Well why you guys up north are happy some of the water isn't hard us down here are struggling through a hot sticky summer. It's not all bad though, here's some warm weather fishing to cheer you up. I was up at big inter-basin transfer + hydro scheme reservoir (about 200 miles inland from Durban, Sou...

OSP do a great series of UL deep divers - http://www.ichibantackle.com/showproductdetail.asp?productid=1493&name=DUNK%2048&manufacturename=O.S.P - I've used them a little for European perch - body is 2", they suspend (although they also make a floater), cast very well due to the shifting weight syst...

I've also got an IMX 842-2, the taper is moderately fast and ideal for throwing and fishing spinners and small plugs, with 3/16th the sweetest casting weight. IMO, isn't brilliant for fishing jigs/grubs, the tip is a little too soft and you feel a little out of touch, even with superlines. I assume ...

Thanks for that. I'll have a chat with my local halibut and maggot vendor. You may not believe this but I am going to go to the dark side - I've had this thing about using some of these cool JDM swimbaits (Mikey, Real California etc) on my local pike. I reckon there are some 20's around and its goin...

Hi Simon

Thanks for the measures - I assume the Drennan wire works well? I've only used the Fox stuff but would like to use slightly thinner material.

I was wondering where you got those little snaps, they look perfect, the ones I am using are prone to pick up weed.

Regards
Rolfe

Lukas, the trace weights practically nothing, I meant that if your Lucky Craft suspends and if you add the trace's weight, even though it is probably only 1-2gram, it disturbs the floating/sinking balance on a suspending lure. By suspending I mean when the lure dives down, it doesn't float up or sin...

Hi House of Hardy I use around 20-25cm of light braided wire, a small snap and the smallest swivel I can find. Just wrap it around itself 8-10 times and off you go. I do advise you run some superglue over the wraps to prevent unravelling under big pressure. I am only using light tackle though, so if...

Shortlite - re wire I agree, I have chanced my arm twice, the fish pictured and early in the autumn I got among some perch and took a chance with a small 1/8th grub and it was literally removed within 3 casts. It is a pain fishing finesse jigs with wire but in my neck of the woods the jacks are as t...

Hi The fish pictured above are all the Euro model. They run to about 6 lb but anything over 3 is really a trophy IMO. The overall looks are similar to yellow perch but the yellow has more stripes and seems to be slightly longer and thinner. There is a good picture of a yellow perch posted by Ranger ...

I have been surprised how small a lure pike will bother to eat! I got this 30" pike on the Bedfordshire Ouse on a Keitech finesse jig and pig (1/8th oz) in green pumpkin colour! Lure looks like a crayfish and is only 3" long. I was working it on the bottom and felt this tap - set the hook and knew i...

Hi Leicster Elite I'm a South African now living in Beds and I really enjoy lure fishing for perch - they are my new favourite fish. Beginning in the summer, I put together a lure system based on my 25 odd years experience of largemouth bass fishing. The English approach seems to be based around spi...