This short video tutorial demonstrates step-by-step how to remove an old tip-top from your rod, prep the materials and install your new tip.
With the winter cod season well and truly upon us Planet Sea Fishing takes a close look at the Sakuma 543 Pennel Manta Extra hook and critiques it against a…
England international and fishing tackle innovator Ian Golds has got the design of his single reel cases absolutely right says fussy Steve Souter. Other than pricey rods, reels are generally…
Planet Sea Fishing say the pocket-sized Leatherman Juice XE6 multitool is versatile, durable, stylish and more. A friend of mine once assured me that you could fix anything short of a…
Daiwa’s 7HT Magnofuge multiplier has taken the UK beaches by storm, but while anglers can’t seem to get enough of the reel, ‘casters’ have issues. Reviewer Neil Mackellow has plenty…
Shamrock feather rigs are now available across the UK, but are they any good? Steve Souter takes them fishing and tells all. Modern ‘feather’ rigs have evolved tremendously from the…
Steve Souter is a bit of a tackle animal. Here he subjects a new fluorocarbon line to some real brutality, but first, some fluoro facts. Before investigating Tubertini Fantasm lets…
Continuing his reel tuning series, Neil Mackellow explains how to tweak the sexy Penn 975CS reel. A CT framed International baitcaster with a powerful drag, the Penn International 975CS is…
Neil Mackellow explains how to tune the Penn 525 Mag T reel. Based on the original 525 Mag but in place of the four small brake magnets the Mag T…
Neil Mackellow explains how to tune the Penn 535GS Mag T reel. In place of centrifugal brakes the Mag T version of the 535 has a different end-plate incorporating a…