News and Reviews

Blair Whiting is an experienced fresh and salt water angler, based in Napier, New Zealand. He was the perfect person to test the casting ability of our new Hyperglide® 13x Braid, in his local [...]

Leigh Holtsbaum is an experienced angler, based in Queensland, Australia. We tasked him with putting our new Hyperglide® 13x Braid through its paces, straylining off the coast of Southport in the Gold Coast. [...]

Black Magic’s new Hyperglide® 13x is the latest addition to our range of high performance braids. With an impressive suite of features, Hyperglide® is designed to deliver the smoothest and longest cast you’ll [...]

Jonah Yick is an experienced angler who regularly fishes the continental shelf around Tasmania (Australia). This article provides an overview of deep drop fishing with electric reels, and how to set yourself up for [...]

Written by Harlan Cox, NZ Fishing Community NZ Fishing community Facebook group post: "So we're lucky enough to live in Taupo Bay, Far North with some great fishing on our doorstep. Over [...]

Written by Leigh Holtsbaum, an experienced angler from Queensland, Australia When testing out new terminal tackle there's no better place than the Great Barrier Reef. Recently, after the crowds of Easter settled down, [...]

A 140kg Bluefin Tuna caught by Helen O’Neill off Pedra Branca in late February 2018. Photo: Florian Devloo-Delva Written by Jonah Yick, Tuna Champions Ambassador Historically, the Tasmanian southern Bluefin Tuna fishing [...]

Written and caught by Kate Rogers. On the 4th of January I set out of my home port, Batemans Bay NSW (about 4 hours south of Sydney) with my Rottweiler, Bear for [...]

Thomas William and Jonah Yick share what they described as a 'fairy tale' trip to Eaglehawk Neck off Tasmania. There's plenty of action with more than just tuna biting. Using a Black [...]

Our Queensland based tackle tester, Leigh Holtsbaum set out with the mission to get his crew onto some blue marlin with the NEW Black Magic Equalizer TWIN PIN PRO. [...]

AFTA WINNERS! The Black Magic team has just taken out two awards at the Australian Fishing Tackle trade show in the Gold Coast. 'Best Medium Stand' & 'Best Game [...]

2 CASTS & 2 FISH ON THE DARTSPIN "I headed out around lunch as the weather was good and my kids had finished sport for the day. I anchored [...]

Writer: Dave Seaman   Featured in: Hooked Up magazine (March 2019 issue) It’s always a surprise to receive lures in the mail and when they turn up in a ziplock [...]

A few issues back I reviewed the new Black Magic KLT, the target species was snapper and I was very impressed with Black Magic’s new inline circle hook – you can read the full [...]

Author: Capt. Rick Pollock from Pursuit Charters After visiting Prince Edward Island four years earlier and having an excellent experience in every way, I told myself it was most likely a [...]

As part of our partnership with Patrick Sébile’s new company, A Band of Anglers, we have released a new soft lure called Dartspin. Super bite resistance… Dartspin lures are [...]

We get a heap of great feedback about our leader from anglers all around the world.  It’s certainly well tested and we have a “no compromises” approach when it comes to [...]

Greg Gilbert is a “die-hard surf caster from the south”.  He’s also the appointed Club Captain for the newly formed Canterbury Surfcasting Club in the South Island of New Zealand, so [...]

Patrick Sébile and his newly created business “A Band of Anglers” have appointed Black Magic Tackle as their exclusive distributor in Australia and New Zealand. Black Magic Tackle is New [...]

Sometimes a trip away from the hustle and bustle of the office provides the best opportunity to do a bit of tackle testing.  That was certainly the case for Black Magic’s [...]

The original Black Magic BMax 60 hard bodied lures have been out for a couple of seasons now and in that time, they have built up a good following on both [...]

Black Magic has introduced three new rigs to their ever popular range of flasher rigs. The new rigs are called SNAPPER WHACKERS and have some great features.The flies are tied on Black Magic C Point® hooks giving you [...]

The most overlooked and without doubt the most important aspect of your whole set up when targeting any species of fish is the hook. I am amazed at how many times I see [...]

If you are a snapper fisherman and you have never tied on a Black Magic Snapper Snatcher you are seriously missing out on an amazing snapper rig. I have been using Black Magic Snapper Snatchers for [...]

Black Magic are well known for manufacturing high quality terminal tackle such as hooks, leader and crimps. They also excel at producing high-end gamefishing equipment and accessories with their Black Magic Equalizer harness and [...]