Cloud Nine Tackle Christmas Sale

When I see something interesting and worth sharing on my blog, I just do it.
I have already wrote about Cloud Nine Tackle, a new opened online tackle store located in Yokohama, Japan.

Jed, the owner of the shop, updates frequently the shop with new items, and it is not uncommon to see some great deal coming out.  The latest announcement is a interesting Christmas Sale coming on the 20th of December. Expect some reductions of 10 to 50% on regular prices.
Also, at the moment, he has some great lures on sale.
Always worth checking if you are a JDM tackle enthusiast like me. The Yen is actually strong but the love for JDM stuff is strong too!

Cloud Nine Tackle is here

Cloud Nine Tackle

I had the chance or say "luck" to find about Cloud Nine Tackle while reading the blog of my  fellow friend Rusty (a great blog by the way).

It is a brand new online Japanese tackle store run by Jed Tokutomi. It opened a month ago and it has already become one of my favorites stores for my JDM tackle shopping.
There are many reasons why it gained my attention in such a short time.
First of all Jed is an avid angler with an immense knowledge on saltwater fishing and he is very kind and helpful with customers. You can ask him a question via email and he will reply you back in a short time. I give importance to this kind of "warm" relations between customer and store owner. It is not just about buying, but also about learning the products, making the right choices and sharing the experience. I enjoy shopping from C9 as much as talking before ordering. Getting advice on what gear will work or not is critical for fishing. I ask him about lines, reels, lures, hooks and he always points you to the right direction.

Neat and crisp design

Again, it is not only how Jed offers his products but also what he offers. His store is always a "work in progress" as he adds new products on a daily basis. You should check the store very often and see what he has put on his neatly designed/modern looking store. Sometimes he puts some incredible sales that last only 48 to 72 hours. It is all real, no tricks, the prices really go down for a couple of days and you get some really great bargains. Also you can find outlet products at great prices. Products that are brand new but sold without boxes.

An Outlet Item

As for products range, well, it gets better day after day. He has already added many reels from Daiwa and Shimano. Available also some nice rods from the best brands and many type of saltwater lures.
Also every product he puts on the website has a good description and personal recommendations. For instance he tells you that a certain lure will work better with a bigger hook or vice-versa. All tricks and feedback that you don't always get online.

Jed is also active online with a Facebook Page and a blog. I would recommend to follow him. This is not just a tackle shop blog, it is Jed's fishing passion. Photos of kayak fishing, nice places, new products etc. Everything is there.

Just wanted to share this great shop. If you are a JDM tackle enthusiast like myself, you will enjoy it a lot!
Thanks Jed!

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Used Tackle? Tackle Berry!

I always liked the idea of buying new or used fishing tackle and trade it for something else over time. I do it sometimes using classified ads or fishing forum. I use rods and sell them once I am bored or better get some new lures after selling some of those that I don't use much. This kind of trade is pretty common in the fishing world, but there is a company that has taken this process a level above and I have do admit that I think it is brilliant!

In Japan -where else?- there is a chain of tackle shops that sells all used fishing gear and it does it with a huge number of stores across the country. It is called Tackle Berry and it a huge hit in Japan.

Thanks to "google translate" I like to spend some time on their official home page. I check their stores, the myriad of products up for sale and the blogs that every store carefully updates on a daily based.

Stores everywhere...but in Japan.

It was founded in 2000 and in 11 years has opened more than 150 stores (there is a list here) across Japan.
They range from huge shops to smaller corner shops, yet all of them stock very nice used gear.
What I like most is the blog update system they use to promote the latest additions to the stocks. I browsed the blogs and saw used items at very good prices. Also they have a rating system for every product they put online. Rates goes from A (excellent) to C (average). I assume they have products that they put on sale online.

They even have the Berry Girls!!!

Certainly we (anglers living out of Japan) are not going to benefit from this stores (yet) but I think what Tackle Berry created is brilliant! I just hope one day we will have a similar shops where we can trade and buy used gear. The wide choices of used gear would be great indeed. Imagine yourself buying a Major Craft or Yamaga Blanks used rod and then sell them for a Megabass rod.  I think you need a serious fishing tackle market for a system like Tackle Berry's to work.

Rods

Lures

Reels

Bass Pro Shops or Cabelas? I would say Atelier!

The first time I visited a Bass Pro Shops in the US I thought that nothing else would come close to the definition of "the perfect fishing enthusiast store" as BPS. I was amazed by the massive amount of rods, lures, clothes and all the stuff related to fishing. The items were there, so was the beautiful decoration with fish tanks, real size boats and mounted sailfishes.
Later I paid a visit to Cabelas and I was equally impressed.
Now I see this incredible Japanese shop named "Atelier". I admit that I am a little "biased" towards the JDM fishing style but seeing this great amount of JDM fishing items displayed in a ultra modern minimalist Japanese hi-tech style is just ultra cool. Maybe we cal call it a mix between an Apple store and BPS. Now, If I could only paid a visit to this store with a limitless credit card :)

Check yourself, and please, just don't drool over the keyboard :) Enjoy!