Why we built our own brand
CharkBait has been rigging gel-spun braid since it arrived in saltwater fishing — which happens to be the same year we opened for business. We'd argue nobody has spooled more reels with high-end braid than this shop, and for years we sold and taught every major line and rigging needle on the market. Toro Tamer came out of that experience: rather than reselling someone else's product from the same US factory most brands share, we went to the source overseas, spent years testing and refining with the factory, and put our own name on line we'd stake our reputation on. No kevlar, no dacron fillers, no smoke and mirrors — 100% gel-spun PE fiber, priced with no middleman in the chain.
The braid
Solid braid comes in 4-strand and 8-strand versions, from 300-meter spools up to 2,500-yard bulk. 16-strand hollow core is the flagship — the extra strand count makes it open up for splicing more easily than most competitors' lines, and Toro Tamer was first to market with spliceable braid in the light 20- and 30-pound tests, a line class that's still hard to find hollow anywhere else. The coloring process is the part other factories never got right: our colored hollow braid still rigs clean, and once it's been fished the color holds better than anything we've handled. Serving braid in solid multicolor and 8-strand hollow rounds out the system.
The rigging system
In-line knotless rigging is what hollow core is for, and everything you need is here: splicing needles in inline, loop, and reverse-latch styles (plus complete kits), super braid adhesive, fluorocarbon wind-on leaders, and hollow wind-on spools for building your own. If you're new to splicing, our YouTube channel (CharkBaitUSA) walks through the techniques — and if you'd rather we do it, choose your rigging at checkout and it ships ready to fish.
Jigs, lures, tools, and travel rods
The same direct-from-the-factory approach extends across the line: vertical jigs (knife, slash, wedge, wounded swimmer, wahoo ripper, and the glow Illuminata series), topwater and divers from surface poppers and 180mm stickbaits to inshore minnows, bucktails and grass skirt tuna lures, and the tools — split ring pliers, braid scissors, swaging tools, drag scales — that live on our own rigging bench. The Offshore Explorer travel rods pack into a case that fits checked luggage, built for the traveling angler who won't gamble a trip on airline rod handling. We designed this gear for the fishing we do; if you want to know whether it fits the fishing you do, call the shop.
