Read about all the fishing tackle and cool stuff the Fishing World team has tried and tested!

27 May 2011

THE V System 200 low profile baitcaster is a recent release from Okuma. I’ve been using this reel for the past four months in a variety of local and overseas fishing locations and applications...

27 May 2011

NOT that long ago, most multi-piece travel rods were, on the whole, cheap junk. However, recent developments in rod blank technology has meant that modern travel rods are now pretty much indistinguishable in performance and functionality...

27 May 2011

Considering buying an electric motor for your boat? MARK WILLIAMS reports on another value priced option in bow-mount electrics.

26 May 2011

HERE’S something a little different. It’s a reel called a Trio from Okuma. I’ve been using the smallest model, the Trio 20, for about nine months now...

25 May 2011

VAN Staal’s Australian importer Jarvis Walker kindly lent me the Van Staal C-Vex 7/8 fly reel for a recent fishing trip to Christmas Island...

25 May 2011

A DEVICE which alerts someone to your whereabouts is a very handy gadget for fishermen.

23 May 2011

I HAVE been fishing with two of these amazing rods since last December, an NRX 1089-4 9ft #9 wt 4-piece and the NRX 10812-4 9ft #12 wt four-piece...

28 Apr 2011

G Loomis has designed a rod specifically for our local species with some very interesting characteristics...

15 Mar 2011

OVER the past three months I've been putting the PG823S through its paces...

24 Feb 2011

THE Halco Twisty has been one of the most popular metal casting lures in this country for several decades.