Expert Fishing Tackle Reviews & Advice
FishingGear360 Team 
There’s a particular kind of dread that comes with your first proper pike session: standing in the tackle shop, staring at a wall of rods, wondering whether the £250 carbon blank is genuinely necessary or whether someone’s just trying to relieve you of your Christmas money. Here’s the honest answer: it isn’t necessary, not for … Read more
There’s a particular kind of madness to pike deadbaiting. You set your bait, clip the bobbin, pour a flask of tea, and wait. Then the bobbin rockets off the ground and all that patience detonates into pure, heart-hammering chaos. The whole experience depends on a rod that can handle two completely opposite demands: casting a … Read more
It sounds almost absurdly simple, doesn’t it? One foot of carbon fibre. Thirty centimetres. The difference between a 7ft and an 8ft pike lure rod is, on paper, barely enough to matter. And yet, in practice, that single foot influences everything — how far your lure travels, how accurately it lands, how much control you … Read more
There’s a moment every pike angler knows. You’ve worked a heavy swimbait through a reeded bay on a grey November morning, the kind of damp, windswept morning that makes the rest of the world wonder why you’re not still in bed. Then — bang. Something enormous accelerates out of the gloom and swallows your lure … Read more
There’s a persistent myth in angling circles — the idea that you need to spend north of £150 to own a rod worthy of going after pike. Rubbish, frankly. The best pike rod under £100 can absolutely hold its own on a grey November morning on the Fens, a misty Scottish loch, or a windswept … Read more
Pike don’t do half-measures. One moment the water is flat and peaceful — somewhere between a Norfolk drain and the grey sky above it — and the next, something prehistoric has erupted from the depths and is pulling line like it has a personal grudge. The best pike fishing rods are the difference between landing … Read more
There are few things in angling quite as satisfying — or as quietly catastrophic — as the catapult. Get it right, and your bait lands in a tight, tempting cluster exactly where it needs to be. Get it wrong, and you’re untangling twisted elastic with numb fingers in a November drizzle while your swim goes … Read more
There’s a moment every carp angler knows. You’ve found the spot — that far-bank crease, the gravel bar at ninety metres, the subtle depression you spotted on the echo sounder — and then you reach for your catapult. Thwack. Boilies scatter in a wide arc, maybe half landing where you actually want them. The fish … Read more
Let’s be honest — carp fishing has always been part science, part stubbornness, and part standing in the rain at 4am wondering what exactly you’re doing with your life. The best bait boats don’t solve that last part, but they do handle everything else rather well. A bait boat is a remote-controlled vessel that delivers … Read more
Every carp angler reaches the same low point eventually: kneeling on a damp mat at 2am, fumbling for a hook in the dark, while your bait tub slowly tips into the grass. A decent bait table fixes this in about four seconds flat. So, what exactly is a bait table? It’s a small, portable, often … Read more