Archives
Just like in professional bass angling there are different tiers of
outdoor writers and they just don't come any more well respected than Terry
Battisti and Pete Robbins, who have written for nearly every bass publication
out there. It is their passion for all things bass fishing that led them to
create a new blog aptly titled the "Bass Fishing Archives." We sit down with
Terry to find out more about this exciting new endeavor. |
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Ready for the Storm, Gill’s IN21J
Coast Sport Jacket
The Gill IN21J jacket is
designed to be a
multitalented jacket
that is good for
inshore and coastal
fishing as well as
general boating use.
This is the same
jacket that Bassmaster
Elite Series Pro
Angler, Dean Rojas,
uses when he fishes
on the tour. |
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What the Stubby?!? : 22nd Century's Bulkier TripleTrout
While gearing up for our Fall 2010 trip to the
Amazon, back in 2009, we learned of the still relatively new Triple Trout
Stubby, a beefier version of the original Triple Trout and acquired some custom
painted versions of this bait for our trip. |
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Stop Whining? It's Shimano Japan's Scorpion DC
If there is one group of reels
that rarely fail to intrigue me they are the digital brake control reels of
Shimano and perhaps more accurately, Shimano Japan. As a whole, these reels may
not be perfect, and you can still experience professional overruns -especially
if you're as professional as we are - but the shear joy they enable each and
every time you shoot your cast is nothing short of addicting.
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Is the Revo MGX the New Lightweight King?
Recently on both our discussion forum and Facebook fan page, we published a list of reels in line for a review and asked readers to vote on which reels they'd like to see written up first. Similar to the stir created at ICAST 2011, the winner was a little unexpected - at least to us. Abu Garcia's Revo MGX won both polls running away so here now is our detailed look into the new magnesium baitcaster from Abu.
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Evolve Releases an
Assortment of New Baits
What better way to transition from one theme to the next than to preview a series of products that skirts both our "What the Finesse" theme and "Creature Feature"? Back at ICAST
2011, we met Derek Carr, founder of Evolve baits. He shared with us the product
he had ready to display but hinted that there was more in the works.
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Living up to the legacy? Shimano’s
Curado G
The Curado Series has been a staple among anglers for many generations and has
built up quite a following, perhaps even a “legacy.” Any change in a series as
popular as this one is going to receive somewhat of a mixed reaction but the
move to the Curado G has been met with debate since the reel’s initial unveiling
at ICAST 2011.
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Making the Cut, the
Boomerang Snip
When most of us started fishing we utilized nail
clippers for cutting lines or trimming leaders, and while this basic “tool” got
the job done for slicing through monofilament the age of superlines quickly
proved too much for
basic clippers. Enter
the Boomerang Snip... |
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Fishing the Perfect Storm? Use the Right Tackle
Naturally, here at TackleTour, we're all about the
tackle. So in our brief time with this rig, which rods and reels have we found
appropriate to throw it? Well, this goes back, again, to how you actually
configure your umbrella rig. |
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Fishing the Perfect Storm? Don't Forget Your Umbrella - Rig
We'll admit right up front. When we first heard
of this Alabama Rig storm, we dismissed it. After all, spreader or umbrella rigs
have been in the fishing industry for years and were originally employed in the
commercial industry fishing for tuna... |
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A “Buff” Sport Glove for
Watersports and Fishing
Buff follows up on their
Pro Series gloves with the new Sport Series which is designed for watersports.
These gloves protect wearers from the sun but are also designed specifically for
watersport fanatics including those who enjoy kayaking, waterskiing and jet
skiing, but how well will they stand up to the challenge of tournament bass
fishing? |
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