Decent Tackle Shops in Edinburgh & Lothians Area?

Member Joined: Jul 19, 2010 Posts: 72

Hi there,
I've re-found this wonderful hobby after at least 15yrs through a friend who has just gotten into sea fishing coming from a fly fishing background and wondered what/where there are any good tackle shops?.

Is Mike's Tackle in Portobello still open yes?, if I remember he had a large selection with prices ranging from cheap to ridiculous? lol

As far as tackle & rods go I'm pretty well sorted out other than not having any beachcasters anymore & my boat rod is missing a line guide. However, I do have a 9ft uptide rod which is fine for boat work so unless there are giant skate in the Forth I should be fine big grin

Reel wise I'm fine, a Penn LongBeach 65 multi for boat & a huge DAM BC180 f/s reel for one beachcaster

I do have a bass rod & reel which are both fine although if anyone has contact details for DAM so I could send off for spare parts that would be excellent?.....a DAM Quick SE150 is my bass/spinning reel but is slipping like a very slippy thing at the moment

Best Regards, Andy

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:33 pm

Hi Andy,
I would suggest you head into the Glasgow Angling centre ( junction 16 M8).Okay its not Edinburgh but the selection of tackle/prices is well worth the journey.From Edinburgh I would estimate 45 mins but well worth it
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Member Joined: Jul 19, 2010 Posts: 72

Hi pter,
Much obliged for that link buddy, it is a wee bit more hassle to get to but looks well worth it as you say. Going by the pics of the place on their website it seem to be massive!.

From where I am in East Lothian, Glasgow is roughly 1.5hrs?, maybe a wee bit more.

We are planning a trip through to fish on the West coast sometime soon so a visit there will have to be on the itinerary happy

we're heading upto Mike's Tackle in Portobello, Edinburgh today before we go out tonight so it'll be interesting to see how it's changed since the last time I was there more than 15yrs ago worried

Cheers, Andy winking

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:22 am

No probs
Let us know how you get on as I am looking at coming over that way soon to try my hand at fishing from the shore .
Cheers
Peter

Member Joined: Jul 19, 2010 Posts: 72

No probz mate,
It'd be a pleasure to wet a line with you when you come over happy

, infact my mate Weegi (who's also just joined this forum) have a 6hr boat trip from Dunbar arranged possibly for sometime next month?

Mike's Tackle is still open by the way and just as full of goodies as I remember, while Weegi picked up a nice new 10ft bass rod & f/s reel I decided I wasn't going home empty handed so now own a new 14ft beachcaster big grin

If only our trip to Torness later last night was as fruitful sigh

, that's been only one small school bass over the last three w/end visits. I spoke to a couple of lads from Northumberland who'd had one fish around the 3/4lb mark all day, it was taken on a single rag.

Anyways, keep in touch mate,
Cheers, Andy

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:52 pm

If your looking for numbers on the boat trip Im up for that what date were you thinking about ?

Member Joined: Jul 19, 2010 Posts: 72

pter mate but you are more than welcome to join us

It's Weegi who's organizing it and liaising with the skipper from Dunbar so I'm really awaiting on a date myself

I do know that it's got to fit in with his holidays from work though of which he has a couple of days left to take before xmas or he looses them

Possibly toward the end of Aug/beginning of September?? (what seems like a lifetime away!). £25 a head for 6hrs fishing paid to the skipper on the day

Unless we want to go somewhere else, drifting off Thorntonloch beach just past Torness usually produces a codling or two, my best from that mark is 7lb jigging hokkai rigs

Eitherway I'll keep in touch and update you as I know more myself winking

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:27 am

Sounds good ! I can do either a weekday or weekend ,still plenty hols left to take. big grin