Hello,
After some good advice on this forum, I have been targeting perch on my local canal (Shropshire Union). I had a few short sessions last week, my first time lure fishing. On each session ,I caught a few perch, but could do with some pointers.
My set up is a 2-7g HTO Rock Rover rod, 9lb Daiwa J-braid, a fluorocarbon 6lb leader of around 2ft, using a 1.5g size 6 jig head, fishing AGM 1" soft plastic shads.
1. Weed. The section of the canal I fish is quite weedy, after every retrieve I have to remove weed from my lure. Is there any way to combat this? Are weedless ultralight lure jigs available?
2. Knots. I have never been the best at tying knots. Even worse, a couple of years ago I fractured my wrist and I have slight numbness in my right hand, which makes tying tricky. On the kitchen table, with good light, and a fair amount of bad language, I can just about tie my fluro leader to braided main line using a double uni knot. Tying on the bank is much more difficult. Is there a more simple way of attaching the leader? I take it, perch would be put off if using braid straight through?
3. Lures. How much does the size, colour and action of lures matter? If your not getting bites, how often do you chop and change? Any favourite colours? Also, when would you consider using a heavier jig head?
Would be grateful for any advice
Thanks
After some good advice on this forum, I have been targeting perch on my local canal (Shropshire Union). I had a few short sessions last week, my first time lure fishing. On each session ,I caught a few perch, but could do with some pointers.
My set up is a 2-7g HTO Rock Rover rod, 9lb Daiwa J-braid, a fluorocarbon 6lb leader of around 2ft, using a 1.5g size 6 jig head, fishing AGM 1" soft plastic shads.
1. Weed. The section of the canal I fish is quite weedy, after every retrieve I have to remove weed from my lure. Is there any way to combat this? Are weedless ultralight lure jigs available?
2. Knots. I have never been the best at tying knots. Even worse, a couple of years ago I fractured my wrist and I have slight numbness in my right hand, which makes tying tricky. On the kitchen table, with good light, and a fair amount of bad language, I can just about tie my fluro leader to braided main line using a double uni knot. Tying on the bank is much more difficult. Is there a more simple way of attaching the leader? I take it, perch would be put off if using braid straight through?
3. Lures. How much does the size, colour and action of lures matter? If your not getting bites, how often do you chop and change? Any favourite colours? Also, when would you consider using a heavier jig head?
Would be grateful for any advice
Thanks