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Daggerfish Handreels are compact, portable fishing kits, complete with everything you need for simpl Handcrafted essentials for connecting to the wilderness
12/06/2025
We're at our last outdoor show of the year in Ohiopyle PA as part for Wilderness Voyageurs Holiday Market! Come on down and find us from now until 4pm!
10/28/2025
It's Tackle Tuesday! This week: Free Rigs and Texas Rigs
People LOVE these rigs. They're simple to tie, effective in weeds, and great for fishing off the bottom, especially for bass. For handlining, the weight at the end of the line makes casting easier and more accurate. I prefer the free rig, since you can use the same teardrop weights you use for your drop-shot rig.
To tie, thread a teardrop weight or a bullet or egg sinker onto your line. Tie on an offset hook and thread a soft plastic bait onto the hook, and bury the tip of the hook into the body of the soft plastic to prevent weeds from snagging. Cast with a whip or flick cast.
You can see more of the best tackle setups for handlines in the Handline Fishing Field Manual. Get your free PDF copy at https://www.daggerfishgear.com/handline-book
10/21/2025
Tackle Tuesday! This week: Slip Bobbers
Slip bobbers are one of the secret weapons of handline fishing. Allowing the weight of the bobber to slide to the end of the line makes casting easier and more accurate, while still allowing you to fish at depth.
Tie on a bobber stop knot, slide on a bead, and then slip on the bobber and add a hook with a little weight to it. Set your depth with your stopper knot, and keep it at the bottom of your spool when reeling to ensure it doesn't catch when casting.
You can see more of the best tackle setups for handlines in the Handline Fishing Field Manual. Get your free PDF copy at https://www.daggerfishgear.com/handline-book
10/09/2025
Starting tomorrow we're back in Ohiopyle for the Buckwheat Festival! Come find us with , learn to cast a handline, and ask me about my pancakes and pickles story.
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About the Daggerfish Gear Company
I’m Adam, founder of Daggerfish, and I grew up in the National Parks. My dad was a Park Ranger, and so my family lived in and around some of the most wild places in the country.
As a kid, I didn’t really appreciate the incredible fortune of growing up in these places, and the skills that a childhood spent in the woods will teach you. As an adult, I’ve seen how living disconnected from the wilderness makes us incomplete, and how returning to it builds resilience, courage, and calm.
I started the Daggerfish Gear Company after realizing how important it was for me to get back into the forest, and relearning how to become more comfortable in nature. From what I’ve seen, a lot of camping gear is about either resisting nature (e.g., glamping) or achieving some goal in nature (e.g., ultralight FKTs). I guess there’s nothing wrong with this, but neither of these ways were what I was looking for. I make gear for the third way. For me, it’s not about how many miles you hike or how many of the comforts of home you can bring with you, it’s about letting yourself be comfortable with more a more basic way of being.
I believe in the importance of being a human animal, and I make tools and equipment to help people increase their feeling of versatility, competence, and comfort in nature. Knowledge and experience breeds confidence, and confidence breeds calm. Please, take my tools to the woods. Use them to live deliberately. Take care of the ecosystems that nourish us. And take care of yourself.
