Fishing Reels


River Beauly Fishing Diary

River Beauly Fishing Diary

James Norris’s River Beauly Fishing Diary Week 15-20th August
Monday
Sean Bennett caught a 6lb Salmon on the Priest Pool on a Golden Willie Gunn, Sage 15ft Z-Axis fly rod, and an old System II 10/11 reel.
I got a 5lb cock fish on the Downie Beat, using a 1” Cascade Tube, 14ft Loop Opti Power spey rod and a Hardy [...]

Fishing Tackle Essentials

The right fishing tackle is essential if you want to catch fish. Here at John Norris we’re all experienced anglers, and know what sort of fishing tackle you should be looking at.
Here’s what you need to think about.
1. Fishing rod
Your fishing rod is probably the most important item of fishing tackle, and so you’ll want [...]

Fishing Reels

Fishing reels have been used in England since about 1650, but if our seventeenth century forefathers could see what technological innovation has become available to us 21st century inhabitants, they’d scream ‘witchcraft!’ (or go day-glo green with pure envy). As we know, fishing reels employ a spool mounted on an axel to deploy and retrieve [...]