Fishing Techniques

Browse the disciplines we cover — from bass on lures to LRF, predator, offshore and beyond. Each technique page covers the gear, technique and conditions specific to that style of fishing.

• Bass

  Bass on lures is the fishing we know best. The southwest coast is where most of it happens for us,…

• Game

  Game fishing — trout and salmon — sits a little outside our day-to-day core, which is sea lure fishing. But…

• Heavy Shore

  Heavy shore fishing is what happens when the conditions, the marks, or the fish you're after don't suit a standard…

• Inshore Boat

  Inshore boat fishing is one of the most flexible ways to fish the UK coast on lures. From a small…

• Jigging

  Jigging is the discipline of working a metal lure vertically — dropping to depth, lifting and falling, working the jig…

• LRF & Light Shore

  LRF — Light Rock Fishing — is the discipline of going small. Tiny lures, ultra-light rods, fine braid, and the…

• Offshore

  Offshore lure fishing is a different scale of fishing — deeper water, bigger fish, gear built to put serious load…

• Predator

  Predator fishing on lures means pike first and foremost in the UK, with perch and zander running close behind. The…

• Slow Pitch Jig

  Slow pitch jigging is a distinct discipline within jigging — a slower, more deliberate tempo that works the jig on…

• Squid

  Squid fishing on lures — eging, in the Japanese terminology — is a specialist discipline that uses an artificial squid…

• Tenya

  Tenya is a Japanese boat fishing technique that uses a single weighted hook — the tenya — baited with prawn…

• Travel

  Travel rods are built for getting tackle from A to B without having to post it ahead, ship it freight,…

• Wrasse

  Wrasse on lures is one of the great rewards of fishing rough rocky ground. Big ballan wrasse on a soft…