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DAIWA FISHING TIPS: Floating on Aird – Luderick on spin tackle – Dave Rae

Traditionally, Luderick (or blackfish) have been targeted with long rods and centre pin reels. However, spin tackle works just fine and in many ways is much easier to use. I’ve been using my Aird 2000SH with a 2.1m Aird rod, but any soft-actioned rod rated in the 2-5kg range would be ideal. You s...

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DAIWA FISHING TIPS: Straight to the point – Fishing with Fluorocarbon – Andrew Blyth

We often hear in magazines, fishing shows and on the internet about people using Fluorocarbon straight through – What does this actually mean and is it the right choice for you? Fluorocarbon fishing line is made of the fluoropolymer PVDF and it is valued for its refractive index, which is similar...

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“Perfect for the winter bite”: Tournament Baby Vib 47S – Mark Gercovich

Do you remember a time before metal vibes and blades took over the winter bream fishing world ? No ? well it was probably 10 years ago, I am getting a little old ! Back then I remember we began having success on some old school Daiwa vibes ( TD pro vibration it says on the bottom of the only one ...

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Daiwa Zillion TW1516- The Jack Extractor – Dan Kaggelis

When hunting Mangrove Jacks in tight, snag ridden creeks, the bait cast reel is certainly the preferred jack snaring weapon of choice. With the snap of the wrist the bait caster allows anglers to project lures with deadly accuracy into the tightest of spaces which is where your lure needs to be t...

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The Baitcaster Spool Puzzle – Simon Goldsmith

We can easily be forgiven for thinking that all baitcaster spools are largely the same. In addition to being the holder of a reel’s line the spool also plays an instrumental role in the casting performance and capabilities of the reel. Spool size, weight, depth, width, and rotor (the rotor is the...

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DAIWA FISHING TIPS: 6 tips for catching Bream on Soft Plastic Lures

By Josh Carpenter Today we turn the Daiwa Fishing Tips spotlight to soft plastics for Bream. Here is the “Cliff Notes” for what is the starting point for many anglers when they begin to chase Bream. 1. Braided line is not something you will hear me extolling the virtues of too often but it is alm...

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