Tackle Shops

If you are looking for fly fishing stuff in Malaysia, Tacklebox Adventures is definitely the place to go to.

TACKLEBOX ADVENTURES
99, SS15/4C, Subang Jaya, 47500, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Phone: +603-56370268 Mobile: +6019-2025524

Business hours: Monday – Saturday 11AM-7PM. Sunday 12PM-6PM.

Tacklebox Adventures Website

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Rock Star

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.

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. When you walk into the store, to your right and left you will find conventional fishing gears such as spinning and bait casting reels and rods from Yamaga, Shimano, Abu Garcia, Ryobi, Okuma, etc.

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.

Just after the glass door on the wall to the left is the wall-of-fame, or shame :-] Here, plastered onto a board are 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 further in to the store you will find endless rows of fly reels, fly hooks, fly lines, fly tying materials, fly rods, fly fishing accessories and apparels.

Tacklebox Adventures is the Malaysian authorised dealer for fly fishing products from almost all established brands such as Sage, RL Winston, Redington, Temple Fork Outfitters, Orvis, Ross Reels, Rio, Scientific Anglers, Hatch, Nautilus, Tiemco, Waterworks Lamson, and many more.

There is a huge difference in being able to walk into a shop and be able to see and feel the things that you are interested in getting hold off, compared to just looking at picture of them.

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.

Learn Fly Tying, Fly Casting and How to Catch Fish

Nick also gives great advise on both the equipment and how-to’s which can be invaluable if you do not have enough experience and knowledge in the subject. If you’re nice to Nick he will also allow you to test cast the rods before you decide if they suit your style. Something very useful when deciding on a fly-rod. Seriously, he’s a nice guy and will even buy you coffee.

Nick is also 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 caught on flies in Sport Fishing Asia is tied by Nick.

Tacklebox Adventures organises many fly fishing trip to many great destinations around the planet. Ask Nick if you’d like to fly fish in places like Royal Belum for sebarau and toman, Pulau Jarak for giant trevally, Kuala Rompin for sailfish, Thailand and Sabah for mahseer, Mongolia for taimen, Bosnia for trout, Maldives for fly fishing on the flats 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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Walking towards and into Great Ono feels like finding and meeting an old long lost friend.

Great Ono started in 1989 and the last time I went into their shop was sometime in the late 1990’s when it was located in its original location in Jalan Maharajalela Kuala Lumpur.

Then, it was neighboured by the other early fishing tackle shops of Malaysia during the infancy years of the local sport fishing scene, those neighbours are Fish Hunter and Sabre Tackle.

I don’t know what has become of Fish Hunter while Sabre Tackle has moved further up the road here.

Where is Great Ono

In 2008, Great Ono moved to its current location:
No. 13, Jalan Barat, Off Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur.

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Opening hours:
10:00-18:00 Monday to Friday
10:00-16:00 Saturday
Closed on Sunday and public holidays

Good Times

I have almost forgotten about Great Ono having been mostly away from the city of Kuala Lumpur for most years until I had a chance meeting with one of its owners who are keen sport fishermen having started the shop due to their keen interest in fishing.

This chance meeting brought me to their office followed by a visit to Great Ono.

Although in a new neighbourhood, which happens to be a very old section of Kuala Lumpur, the familiar look is still there as soon as you step into the shop. Much of the old decorations have been adopted from the original shop.

One look and you know this shop has been around for a long time. But don’t let the somewhat tired look of the shop fool you, there are many surprises in store.

Occupying an old shoplot building adds to the charm of the place.

Old Hands

Manned by two very experienced “old-hands”, Jimmy and Sakai, you will be in good hands as they look after your needs.

Jimmy is familiar with freshwater fishing and Sakai has the saltwater department, so to speak. So now you know who to direct your questions to.

The owners of Great Ono have done well to decorate the shop inside out. There are plenty of things to look at when you are here.

Be prepared to look all around as the details are everywhere, even on the ceiling.

Beside fishing gear, there are also a multitude of posters, fibreglass fish mounts, apparels, a nicely framed giant map of the waters around the region, and much more.

A Well Stocked Tackle Shop in Kuala Lumpur

To list down all the different types of gear you will find in Great Ono may take too long, so I suggest you drop in to have a look yourself.

Great Ono not only sells the more familiar brands and models you’d expect to find in other local tackle shops, but they also bring in their own stuff. That’s a bonus as you may find some gems here that will catch that unsuspecting fish!

As you meander your way around the shop, you will discover nook and crannies with goodies attacking you from all sides. Be prepared, bring cash! Bring your credit cards! Or maybe don’t bring them!!

After a couple of hours, just when you think you’ve rummaged through everything, you discover there is another upper floor! OMG, tears or joy…and horror. Hahaha.

Once up the classic stairway, you will discover rows and rows of more lures, accessories and more interesting fish mounts on the walls.

You will find freshwater fishing stuffs in Great Ono, but the place is really stocked for the salties. If saltwater fishing is what you do a lot, you may find things in Great Ono and nowhere else in Malaysia.

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Sabre Tackle, one of the older tackle shops in Malaysia moved to a new address sometime in the first half of 2013.

They are now located at this address:
84, Jalan Loke Yew, 55200 Kuala Lumpur.
Phone: +603-9221-4628
http://sabrestrokers.com

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Sabre Tackle is related to Sabre Strokers in Singapore. Well known for the once popular Sabre Stroker rod blank many moons ago, the tackle shop is a place to source for mostly saltwater fishing tackle and accessories.

When you step through the doors at Sabre Tackle you will find a selection of reels (mostly overhead reels) displayed in glass shelfs in the middle of the store. Lures and jigs line the walls on the left and towards the back. If you are looking for Halco lures, Sabre Tackle is the place to go to.

There are some trolling skirts, hooks, rod building materials, fishing accessories such as gloves, harness, rod socks, fishing lines, wire trace, some apparels including some Guy Harvey shirts, etc.

It still have a bit of the big game atmosphere in-store, but not much.

I have not been to Sabre Tackle for ages and it’s good to see the shop last through the decades. What did I get on my recent visit?

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