About Bottom Line Tackle, handcrafted fishing tackle makers

WHO WE ARE

We are avid fresh and saltwater fishermen who became frustrated with mass produced tackle that wasn't reliable or productive.

It seemed like the more we searched the shelves, the more we could find only the same old stuff. Sometimes it was in different packages, but it was always the same old stuff - made with the cheapest barrel swivels that froze up with the slightest torque or thick leader that looked like a pencil lead in the water.

It seemed like the motivation was not to provide the angler with a product that caught fish, as much as it was to stay cost effective by using inexpensive material and components. Never mind how it performed as long as it fit in the knot trying machine.

Never mind that the design and components actually spook fish!

So, we began to make our own tackle - to see if we could think of something better.

We started putting our ideas into practice and soon began to catch more fish than our buddies.

Following their encouragement, we decided to try marketing our tackle items.

"Why not?" we thought, "Maybe we might make enough to pay for a fishing trip".

Which by the way, is still the main reason we're offering our products to you.
We not trying to get rich off you. Just like you, we love to catch fish.

We are offering you the same gear we use every time when we go out so you too can experience using premium tackle for a more productive and enjoyable time on the water.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

We believe in doing what we can to help the local fishing community safeguard the future of our sport.

Among others, Terry Walton and Bottom Line Tackle support:

Kokanee Power Derbies
Shaver Lake Trophy Trout Derby Sponsor
Break The Barriers - Fishing Partner Program for Handicapped Children & Adults
Northwest Fishing Partner's - "Piscatorial Therapy for at risk PTSD 1st Responders"
Roosevelt High School Fishing Club, Fresno, CA
AMVETS
Break The Barricks - Fishing Partners for Disabled Vets

Our support includes organizational memberships, together with fishing tackle and rod & reel donations.
If you are able, please try to find a way to support agencies like these in anyway you can. "Pay it forward".

FISHING EXPERIENCE

Terry with a nice stringer of kokanee_Whiskeytown

We have caught:

Steelhead on the Klamath, Kokanee in Flaming Gorge, Cutthroat at Pyramid Lake, Rainbows in Alberta, Salmon in Oregon

Marlin, Yellowfin, Wahoo and Dorado in Hawaii and Cabo

Ling Cod, Snapper, Grouper and bottomfish up and down the Pacific Coast from Gold Beach, Oregon to Erendira, Baja

And all the siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles, of those and other species in the Freshwater lakes and rivers throughout the western U.S., in coastal inshore ocean waters from British Columbia to the tip of Baja and offshore in the bluewater of Cabo, Hawaii and Costa Rica.

The purpose in saying this is not to make a feeble attempt at bragging, but to let you know that we have spent a lot of time on the water and have learned through experience what works for us to catch fish.

That experience is what we bring to you in these pages.