About the only time I have wished for genuine ill fishing fortune upon a fishing mate
One of the best examples of CFO (Complete Fishing Obsession) I have ever seen
One crumb of comfort at not being able to go fishing is that conditions around here have been pretty crap since the lockdown began, but my head is still wrecked!
“I reckon I can break a big tarpon’s will on the strike” (you can’t!) - the world’s most perfect sport fish?
Have you ever had a rod ring/guide suffer any damage via clipping a lure onto it?
Come on, who’s been reliving particular fish or lost fish or fishing sessions and planning what you might do when we can get back out there?
I’m going to reverse my braid on a couple of spinning reels because why the hell not - this is how I do it, plus how I load a reel up from empty
Some of the new fishing tackle I was starting to play with and/or I’ve got here waiting for a bit of a go when we can get back at it
So what exactly is a needlefish lure, and surely a bunch of other lures work in a similar way?
The brand new, stunning looking Marc Cowling Signature Needlefish, plus some brilliant thoughts and info (not mine!) on needlefish lures and our bass
Does it really matter how long your lure fishing rod is?
I hear some bass anglers saying that they find fishing with soft plastics a bit boring, but why is this?
If there was one part of your bass lure fishing you'd like to improve upon or learn more about, what would it be?
Savage Gear Waterproof Rollup Rucksack 40L review - you should be able to find it for around £50, plus how I use rucksacks and what I expect from them
I sometimes found myself ripping my SG Seeker in because the lure felt like it had picked up weed, but there was none on there
Apart from surface lures which we usually need to work, do you tend to “animate” your diving, minnow-type hard lures?
Screw you Penn and Sufix, and for two entirely different reasons
What are the odds that those first bass you catch in a new season are the first fish to turn up on that particular spot?
I can now tell you about this new missile that is the Savage Gear Sandeel Pencil 150 lure
I’ve been wearing breathable waders for more than twenty years and sometimes they are not perfect, but I still think they are invaluable and I haven’t found a viable option