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Salmon fishing is a matter of combining a bunch of little elements into success. The salmon were all the young girls could handle in some cases, and they lost their share

While fishing this location, Im simply popping the lure and slowly retrieving it back

During the summer my preference is to have my rig on top of the silt so that the fish get to the hookbait first, in winter though I want my rig and hookbait in the silt as the carp will often be rooting around for bloodworm etc

A treble hook through the back just forward of the tail gives the bait a slightly different action, which sometimes pays off when the bite slows down