| For me there are few things in life as | | | | most instances, especially with live worms, |
| wonderful as standing up to my waste in a | | | | this means using gang hooks. I always have |
| flowing river attempting to catch a fish. To | | | | gang hooks with me while river fishing and |
| me, this is river fishing, and it's as close | | | | you should as well. You see, gang hooks are |
| to heaven that I can get. In this article | | | | simply a pair of small hooks tied in tandem, |
| I'm going to discuss some river fishing | | | | thus enabling live bait to be presented in a |
| tactics that will help you become a much more | | | | totally natural manner. This makes a huge |
| efficient and successful angler. These | | | | difference in bite rates. |
| tactics nave been proven through more than | | | | |
| fifty years of combined river fishing | | | | When river fishing it's also important that |
| experience, and will help you as soon as you | | | | your bait is always at your fingertips |
| implement them | | | | waiting to be used, rather than hidden in |
| | | | your fishing vest somewhere. This is where a |
| When it comes to river fishing, the first | | | | bait bag comes into play. A bait bag is |
| tactic I'm going to discuss is to make sure | | | | simple a small pouch that hangs from your |
| that you're on the water at the proper times. | | | | body and holds your bait while river fishing. |
| The proper time to be on the water is | | | | This way your bait is always at your |
| simpler than you might imagine. It has to do | | | | fingertips and baiting up takes seconds, |
| with two forces of Mother Nature, | | | | rather than minutes. This means you get more |
| specifically the weather and moon. That's | | | | time with your line in the water (where the |
| right these two factors, the weather and | | | | fish are), rather than out of the water. |
| moon, have as much to do with you catching | | | | Employing a bait bag is a great river fishing |
| fish as the type of bait/lure you use. | | | | tactic. |
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| In order to nail down this river fishing | | | | Start employing these simple (yet incredibly |
| tactic, making sure that you're on the water | | | | effective) river fishing tactics sooner, |
| at the best times, you need to pay attention | | | | rather than later, and you'll become a much |
| to the weather and moon. Using this | | | | more successful angler. How am I so sure of |
| information to your advantage is a great | | | | this? Because I've personally been using |
| river fishing tactic. It's not necessary to | | | | these tactics for more than 20 years and know |
| become a scholar on the subjects either. You | | | | how effective they are. And if I'm lying, |
| can learn what you need to know by doing a | | | | what the worst that could happen? You'll |
| little research (which as we all know is free | | | | catch the same amount of fish that you |
| on the internet). | | | | normally catch and you wasted 2 minutes |
| | | | reading this article? That's the worst that |
| The next river fishing tactic is to always | | | | could happen. |
| present your bait in a natural manner. In | | | | |