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