Light lure fishing technique advice...

[Anderoo]

Oh and on the canals, fishing around obvious structure is the way to go for reliable results. There are (apparently!) hot spots away from the locks and bridges, but it will take a very long time to find them. Locks are especially good.

 

Another very good technique is 'dibbling'. Hopefully Kappa will explain that as he's much better at it than me, but essentially it's just fishing vertically, right under the rod tip, just slowly working the lure up and down.

[Steve Walker]

I've had the opposite experience with dropshotting, I found it quite effective but wasn't getting much on jigs - however I got so frustrated with failing to catch with jigs that since the end of last summer I have concentrated entirely on trying to get the hang of them. I had a session with Kappa and had a look at what he was doing and also had a bit of a "eureka" moment when I found a large enough concentration of perch in a lock cutting to really practice the technique. It's subtle, you will catch fish just dragging a jig about sink-and-draw style and waiting for something to pull your arm off, but that's not what Anderoo and Kappa are doing. It's as much like quivertipping as traditional spinning.

[Peter Waller]

Fair point, Newt, but why would anyone want to use such a small hook? I reckon that 'most US anglers' are right on this one. Our perch have massive mouths for example, like most predators.

Edited January 22, 2016 by Peter Waller

[Peter Waller]

Ralph, some old waffle here but you might find some of it of interest:

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/articles/coarse-fishing/finesse_angling/

[Anderoo]

Also, if you haven't already, look in on the LAS (lure angling society) forum - that is often helpful.

[JV44]

Went this afternoon and a fella who seems to live on a local bit was there drops hotting small lures and lobs he had a few Perch a Chub about 3 and a couple of small Pike

We both agreed Jigs are far more prolific than drops hotting as a whole but I have managed one good Perch to the method

May have been flow or more likely my lack of ability with theuktralite stuff but I couldn't buy a bite so out went a larger paddle tail in the same spot bam first cast a mentally lively Jack a decent Perch and a second Jack in ten casts .....normal serviced was the resumed or though I did bump a good fish vertical jigging under a moored boat

Thames looks sick on tomorrow I will be mostly trotting maggots and fishing lives whilst my mate drowns Cheesepaste

[Vagabond]

Most of them read as aggressive and dictatorial..................if they state "No crushed barbs" they probably mean it as the is no ambiguity.

Bearing in mind that "rules" are for the guidance of wise men, and for the blind observance of idiots, I'm sure a properly crushed barb, followed by a thorough clean-up with a file, would be acceptable. After all, the result is identical with a "barbless" hook

 

The rule probably arises because the "management" thinks a punter could make a half-hearted attempt to crush a barb, fail miserably, and damage a fish as a result.

Edited January 22, 2016 by Vagabond