The Outdoor Gear We Recommend
We may have a little bit of a hoarding problem. Good gear need not be expensive, but it has to improve the experience in some way. Whether it’s the right rod, a certain bait, or the world’s best rainsuit, we’ll give unfiltered opinions on what we use and why we use it.
No tackle shop on earth provides more specialized gear for bass than Tackle Warehouse. If you want it, they've got it in stock — whether it's a proven winner or the newest items on the market — and their service is exceptional.
Let’s Go Surfing With Daiwa
While air travel with any rods these days is often a pain in the butt, serious surf anglers are particularly burdened. Their rods are often in the 10- to 11-foot range. There have also been a dearth of high-end travel surf rods. Daiwa aims to remedy that with their Ardito Series.
Daiwa’s Best Baitcasting Reel Ever?!?! Check out the Steez SV
You can easily get by with a $99 or $199 baitcasting reel but if you want to know what it’s like to buy the most refined baitcaster Daiwa has ever produced, you need to check out Daiwa’s Steez SV. It’s 5.6 ounces of buttery, rocket-fueled smoothness and power.
Three Daiwa Spinning Reels for Travelers – Where Value Meets Performance
If you’re headed on a distant trip, you don’t want to break the bank on a spinning reel, but you don’t want it to fail at an inopportune moment, either. Daiwa has some value propositions.
Daiwa’s Do-Everything Ardito Three-Piece Rod
Daiwa’s three-piece Ardito travel rod combines premium components with a reasonable price tag. They excelled for us in Africa on tigerfish.
Daiwa Saltiga Premium Travel Rods for Saltwater Combat
Imagine you get to the Seychelles or Costa Rica or Baja and the outfit you've chartered has crappy rods not up to the task of subduing your quarry. Toting a full-sized rod tube is also often a pain in the butt. Daiwa offers a solution -- travel rods built to take on the beefiest brawlers in the ocean.
Daiwa Baitcasters for Mexico That Provide Value and Performance
On your next trip to Lake El Salto or Lake Picachos, I’d strongly recommend bringing no fewer than five reels. Chris Martin of Daiwa offered us up information on reels that excel for flipping, cranking and swimbaiting that are also value propositions.
My, What Big Teeth You Have – Daiwa’s Ardito Muskie Travel Rods
Most travel rods are made to handle a number of circumstances, none of them particularly well. Daiwa wants to change that in their US market, and one clear sign is their new Ardito Muskie Travel Rods. They’re two 8’5”, five-section sticks made of premium components.
