These are the best Spyderco knives for fishing enthusiasts, especially those fishing saltwater.
There comes a time in every angler’s experience that they realize a good knife is a valuable tool to keep amongst the tackle and gear they normally use.
There’s one company that produces knives designed just for the needs of anglers, and there’s no shortage of selections to choose from.
Check out this list of the best Spyderco knives for a fishing freak, and be sure to take a close look at the rest of their lineup; the knives made by this Golden, Colorado-based company are second to none.
Pacific Salt
Spyderco knows how vulnerable a typical knife can be to saltwater, which is why they established their Salt Series in the first place. The Pacific Salt in hi-vis yellow is a great example of the series’ advantages.
The H-1 blade on the Pacific is PlainEdge or SpyderEdge? and uses H1 steel, a relatively new creation that’s revolutionized the longevity of a knife. It’s the never-rust quality that really sets these tools apart. Textured in a really cool (and effective) checkerboard pattern, the yellow fiberglass reinforced nylon handle has a nice, grippy texture and is fitted with a black Titanium pocket clip, which can reverse position for both left and right-handers.
Tusk
he Tusk takes things up a notch with a few extra features. On one end is a PlainEdged blade ground from LC 200 N steel—a nitrogen-alloyed tool steel that provides extreme toughness and the ultimate in corrosion resistance—and locks open through a reliable Reeve Integral Lock (R.I.L.) mechanism.
At the other end of the Tusk’s handle is a 300-series stainless steel “marlinspike” (gotta love that term, right?), which features a round-to-square cross section which can be ideally used for increased leverage when loosening knots.
Fish Hunter
The Fish Hunter, a relatively new addition, is a 100%-rust proof knife for spearfishermen and free divers. The fully serrated SpyderEdge? cutting edge makes quick work of fishing line, rope, and anything else in its path.
Atlantic Salt
The Atlantic Salt was designed for boating and sailing, with all the things you’d need on a watercraft: a Sheepfoot blade, slim profile, and a shackle key/drying vent. Plus, it’s 100% rust-free, from the blade to the handle to the clip.
The knife tip is rounded, so as to avoid the possible puncturing of inflatables or dropping it on your foot in rough seas. It’s a design that started with a lot of history, was improved in previous generations, and is now perfected to today’s standards by Spyderco.
Ladybug 3 Hawkbill Salt
Check out the Ladybug 3 Hawkbill Salt, Spyderco’s smallest locking folder and perennial bestseller. The Ladybug does come in a more typical blade design, but the Hawkbill shape turns this keychain-sized folder into a heavy duty cutting machine.
Sprig
The Sprig, a great knife for processing fish and small game, uses a premium CPM® S90V particle-metallurgy stainless steel.
Light, handy, and offering scalpel-like control, the Sprig is ideal for the post-outing activities you know you’ll need a knife for.
There’s plenty more where those knives came from, and fishing is only the tip of the iceberg. Find your way to Spyderco.com next time you think about how desperately you need a nice, new fishing knife.
I cut a section of old bike inner-tube and wrapped it around the handle of both GLOCK G30S and G43 as the stick-on grips do not hold up when things get sweaty. Bike tube was free and works great!
Vietnam, 1969 I was in a counter mortar radar group that was generally posted with artillery battery’s. We were at a PSP runway with a battery of 155mm Self-propelled 155’s. Our ground support if remember correctly were a platoon of Vietnamese Montagnards who made some wonderful rice wine. Suddenly we saw some incoming rounds and all the 155 barrels leveled across the runway and started firing what we later learned were Beehive flechette rounds and then the 50 caliber’s on each of the self-propelled opened up. Trees and just about everything else across the runway was disappearing. I looked at my pitiful M-16, and told a friend next to me…if they get through that what the heck are we going to do with this. The 155’s and the 50’s took care of the problem. I’ll never forget that moment. I think we were posted at that time at Phan Rang, not much of anything around except a Special Forces Group that were about 5 km away. Tried to let the guys on the 155 let me shoot the 50 but just could not convince anyone to let me.