Spending a few weeks away from the great British summer with my better half has traditionally been a fishing free affair. After all, keeping the ‘boss’ happy is the key to earning a few fishing tokens somewhere down the line and us anglers are nothing if not good at thinking ahead. Lure fishing for me and more specifically LRF though has now meant that the earning of ‘fishing tokens’ (on holiday at least) has been put on hold and I can sneak out for an hours fishing wherever in the world my good lady has been good enough to book up – provided there is a bit of water nearby. So with a borrowed Sonik 3-10g travel rod, a handful of lures / soft-baits and a bit of terminal tackle I tried my best to find a foreign fish or two in Northern Italy
Rock Fishing in Benodet, France
An ace video from No Stress Fishing in 2011 covering a Rock Fishing competition fished in Benodet, France. Feel a French road trip coming on…
LRF School Bass
School Bass caught on 5cm Spro Trout Master Snake Paddle lure fished on an Illex Gambit Straight jighead – one of my favourite combos
LRF Smelt
LRF Smelt caught on a tiny 2g Illex Gambit Straight jighead and a Jacks LRF lure
LRF Mullet
My first lure caught Mullet. Saw a shoal feeding at the base of a flood drain, free-lined an artificial worm back to them and wallop, we were on! Lure was half a Lip Ripperz Trout Wormz dipped in Jacks LRF Special Sauce
Rockfish Restaurant
Got excited when I saw this shop front in Dartmouth! Fish and chips comes a close second to fishing so not a massive disappointment.
Friendly Tompot Blenny
Nice detail on this Tompot caught on an Ecogear Shirasu Fine jighead. Cracking set of eyebrows!
X-Layer = Bass
My Bass fishing received a well timed boost last week with a couple of decent sessions. I went back to what I know and rekindled my relationship with the X-Layer with instant reward. Not that I had gone off these lures, I just wanted to use everything else I had instead, and this had kind of confused my fishing a bit. So after a look back at last years Bass fishing it was quite clear the X-Layers caught me fish, simple. So with a clearer plan and many less lures in my bag I ended up on my usual spot at the right state of tide two days in a row.