In article , david
wrote:
I'm falling into what I am sure is a great newcomers trap. After casting
about twenty times with a given lure,and having no bites, I stop, change
lure type and start again .

Is this just rubbish practise? Should i set myself out with one lure type
and cast it for an hour or so?

For the record, I was today on one of the bournemouth beaches at high water
for an hour (all i had) and i tried rapala blue J13, orange shads and a
metal thing that looks like a browny silvery fish. No bites.

I also had a weighted one-hook rig with prawn. No takers either.

Observations??

What fish did you see?
What where they doing?
What food was in the water?
Did any of your lures match the food in general shape and action?

The j13 was probably about right.

Mid afternoon along a town beach was probably not and I would expect the
rise to be better than the top of the tide over sand.

Cheerio,

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