As a small river drift boat angler for three quarters of my life I’ve spent a lot of time and effort dropping anchors and picking them up. There’s a litany of things that can and will go wrong when attempting to anchor a row boat in free flowing water… Sometimes ‘white’ most of which will […]
Posts Tagged ‘Review’
Product refresher: LEELOCK Anchor Systems
Posted: December 1, 2014 by Hellcat in Fish ReportsTags: LeeLock, Review
Lamiglas review of XMG series
Posted: August 6, 2013 by Hellcat in Fish Reports, Gear Fishing, Salmon, Trout & Steelhead, Tips & AdviceTags: Article, Lamiglas, Review, XMG
**This original review was originally written previously and current rod specifications may have changed. By Chris Heller Prior to starting this product review I attempted to establish a base line of facts from which to draw upon throughout this article. It had been my goal to make reference to as much design and technical information […]
Product Review: Hydro Float and Dura Cast
Posted: June 6, 2012 by Hellcat in Fish Reports, Gear Fishing, Out of Area, Salmon, Trout & Steelhead, TutorialsTags: Article, Braided Lines, Coated Braided Lines, Examiner, Portland Fishing Examiner, Review
As featured on Examiner.com’s Portland Fishing Examiner here is my review of coated braided lines. Short and sweet. The first time I began to fascinate about different fishing lines was the early ninteties. I had a Berkley Silver Thread (who remembers Silver Thread?) knot testing machine that allowed to strength test any fishing knot I […]
Newest Examiner Article: A Braid Crazy Society by Christopher Heller
Posted: May 14, 2012 by Hellcat in Fish Reports, Gear Fishing, News, Salmon, Trout & Steelhead, Sturgeon, Tips & Advice, Tutorials, Warm WaterTags: articles, Braided Lines, examiner.com, Review, tutorial
I’ve said before we live in a braid crazy society. Much has changed since the first time I strung up a Penn Senator with 80lb spectra fiber line in 1993. Twenty years since the dawning of new generation fishing line. Fishing line designed to mimic the stretching properties of stainless steel wire line while sporting […]