Plain-English guides to Japanese tackle for UK waters.
HRF means hard rock fishing: soft lures on weedless rigs for ballan wrasse over rock and kelp. This guide covers when and where to fish, the Texas and free rigs, soft lures, and the rod, reel and line.
When is squid season in the UK? Most shore squid are caught from October to December, after dark, from piers and harbour walls. Here are the months, marks, tides and...
Ajing, eging, mebaring, tairaba, gō, PE: Japanese lure fishing brought its vocabulary with it. A plain-English glossary of the terms you will meet on JDM tackle, and what each technique...
A JDM Stradic and a European Stradic can be different reels. This guide sets out what really differs in range, weight, spools and gear ratios, what you give up on...
The PE number on Japanese braid is a diameter, not a breaking strain. See what each size from PE 0.5 to PE 3 really tests at, using 698 lines in...
A Japanese reel is sold as 24 CERTATE LT4000-XH, not size 4000. Learn to read Shimano and Daiwa codes for year, body size, spool depth and gear ratio, with a...
The Daiwa 24 Airity ST SF is Japan's most specialised super-finesse spinning reel — a 130 g magnesium monocoque workhorse tuned with oil bearings and a stripped MagShield for maximum...
Baitcasters give UK lure anglers accuracy and control for bass, pike, perch and zander. This guide decodes Daiwa and Shimano spool tech, DC braking, BFS, gear ratios and hand, then...
A practical UK guide to drop shot and finesse fishing for perch, pike and zander — the three core rigs, choosing fine line, finesse reels and rods, small Japanese soft...
A practical UK guide to eging for squid: how to choose egi sizes (2.5-3.5), sink rates and colours, build the right light rod, reel and PE braid setup, fish the...
A practical UK guide to bass lure fishing from shore, estuary and surf: the four key Japanese lure types, how to match them to conditions and venue, the right rod,...
A practical UK shore jigging guide: how to choose metal jig weights for depth and tide, slow vs fast jigging techniques, retrieves, and the right rod, reel and line for...
A complete UK guide to LRF (light rock fishing): what it catches, and where and when to fish. It covers the rod, the 500 to 2000 size reel, PE braid...
A UK angler's guide to the best Japanese spinning reels from Daiwa and Shimano: how the LT and size system works, MAGSEALED vs X-Protect sealing, gear ratios for bass, LRF...
Genuine Daiwa finesse spinning reels imported from Japan: Airity, Luvias Airity ST, and Gekka Bijin X compared for UK light lure, LRF, area trout, and aji fishing. Find the right...
Weevers, rays, spurdog and a few other UK species can sting or cut you. This safety guide covers the species to watch for, how to handle them, first aid for...
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