We know how easy it is to buy fishing gear online, but sometimes you need to find somewhere in your physical location to seek face-to-face advice not only on what to buy, but where to fish too.  It’s a good idea to go to your local Google site (e.g. google.co.uk if you’re in the UK) and enter something like “fishing shop” + your county - for example, fishing shop Hampshire - this usually results in a map of your local area with locations of your nearest fishing shops.  You can often get their phone numbers directly from these map listings too.