Tackle
What’s on the walls.
270 square metres of it, downstairs at Hayfields. We don’t list stock or prices online. The walls change; phone before you drive in for something specific.
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01 · CrankbaitThe lip decides how deep it dives.
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02 · TopwaterWorked on the surface. The strike you see.
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03 · MinnowLong and slim. Twitch it, pause it.
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04 · Diving minnowA longer lip for a deeper dive.
Tackle by category
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Rods
Racked by the dozen. Picked up, flexed, argued over.
- For
- Bass, fly, carp, rock and surf, and the boat.
- Makers
- Shimano, G. Loomis, Abu Garcia, Okuma, Sensation and more
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Reels
Behind the glass. Baitcasters, spinning reels, the big star-drags for the sea.
- For
- Everything from finesse bass to offshore.
- Makers
- Shimano, Daiwa, Lew's, Abu Garcia, Okuma and more
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Soft plastics
The wall people come in for. Worms, creatures, swimbaits, craws.
- For
- Bass, mostly. Texas, Carolina, wacky, drop shot, weightless.
- Makers
- Zoom, Gary Yamamoto, Yum, Big Bite Baits, Rage Tail and more
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Hard baits
Crankbaits, jerkbaits, topwater, spoons and spinners.
- For
- Bass, tigerfish, and the sea.
- Makers
- Rapala, Spro, Berkley, Strike Pro, Strike King and more
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Jigs, hooks and terminal
The small things that lose you the fish if you get them wrong.
- For
- Every kind of fishing.
- Makers
- Strike King, VMC, BKK, Spro
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Line
Fluorocarbon, braid, monofilament.
- For
- Every reel in the shop.
- Makers
- Seaguar
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Flies and fly tying
Tied in the shop. Woolly Buggers to Mrs Simpson’s.
- For
- Trout in the Midlands and the Berg.
- Makers
- Rochester-tied, Hardy, Snowbee
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Carp and bait
Everything for a proper bomb. Flavours by the shelf.
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- Carp and coarse fishing on the local dams.
- Makers
- Conoflex, Spike-It
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Boxes and bags
Somewhere to put it all. Including Rochester’s own bait boxes.
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- The boat, the bank and the rocks.
- Makers
- Flambeau, Rochester-made
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Electronics
Fish finders and sonar for the boat and the kick boat.
- For
- Finding structure and fish before you cast.
- Makers
- Lowrance, Garmin
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Clothing and sunglasses
Tops, jackets, hats, shoes, waders, polarised glasses.
- For
- Long days in the sun, and the cold mornings before them.
- Makers
- Costa, Shimano, Daiwa, Abu Garcia, Rochester
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Knives and tools
Pliers, lip grips, scales, knives.
- For
- Unhooking, weighing and filleting.
- Makers
- Lansky, VMC
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Kick boats and float tubes
Get to the water a boat can’t.
- For
- Stillwater fly fishing and bass in tight corners.
- Makers
- Waterbug (Rochester-made), Snowbee
Names on the packets
Brands you’ll find in the shop.
From Rochester’s own shelf photographs. Ranges come and go; ask about anything you don’t see.
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- Abu Garcia
- Berkley
- Big Bite Baits
- BKK
- Conoflex
- Costa
- Cull-em
- Daiwa
- Damiki
- Flambeau
- G. Loomis
- Garmin
- Gary Yamamoto
- Googan
- Halco
- Hardy
- Keitech
- Lansky
- Lew's
- Lowrance
- McCarthy
- Molix
- Okuma
- PowerBait
- Rage Tail
- Rapala
- Salmo
- Seaguar
- Sensation
- Shimano
- Snowbee
- Spike-It
- Spro
- Strike King
- Strike Pro
- VMC
- Yum
- Zoom
Looking for something specific?
Tell us the brand, the model or just what you need it to do. We’ll tell you if it’s on the wall, or what we’d use instead.