TIPS

- Rig your tails on straight, and pre-measure where you hook will exit.
- Keep the hook sharp.
- Use the lightest tackle you can get by with.
- Slow down - your soft bait is so lifelike you can vary the retrieve.
- Set the hook - like fly fishing the take can be soft.
- If you miss a strike try again - the natural look and feel may not have spooked the fish.
- Experiment - soft-baits are a new fishing system so when you think fish are present but not biting change the colour, size or head weight.
- Broaden your horizons by taking the spin tackle to the sea sometime as any predatory fish will devour a soft-bait.
- Soft-baits should be considered expendable. The realistic soft feel and flexible swimming action mean that fish will destroy them. But being so affordable, the angler can afford to discard them when they lose their predator appeal.
- Learn a new skill. Soft baits open up new water but require practice and experimentation.