Hi. My name is Adam Kirby and this is my LRF blog. I've been angling for nearly 40 years now. The first 20 of which were almost entirely focused on sea angling, fishing around my home town of Portsmouth. I still regard myself as a sea angler, but the boundaries have blurred a little. Probably best described as an all-round lure angler these days. Across both freshwater and salt. I've had decent success on the freshwater lure competition scene where I transferred my ultralight, LRF approach to targeting Perch on the inland waterways. If you've not tried this yet, you must give it a go. In 2015 I was crowned 'British Street Fishing Champion' after a series of events fished across the country.
I've always enjoyed the variety of fish species available in the sea and I've worked hard to catch over 50 UK saltwater species on lure. My motto is simple. “Fish for what’s in front of you. Big or small, love them all.”
Was playing around with a few new items yesterday and had this small Black Bream on an Ima Shirasu Snake in Solid Red colour. Nice action when fished dropshot. Image taken from GoPro video footage
Seems to be a lot of small Cuttlefish around at the moment. After last week’s cuttlefish attacks, this week we were able to pull a couple out on the squid jigs from the boat. Not really LRF but good fun on the LRF rods
Lure Heaven UK, the modern lure distributor for brands including Graphiteleader, Bait Breath, Toray and Vanfook has announced a lure only species hunt with some great prizes including a Graphiteleader rod. The competition will run from September through December. It’s a great idea and I will be entering. More information can be found through this link
Dan (LangstoneAngler) had a heap of fun using another excellent Reins lure, the Aji Ringer Shad. Fished on small jigheads this tiny white lure accounted for Scorpion Fish, Gobies and more.