How To Correctly Choose The Right Fishing Tackle
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It seems that he has misplaced, lost or surrendered, to his ex, the bulk of his fishing gear.
“Hi sweet.”
“Cut the chit chat wonder boy, what is it you want?”
“You want your fishing pole back?”
“Ahh yeah.”
“Yes, I have it all boxed up in that nice little shoebox, labeled @#$&*@#!!—”Never mind.”
WBB sidled on down to our local giant cowbird-which happens to be the Blackbird Sporting Goods store–and walked in looking to replace his spin fishing outfits. Finding replacements for the kids was easy, he just grabbed Scooby and Spiderman combo outfits and knew that the kids would settle who was qualified to be Scooby and who was qualified to be Spiderman.
Shimano’s, Okuma’s, Mitchell’s, Abu Garcia’s, Shakespeare’s, Penn’s, gear ratio’s, ultralight’s,micro’s,Ugly Stik’s,Daiwa’s, two piece, three piece, sensitive tip, ultimate stiffness, Maxim’s,Quantum’s….WHEW!!
Wonder Bread Boy, turned and headed for the checkstand. The boys got there rods, and WBB decided he would bait hooks and watch them fish.
Thinking that $70 or $80 was too much to invest, especially in “crappie futures”, he figured he would fashion up a nice “fishing stick” to pursue fish and avoid the trauma of having to decide which combo was right for him.
You can’t use bass gear for trout.You have to have “lake fishing” set ups, “river fishing” set ups, trolling rods, casting rods.If you want want to have more fun with 9 inch fish, you have to go “light”. Level winds for salmon. Fly fishing gear for “fly only” waters.You get the picture.
My gosh, I must be like a sleepwalker who wanders into the fishing aisles and starts gathering up items, only to wake up and not have a clue as to ‘how did that sturgeon fishing rod got in my garage’!!
I’ve never even been sturgeon fishing.
We won’t even get into the six or seven tackle “tubs”–not boxes–of lures, flies,trolling rigs, vests, waders, nets, flippers,attractants, baits,and yes dehydrated nightcrawlers, that have found their way into my fishing arsenal in over 40 years of fishing.
1) Pick your fish species of choice.
Don’t try to outfit yourself with every type of fishing gear. If trout and bass are the predominant type of fishing you do, then get a good combo outfit that is adequate for both.
2) Stay to the middle.
The old rule of thumb, that you don’t want to buy the least expensive and you don’t want to buy the most expensive, certainly applies to fishing gear. If you buy your fishing gear at the “dollar store” or the Salvation Army, you are probably going to get what you pay for. On the other hand, don’t be sucked in by the glossy ads and goofy graphs and bar charts that show why an extra $120 dollars spent on the same $60 dollar product will have you smiling and holding a mass quantity of big fish. I have seen plenty of good fishermen using good average run of the mill gear, catching as many, or out catching dudes with high priced fancy outfits.
I have sat in sporting good stores and had salesmen tell me how “sweet” this rod or that reel is and asked me to wiggle it around, then when I picked up a cheaper rod or reel and not felt any difference they looked at me like I was from Mars.
Most brand name gear today is made pretty well, so you can just pick —the pretty one!!
3)Don’t scrimp on the fishing line.
Get the right line, and get good quality. Whether it is having the right type of fly line, or the right test of monofilament, you will catch more fish if you pay attention to the selection of your lines. Use floating line when you should sink. Or sinking line when you should float. Every fish I hooked broke me off. I switched lines and started to land fish after that.
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