ICAST is the vehicle for participating manufacturers to release news and information regarding planned products for the upcoming year. Many of the representatives of these manufacturers are also affiliated with other companies who have something in the works but weren’t quite ready in time to participate in the big event.
Many of these individuals have [...]
We’re buys downloading images and working up the first few articles to go up tonight. In the meantime, here are my impressions from Day 1 at ICAST 2010…
Micros … Just about every rodnmanufacturer is jumping on the Micro guide bandwagon and many of them seem to be doing itnpurely out of peer pressure… When we [...]
July 14th, 2010 | 3:44 pm | by xtrachewy | Comments
Next up is a lure that actually predates the French Vivif by a couple of years. Around 1950-51 the Plucky Minnow also known as “The Swimming Lure” was exported out of France through the Rublex company. This bait was very popular for bass throughout Europe as well as trophy brown trout as far away as [...]
TackleTour is in full ICAST mode as we are set to depart in just four short days to Las Vegas where we’ll be be pounding the showroom floor and our keyboards enroute to bringing you the best coverage we possibly can. Even with North America’s biggest tackle show of the year less than a week [...]
I was talking to everyone’s favorite TT Girl earlier today sharing greetings and catching up on the haps. When I mentioned to her the TT Crew is busy preparing to head to Vegas next week, she pulled out her calendar to check the dates!
I told her it’d be quite difficult to get any work done [...]
For years Anglers stateside have had to go to great lengths to procure Evergreen JDM products. The company is known for their quality lures but most of all for their enthusiast rod offerings. Those anglers that have purchased these rods have often had to forgo any warranty and support, a small price to pay if [...]
June 30th, 2010 | 12:34 pm | by xtrachewy | Comments
Anyone that has followed some of my forum posts over the last few years has more than likely seen my interest in older lures. While I am a novice collector at best it’s been fun collecting older lures not because of their value but because of the intended action behind each lure. Since I have [...]
With ICAST fast approaching, the TT Crew is focused more on catching news than it is on catching fish. It’s a 24×7 job now making appointments, collecting information, readying our gear, and making sure we know where to go, who to see, what questions to ask, etc.. all in an effort to bring you the [...]
More than a decade ago, many of the country’s top touring bass and walleye pros began quietly stowing a new fish-finding device in their boats. For these renaissance competitors, the underwater camera became their secret prefishing tool—the only electronic device capable of finding and positively identifying their target species, as well [...]
Since the introduction of the Maxx-Rev Hard Body Frog lure in 2007, anglers from all walks of life have looked to Revere Maxx-Fishing, LLC, for the latest in innovative designs and commitment to quality to build the best hard body frog lures on the market. With the introduction of the Maxx-Rev lure, it gave anglers [...]
You’ve seen the latest Pflueger spinning reels and now here’s the latest from Abu Garcia. The Revo Premier spinning reel uses the NanoShield Technology. Look for the preview article coming very soon on TackleTour.com
Here’s a picture of the Revo Premier Spinning
The more exotic, high end reels I handle, the more de-synthesized I become and the harder it is for me to get excited over something new. Add to that the price gap we are now experiencing between the USDM and JDM counterpart reels and it’s just difficult to want to spend the dollars to import [...]
Preview of the Patriarch and Supreme XT spinning reels will be on TackleTour.com very soon but here’s a sneak peek at these stunning magnesium reels… Available September 2010.
Patriarch Spinning
Check out this new company called Colt Rod. They say that they have this innovative technology but… check out the review on the same that we did way back.
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewcapefeartechbass.html
Their press release below…
The Colt Rod Company, a new fishing rod manufacturer headquartered and with full operations in the United States, will unveil its first product [...]
We may have just finished our spinnerbait shootout but one blade from the past is worth mentioning. Two years ago Cal completed a review of the Kevkel spinnerbait and found that the lure was an innovative lure, the secret to these baits was their patent pending double louvered leaf blades which essentially have a raised [...]
March 31st, 2010 | 12:31 pm | by xtrachewy | Comments
A friend from France contacted me a few months ago and said he had a fishing buddy who was in town for a few months, and asked if I would take him out fishing. Time permitting I agreed and got in contact with this anonymous fisherman. Sylvain Garza was his name and he was open [...]
Juggling two themes at once (2009’s Crankbait Rod Wars & 2010’s The Search For One) can get a bit confusing, but what helps to clear the fog are products that excite that enthusiast spirit in us all. Though I’m still fishing some domestic flavored product for the sake of TackleTour, I’ve more or less rededicated [...]
Naturally we have a review already in the works on the new Velvick 3D by Rago Baits, but with the buzz surrounding Velvick’s Golden State Shootout Win on Clear Lake yesterday, I thought I’d put up some sneak peak looks at this bait designed especially for Clear Lake by both Jerry Rago and Byron Velvick. [...]
At about 4:15pm Pacific Daylight Time, a little over six hours ago, what most people anywhere near Clear Lake already knew became official: Byron Velvick had won the 2010 Golden State Shootout on Clear Lake. The California Native brought the trophy home in exciting wire-to-wire fashion. Of course, what our readers care about most may [...]
fishorcutbait | 07/14/2010 10:37 pm | news's page Wondering if anyone has a great fishing or boating photo they might want to enter into a contest??
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rolltidefishing | 07/14/2010 6:19 pm | cal's page "One word, Smoke" Exactly!! I can't wait for a writeup on these reels and rods. Are the Smoke PT rod more
