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Our ‘How to’ section helps you to catch more fish – simple! Hints and tips, tricks and edges for game, coarse and sea anglers brought to you by experienced anglers and experts alike

Fishing blob flies for stocked trout

Irish international Peter Driver explains how to effectively fish blob flies for stocked rainbow and brown trout

Tope rig for boat fishing

Predator specialist James Norton shows you how to set up a simple, strong and effective circle hook rig for tope fishing off a boat

Texas rig for Ballan wrasse

Off the Scale editor Bill Brazier explains how simple and incredibly effective it is to lure fish for wrasse with soft plastics

Tench float rig

Jason Summers shows you how to set up a strong, simple and reliable tench float rig

Gilling rig for pollock

Small boat angler Barry Murphy shows how to tie a gilling rig for pollock fishing over reefs and wrecks

Early season tench feeder rig

Top Irish big tench angler Jason Summers shows you how to set a very simple but very effective helicopter feeder rig for early season tinca’s

2-up, 1-down flapper rig

2016 World Shore Championships silver-medalist Harry McKee Jr. ties the rig that he uses for the majority of his shore competition fishing

Track down river pike

Learn how to track down river pike from one of the best predator anglers in the business, Nathan Edgell

Conger eel rig

Conger eel rigs need to be two things – simple and very strong! Gary Blake shows you how to tie a simple running ledger for this extremely powerful fish

3-down running ledger rig

Gary Blake shows you how to tie a basic 3-down running ledger for boat fishing for tope, rays etc.

Float trolling rig for pike

Irish big pike hunter James Norton explains how to set up a simple yet very effective pike float trolling rig for deadbaits

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