Powell’s Tackle Shop

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Personally I love to introduce newcomers to my favourite sport as I get a lot of satisfaction out of seeing them do battle with their first ever fish. I recently got a friend of mine’s lad into fishing and he loves it. What was interesting was that he got probably more enjoyment out of catching…

Obvious ones that are in daily use for example are herds, flocks, and shoals, but there are hundreds of names describing specific species. I was intrigued to learn that an animal which I think is of special attractiveness to most of mankind, the porpoise, and also the dolphin, have a social structure which includes similarities…

Biting cold North-east winds, dark grey brooding skies and freezing rain, such a contrast to the pleasant spring weather we experienced just a week ago. I must admit that as I get older I tend to take a bit more notice of the weather than I used to. Not that I’m a fair-weather angler, nothing…

Friday 4 Sept. 19929.00am. We leave with Paul on board. Ricky and Manuel to work the cockpit today. Weather perfect. By 11.30 we are up on Three Fish Ridge and inside of us we see Anguilla hook up. Within minutes I have talked with Jonno, and he tells me that one of his clients is…

If you coil these heavyweight traces and stow them in a regular size rig wallet, by the time you are ready to use them, they will be set like a high tensile clockspring, awkward to use and ready to tangle in an instant.Believe me it is so much easier to hang these traces from a…