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LRF - Is It the New SWFF? Recommendations

  • 16-03-2013 08:00PM
    #1
    uvox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 975 ✭✭✭


    Is Light Rock Fishing the new Saltwater Flyfishing?

    Seems to be a lot of interest and uptake, driven by reality of smaller fish and the love of a good fight on light tackle (see floundering at http://ecoastfishing.blogspot.ie/).

    Some of the dedicated LRF gear is beautiful, but expensive too (http://www.artoffishing.co.uk/lrf-fishing/lrf-light-rock-fishing/e150742fcf). great to see it happening.

    Anyone recommend some good gear (under 150 total rod/reel) or offer insights into the best lures (seems to be lures and not baits)?

    Shame there aren't more multiplier reel options.

    Time to decommission the beachcaster for me.
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  • #2
    flounder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭flounder


    have a look here https://www.veals.co.uk/acatalog/LRF_-_Rods.html
    gonna give try it in the summer, leave 1 rod out for dogs/conger and try wrasse, pollock close in with lures


  • #3
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    uvox wrote: »
    Is Light Rock Fishing the new Saltwater Flyfishing?

    Seems to be a lot of interest and uptake, driven by reality of smaller fish and the love of a good fight on light tackle (see floundering at http://ecoastfishing.blogspot.ie/).

    Some of the dedicated LRF gear is beautiful, but expensive too (http://www.artoffishing.co.uk/lrf-fishing/lrf-light-rock-fishing/e150742fcf). great to see it happening.

    Anyone recommend some good gear (under 150 total rod/reel) or offer insights into the best lures (seems to be lures and not baits)?

    Shame there aren't more multiplier reel options.

    Time to decommission the beachcaster for me.

    I dunno is it the new swff, to be honest I wonder how light is too light, I do most of my lure fishing with a 10-40 gram spinning rod for wrasse and pollock and while a lot of the fish i catch might only be a pound or two I have caught wrasse to nearly 5lb and pollock to 8lb doing it and the rod was maxed out and if you let a wrasse run its game over, you might get away with it with a pollock alright. Should be good crack for mini species and flounder alright but dont get out of your depth with it. Im going to get a 10 weight fly rod myself this year for pollock and pike, I have a friend that does a lot of swff and at the right mark I think its more effective than lure for catching pollock. For flounder I think the small curly tail grubs are supposed to be good, I find 3'' senkos/sticks in green or small 4'' storm sandeels very good for wrasse. AGM tackle in the uk do cheap sp lures and the postage is fairly reasonable too.


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