If you are looking for fly fishing stuff in Malaysia, Tacklebox Adventures is definitely the place to go to.
TACKLEBOX ADVENTURES
Shopping Gallery Subang Square, Lot SG-19-0,
Jalan SS15/4G, Subang Jaya,
47500, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Phone: +603-56370268 Mobile: +6019-2025524
Business hours: Monday – Saturday 11AM-7PM. Sunday 12PM-6PM.
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After 28 years occupying the old premises above which is just around the corner
Rock Star Owner
The owner of Tacklebox Adventures is Nick Ooi, the rock star turned rod star. Nick is the bassist of the very popular band Headwinds that rocked the country back in the eighties. Nowadays, he lives a much more quieter life manning his tackle shop with the help of his wife.
Nick is also among the pioneers of fly fishing in Malaysia along with the likes of CK Ling and Irhamy Ahmad.
Home of Fly Fishing in Malaysia
In the early years, Tacklebox Adventures along with Nick, Dr Ling, Irhamy and a group of keen fly fishers organised many fly fishing and fly tying activities to promote the sport both locally and around the region. Some fly fishing competitions were also held – which later on led to the formation of United Fly-Anglers Organisation of Malaysia (UFOM).
Wide Range of Fishing Products
Established since 1996, Tacklebox Adventures stocks a wide range of products and brands. Inside the shop you will also find not only fly fishing gear but also other fishing equipments such as spinning and bait casting reels and rods from Yamaga Blanks, Penn, Shimano, Abu Garcia, Ryobi, Okuma, and more.
Soft plastic lures, hard body lures from Berkley, Rapala, Storm and more. Teminal tackles such as sinkers, swivels, leaders, lines, high-end-hand-crafted lures and poppers are also available at Tacklebox Adventures.
The wall-of-fame (or shame ?) that used to be on the left side as you enter the old shop is now even more prominently placed on the outside of the shop for all to gawk at.
Plastered onto a board are mostly very old photos of various catches both trophy and tiny by friends and customers of Tacklebox Adventures.
All throughout the walls and shelves of the Tacklebox Adventures you will find many photos of trophy catches.
As you venture into the store you will find displays of fly reels, fly hooks, fly lines, fly tying materials, fly rods, fly fishing accessories and apparels.
Tacklebox Adventures is the authorised dealer for fly fishing products from many established brands such as Sage, RL Winston, Redington, Temple Fork Outfitters, Orvis, Ross Reels, Rio, Scientific Anglers, Hatch, Nautilus, Tiemco, Lamson, and more.
There is a huge difference in being able to walk into a shop and be able to see and touch the things that you are interested in getting hold off, compared to just looking at picture of them on a screen. Nick will even serve you his trademark coffee here.
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If you can’t get to the shop, Nick can arrange for your orders to be sent to your doorstep. Just give him a ring.
Nick also spill out great advice on both the equipment and how-to’s which can be invaluable if you are unfamiliar with nearly anything fly fishing.
Nick may also allow you to test cast fly rods at the nearby field before you decide if they suit your needs. Something very useful when deciding on a fly-rod.
Nick is an accomplished fly tier and his flies not only look great but are proven effective in catching fish. You can see some of the flies he’s tied displayed in a cabinet. The flies are for sale and Nick also takes orders for custom tied flies on request. Just tell him what you’re trying to catch! Many many fish that you see in this website caught on the fly are tied by Nick.
Tacklebox Adventures organises fly fishing trip to many beautiful destinations around the planet. Nick will also be able to share with you useful information about fly fishing not just in Malaysia but also in other countries such as Mongolia, Maldives and more.
Tacklebox Adventures also offers free fly casting lessons to beginners who would like to start-off fly fishing the right way and to more advanced casters who may want to fix a bad habit or problem that they are having. Nick and his bunch of regulars who are experienced and qualified casting instructors are usually available to help out with some casting.
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Watch video below of the new shop in Subang Square
28 years of history and good memories in the old shop pictured below
Learn Fly Tying, Fly Casting and How to Catch Fish
Beautiful shop
Definitely a place for my bucketlist
Do you sell hats with that logo on it?
May I know what fish sp does the teeth belong to? Ty
Bhai, that would be barracuda.
My fiancé and I are planning on spending two weeks of our honeymoon in January in Malaysia. We would really like to get out and do some fly fishing. Could you recommend a guide that does fly fishing trips? We have found guides that will take us snakehead fishing, but with spinning rods and we need to bring our own rod/flies. Any help/suggestions is appreciated!
Hi Tulio, this is JW. Am fly fishing in Mongolia at the moment. I believe you’ve spoken to my partner Nick. Let me know if you want other information. You can contact me via our site’s contact form and I’ll reply you by email. Thank you so much!
I’m looking to travel to Malaysia next June and am curios what the fly fishing scene is like. Generally speaking, what are the target species and conditions?
Any info is great!
Some target species to consider are sailfish, toman (giant snakehead), hampala, peacock bass, pacu. There’re basically no recreational fishing regulations here so knowing where to fish and when to fish can make a big difference. There’re quite a number of videos you can watch of the fly fishing we do here in my channel https://www.youtube.com/@sportfishingasia
Hi, I’m looking to get into fly fishing in this part of the world, mainly fresh water. Was thinking of buying a #5-#6 9′ 4pc rod /reel set for around Rm1200 as a beginner. What can you recommend me?
Hi Grant, if you’re located not far away I recommend you drop by the shop and get to look at available options and feel what’s in stock. Maybe even test cast them.
Hi
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