Hello everyone!
Where do I start? I am a complete and utter novice to fishing.
Odd work patterns give me days off during the week when none of my family are about.
I decided to look for a hobby to fill these days off, and decided that I would like to give fishing a go.
I purchased a starter package from argos (please dont slate me too much but figured if I get bitten by the bug I could move on to more specialist gear)
I have a 12ft rod, reel, hooks floats etc, what I would like to know is where to put the float in comparison to the hook? do I need weights and shot, or one or the other.
Would I be better off trying to find a pal who fishes, or could anyone recommend any books or dvds that will help me from scratch?
Sorry to bore you all with the most basic of questions but I really am keen to give this a go, many thanks all for reading.
Where do I start? I am a complete and utter novice to fishing.
Odd work patterns give me days off during the week when none of my family are about.
I decided to look for a hobby to fill these days off, and decided that I would like to give fishing a go.
I purchased a starter package from argos (please dont slate me too much but figured if I get bitten by the bug I could move on to more specialist gear)
I have a 12ft rod, reel, hooks floats etc, what I would like to know is where to put the float in comparison to the hook? do I need weights and shot, or one or the other.
Would I be better off trying to find a pal who fishes, or could anyone recommend any books or dvds that will help me from scratch?
Sorry to bore you all with the most basic of questions but I really am keen to give this a go, many thanks all for reading.