Rachel Bennett

Most golfers underestimate what a round of walking actually does to their feet. Eighteen holes on a course that spreads out across fairways, rough and cart paths typically adds up to somewhere between four and five miles, and that is on the flat, easy, cart-path-only version of the course. Add hills, uneven lies and a … Read more

Sweat does two things to a golf glove at once: it lubricates the palm so the club twists in your hand, and it saturates the material until the surface itself stops gripping. When the grip goes slick, most golfers squeeze harder, and that extra pressure tenses the forearm, limits wrist hinge and throws away clubhead … Read more

The best hybrid golf clubs for high handicappers feature large clubheads, high launch and built-in forgiveness, and they exist to replace the 3-, 4- and 5-irons that most higher-handicap golfers simply cannot strike consistently. A hybrid gives you the length and stopping power of a fairway wood with an offset hosel and a deeper face … Read more

Short answer: the best fishing rods for bass are 7-foot, medium-heavy power, fast-action casting rods for most anglers. That combination throws a 1.5 to 2 ounce crankbait, keeps a soft plastic pinned to the bottom, and still feels a light bite through the blank. Below I break down ten options, every one of them a … Read more

Most anglers learn to fish on a spinning setup because it is forgiving. A baitcaster is the opposite. It rewards thumb control and punishes loose habits, which is exactly why the best baitcasting combos for beginners are not the cheapest ones on the shelf but the ones with the most built-in forgiveness. Backlash — that … Read more

A 9-foot, 5-weight rod is the answer most trout anglers land on, and for good reason: it loads a floating line cleanly, keeps loops tight at range, and handles everything from a size 16 nymph to a small streamer. But that is a starting point, not the whole picture. The best fly fishing rods for … Read more

A jon boat does not have room for a full helm. A kayak has room for a phone in a dry bag and little else. That constraint is exactly why the best fish finders for small boats look nothing like the rigs bolted to a 26-foot bay boat console. We spent weeks sorting through the … Read more

A kayak angler sees a very small slice of the water. You are sitting maybe eighteen inches above the surface, dragging a paddle or a pedal drive through the same water column you are trying to read, and everything below you is invisible until a fish is already on the line. A portable sonar unit … Read more

The best ice fishing shelter for two anglers is the Eskimo Quickfish 3i. Its 34 square feet of fishable area, fully insulated 600 denier quilted fabric and 60-second hub setup give two adults genuine room without the dead weight of a sled-based shanty. We ranked ten shelters on floor space, warmth, entry, packed weight and … Read more

A kayak angler who paddles four miles to reach a weed bed has already paid a price most people never think about: hours of the fishing day spent moving instead of fishing. A trolling motor changes that math. It pushes the hull quietly at a fixed speed, holds a spot over a submerged point, and … Read more