In article , Glenn Clark
wrote:
Hi All

I am new to fishing and was wondering how you decide what type of line to
use and what type of trace to use. Any advise would be great

If you are new to fishing buy the cheapest line in the shop. You are
going to generate impressive tangles and ruin some line as you learn so
forget high-tech lines until you can get some use out of them.

Later you -might- decide to specialise in some way that requires maximum
performance from the line but in my experience the people who catch most of
the better fish don't know what brand of line or hook they're using. Many
sucessful anglers know the brand of rod they use, at least, they do until
the logo rubs off the butt secton. Almost all know which brand of reel they
have.

In general: if an angler spouts brand names you can assume he catches too
few fish to talk about...

By 'type of trace' I presume you're asking about the design of the end
tackle rather than the material it's made from. Keep it as simple as
possible. For the first few trips it is more important that you learn to use
simple tackle well.

Learn to keep your eyes open - usually you will see signs of fish - when you
do, decide how best to get a bait to them - pretty soon you will be
designing your own end-tackle to fit the situation on the water. When you
get home you can look up how others have addressed the same situations and
maybe adapt their techniques to your own problems.

Once you have seen and understood the problem you will begin to use end
tackle intelligently. If you adopt whatever gimmicky 'rig' is currently
fashionable without thinking it through you will waste tackle and catch
little.

Cheerio,

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