Lee – How To Trick A Fish

Scaling Down & Learning

1 / 2 Scaling Down & Learning As an obsessed angler who has pretty much dropped all types of fishing except lure fishing since 2016 and someone who also seems to keep moving house & location, I’ve often had to adapt and learn quickly to keep catching fish under different circumstances. The key thing I thinkContinue reading “Scaling Down & Learning”

Why I go fishing……..

When life hits me the hardest, I go fishing.I remember in detail one of the roughest arguments of my failed marriage. It was the day before my birthday in 2019 and I genuinely can’t remember many moments in my life where I felt lower. It was late evening and at the time I didn’t reallyContinue reading “Why I go fishing……..”

In The Deep End – The Cornish Lure Festival

By Lee Russell (How To Trick A Fish) I’ve been following the Cornish lure Festival (CLF) for the last few years with particular interest in both the Bass and Species hunting aspects. Closely following anglers like Ben Bassett, Richard Salter, Will Pender and others I’ve learnt about these weekend long jaunts around our most westernContinue reading “In The Deep End – The Cornish Lure Festival”

One Rod, 1 Lure, 1 Chance to Catch a Fish: Part 2 – Fresh Water Predators and a few surprise targets.

If you could only have 1 rod, and 1 lure, with 1 chance to catch a fish, what would you chose and why? If you read our last blog post you will know that I asked this of some of my favourite angling influencers and started a series of posts. Following the success and greatContinue reading “One Rod, 1 Lure, 1 Chance to Catch a Fish: Part 2 – Fresh Water Predators and a few surprise targets.”

One Rod, 1 Lure, 1 Chance to Catch a Fish: Part 2 – Fresh Water Predators and a few surprise targets.

Budget LRF / UL Spinning reels – Okuma ZN 25a, Spro Urban 510, Shimano Catana 2500, Nomura Kuro FD1000

Oh so often on LRF and lure forums I see the same question coming up. Which budget reel to buy? Well many will tell you to splash out just over £50 (and occasionally just under) and get the tried and tested Daiwa Ninja (At the time of writing the 2021 model with a sleek blackContinue reading “Budget LRF / UL Spinning reels – Okuma ZN 25a, Spro Urban 510, Shimano Catana 2500, Nomura Kuro FD1000”

Having a Lerf – Chapter 2 – When Saturday Comes

To think that people look down on Light Rock Fishing as ‘just fishing in rockpools’ seems nuts to me. For a start I would happily spend all day fishing rockpools. but anyway here is part 2 of my Big Lerfin Adventure down in Weymouth. Now at the end of chapter 1 I mentioned a KebabContinue reading “Having a Lerf – Chapter 2 – When Saturday Comes”

Having a Lerf – Chapter 1 – Great Expectations

Stick 70 odd ‘big kids’ and some rubber worms in the same place and the results are nothing short of spectacular! But my story starts before then, and I have broken this down into another series as got carried away with the typing. As I sit this morning on my coffee break with a slightContinue reading “Having a Lerf – Chapter 1 – Great Expectations”

One Rod, 1 Lure, 1 Chance to Catch a Fish: Part 1 – LRF Tactics

If you could only have 1 rod, and 1 lure, with 1 chance to catch a fish, what would you chose and why? I asked this of some of my favourite angling influencers today and was so delighted with the response that I’ve decided to make this a mini series of posts. Now I fullyContinue reading “One Rod, 1 Lure, 1 Chance to Catch a Fish: Part 1 – LRF Tactics”

An unbelievably affordable Starter Lure Setup – part 1 – Medium Heavy

One of the most common questions I see on lure fishing forums is “Can you reccomend a rod and reel combo for a beginner?”. As a budget angler myself I don’t often break the bank when choosing tackle and have had a play with some great affordable tackle. So I decided to write a seriesContinue reading “An unbelievably affordable Starter Lure Setup – part 1 – Medium Heavy”