Category: A bit of everything

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Easy way to tie a TIGHT FG knot

June 27, 2017 A bit of everything Gear, Tackle, Knots

With the advent of jigging rods with very small guide eyelets, the FG knot has come into it’s own as the best way to join ...

Soft plastic lure maintenance

June 13, 2017 A bit of everything Gear, Tackle, Knots

Do your soft plastics stick together in your tackle box, or have kinked and melted tails? Perhaps the answer is no but you’d like to ...

Do you drink like a fish?

May 2, 2017 A bit of everything RMF News

Last week I was digging through my old marine biology papers, and found one I wrote many years ago titled… “Osmoregulation in euryhaline teleost fishes ...

Perfection loop knot vs snap swivel

April 18, 2017 A bit of everything Gear, Tackle, Knots

A regular question I get asked is whether I use a loop knot like a perfection loop or snap swivel to attach lures to my ...

Wind on leader system

April 4, 2017 A bit of everything Gear, Tackle, Knots

A wind on leader system is simply a way of joining leader to your main line, without having a swivel jam in your rod tip. ...

How to anchor your boat in the right spot when fishing-upscaled

Anchoring your boat with the twin anchor technique

February 22, 2017 A bit of everything Boating tips

Anchoring your boat with the twin anchor technique has many advantages and I have been doing it this way for many years. Twin anchors allow ...

BAITCASTER cast tension to avoid back lash and birds nests-upscaled

Baitcaster Birds Nest Tips

February 7, 2017 A bit of everything Gear, Tackle, Knots

Avoid the dreaded back lash and lost fishing time untangling a mind boggling mass of braid with our simple baitcaster birds nest tips for beginners. ...

Set your drag correctly and catch bigger fish

January 10, 2017 A bit of everything Gear, Tackle, Knots

One of the biggest differences between anglers that consistently catch big fish and anglers that don’t is preparation, preparation, preparation. Setting your drag correctly is ...