An extra edge on the water with the FishHead App

Wrapping up the regional ISE shows with some new products in Fly, Electronics and Watercraft

New Lures at the 2010 International Sportsmen’s Expo

PRODUCTTPREVIEW : Rise of the "Zombie" Rods
Born in the backyard of the California Delta a new rod company introduces their line of application specific fishing rods. Zombie Rod & Tackle has roots in custom rod building and now brings a branded line of flipping and pitching rods to market, these rods definitely exhibit some enthusiast appeal and are designed for power fishing.

New terminal tackle and optics at the Big Rock Show
We return to the Big Rock Show to check out some new hooks from Mustad as well as the latest optics from Costa Del Mar. It is hard to innovate in both these categories and yet both companies manage to do just that.

 

	PRODUCTTPREVIEW: Dobyns Rods New Savvy Series Last year, when Gary Dobyns debuted the second generation version of his bass rods, they were received with great fanfare from tournament anglers all around. For 2010, Dobyns is addressing this criticism with the reintroduction of an alconite outfitted rod at an even lower price point than the original Champion Series.
	The Search For One... Setting the Baseline With Not Just Any G.Loomis Kicking off our “Search for One”, it’s time to discuss that one fishing rod. Imagine decades ago when fishing meant heading to your local waterway with nothing more than one rod, one reel, some hooks, weights, and your bait of choice.
	Year of the Crank Bait Review : Custom Lures Unlimited Ikon/Ikon M2 Our introduction to Kelly Barefoot and Custom Lures Unlimited came in 2006, right on the cusp of his launch into a full time business model. I contacted Kelly for some custom painting services and it was at that time he shared with us his plans to build more hand carved wood baits.
	Here is to the next ten years... Letter from the Editor: It is hard to believe that ten years have gone by so quickly, what started out as nothing more than an hobby site has turned into a huge community of anglers from across the globe that share a passion for fishing and the tackle we employ in that pursuit.
	Fly Fishing for Smallmouth with the G.Loomis Shorestalker G.Loomis has a long history of producing quality fly rods and over the last few seasons has expanded their offerings well beyond their original classic series. As fly fishing for bass has grown in popularity the company now introduces the ShoreStalker which is designed to target warm water species.
	Chasing Winter Steelhead on the Smith River When winter rolls around the warm water fishing often dies down but species like Steelhead on the West Coast just begin heating up. We travel North to the free flowing emerald green waters of the Smith River in search of early season steelhead that are just beginning to enter the system behind the Fall run Salmon.
	TackleTour's 2010, The Search For One ... To help celebrate our 10th year anniversary, we figured it’s time to get back to basics and embark on a year long journey. Our focus will be to find that one rod, that one reel, that one lure, maybe even that one fishing destination that if all we could have is that singular item, “this” is what we would choose.
	The Leader of Rago's Rat Pack : The Original Generic Rat The original Rago Generic Rat debuted roughly ten years ago and immediately became one of those “you gotta have this” baits. The legend of this bait only grew when production seemed to have ended a few short years ago, but according to Rago himself, production never really ended, it just slowed...