Float fishing is a method of sea fishing which has been sorely neglected in recent years because of the pretty boy machismo of owning an expensive beachcaster and mincing up and down the beach with it. But amongst those whose prime objective is actually catching fish when they go fishing, there is something of a…

Most anglers are tackle freaks……we all have more tackle than we will ever use in a lifetime and no doubt like me, somewhere in your shed or loft you will inevitably have a “come in handy box” chock full of tackle that has gone out of fashion, been superseded by something much better, or bits…

The new Gel Spun Polythene fishing lines, or Superbraid as it has become known generically, has altered the face of bottom fishing forever.Wire line, once the province of the deep water, fast current anglers has to a large extent been made redundant by these superthin lines with their ability to hold bottom with the minimum…

Often today many anglers are deluded into believing that unless you own all the latest tackle and take it all with you on every fishing trip that somehow this will work some modern day magic, thus enabling more fish to be cought. This of course is total rubbish, part of the marketing mantra that more…

Tying a brightly coloured plastic bead to the end of your line before putting the reel away at the end of each trip might seem like a small, seemingly insignificant thing to do, but it does have a number of benefits beyond the easy way to find the start of the line……… which old bats…

Anglers who use mackerel or Sandeel feathers on a regular basis know without telling that the dang things have a life of their own. Sorting out a set of tangled feathers is an experience best avoided, especially when the boat is heaving and tossing and you are in a hurry to get your feathers over…

In fact if I was offered a cheap lot of hooks I would probably refuse them in the belief that there would inevitably be something wrong with them. Good hooks from the likes of Mustad, Verivas, Gamakatsu and Partridge do not exactly break the bank and I would rather buy a small pack once each…

The last of the season’s sandeels have moved down the channel on their annual migration to warmer climes. Sprats, Pilchard and Herring are filling their place in the food chain. Anglers in the know are stocking up with lures that fit the dumpier silhouette of these forage fish.Lures such as the soft to the touch…

Once upon a time, in what now seems to be the dim and distant past, virtually all sea fish were expertly landed by the boat Skipper wielding a wickedly sharp gaff. Nowaday’s almost the only time that you will see a gaff used regularly is aboard a conger or shark boat and even then, most…

Rigging a boom for Deep Water fishing – RUSS SYMONSAny water deeper than 50 feet is deep water. As the rig sinks into the depths with a flowing trace using a lure or baits such as worm, sandeel or mackerel strip, the leader can become tangled around the main line unless a boom is used…