Another day another video on tying the FG knot. But this is a good one, to me anyway. If you don’t know this knot you may be losing out on using the best knot available for joining braid to mono/fluro leader. It is after all a F***king Good (is that what FG stands for?) knot. […]
Good instructional video on how to tie the FG knot Read More »
There’s nothing quite like fishing in the wild and trying to con a fish into taking our artificial bait in its natural environment. When fishing heavily pressured waters one of my favorite methods is using soft plastics. Some days hard baits just won’t trigger a response and the more finesse, slower style of fishing soft
Before spooling braided or superlines onto the spool you must use monofilament lines as backing. The exception will be when using one of the newer reel models e.g. Abu Garcia Soron SX‘s braid-ready spool that eliminates the need for mono backing. The use of monofilament line as backing is to prevent slipping of the braided
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The Arbor knot is my favorite method of connecting line to spool. It is easy and quick to tie and tightens when pulled. Use the Arbor knot for your monofilament main line or when used as a backing for superlines (braid) top shot.
Arbor Knot for Tying Line to Spool Read More »
One of the most basic rig for bottom fishing is the ledger rig. It is a versatile and almost multi-purpose method of rigging for catching a wide variety of fish species like groupers, snappers, any specie that lurks at or near the bottom is fair game for this rig. Some anglers prefer to use a
How to Rig for Bottom Fishing – Ledgering / Running Ledger Read More »
NEED TO JOIN BRAID FROM SPOOL TO BRAID already on the reel? We need to do that occasionally. Like when we get hung-up on something on the bottom and the line breaks near to our reel or rod. When that happens in deeper water it’d mean quite a bit of line is lost. There are
Braid to braid knot Read More »
