This winter, I set out to test some of the best Shimano reels available, from spinning reels to baitcasters. The test logistics included many moving parts like target species, reel size ...

It sees the US brand turning up the heat against its Japanese rival, which has largely dominated the mid-tier drivetrain market thanks to its SLX and XT groupsets. If Shimano wasn’t already worried ...

These are the ones to go for, in my opinion, if you're set on Northwave shoes. Shimano offers five wide models, the S-Phyre RC9, RC7, and RC3 for road riders, and the S-Phyre XC9 and the XC3 for ...

Today, even mid-priced reels are better than the state-of-the-art models from when I started and the best baitcasting reels—from Abu Garcia, Daiwa, Lew’s, and Shimano—are works of art.