English fishing: advice and the best equipment

In sea fishing, over the last twenty years, we have witnessed a progressive increase in fishermen with the Bolognese rod, the undisputed queen of ports and cliffs. Parallel to this phenomenon, mainly due to the effectiveness of this technique and its apparent simplicity, there has been a decrease in fishermen with a fixed rod. This is why we often read that the Bolognese rod has supplanted its historic rival, the fixed rod. The saying goes that when two people fight, the third one benefits... And indeed it has been so. A technique of Anglo-Saxon origin, created for freshwater fishing, introduced in Italy in the 80s and perfectly adapted to marine waters, has not undergone any particular changes among its "electorate". It has always remained in vogue, even today. We are talking about the famous English fishing: a specialty invented in the 60s by Billy Lane in England, which has fully entered the technical baggage of many fishermen for its practicality and adaptability to multiple situations. Today we will tackle it from both a technical and strategic point of view. We will give you useful ideas to expand your knowledge and have fun with an alternative method, which represents a wild card for fishing sea bass, sea bream, mullet, bogue, garfish, in short both bottom-feeding fish and fish that live in mid-water.

Equipment for English fishing

Getting into the heart of English fishing, it is necessary to address the topic by talking about equipment. English fishing requires specific rods, reels, monofilaments and leaded floats. If you want to practice it correctly, you need to stick to a typically "British" vademecum, just like the champions do. The rods, for example, are of two types: three-piece, with a cork handle mixed with neoprene (or just cork), usually 3.90/4.20 and 4.50 meters long and with a power between 2 and 25 grams. The reels, designed for this wonderful fishing technique, have front or rear drag, size 2500/3000 and a recovery of 6.2:1, so they are particularly fast and with one turn of the handle they also recover up to 70 centimeters of monofilament. So, the monofilament, another fundamental element: sinking, black or brown, 0.14/0.18. And then the leaded floats, of two types, called straight or bodied. Straight, as the word itself says, means linear, tapered, therefore in peacock feather or straw-like plastic. Bodied, or with a lower curvature, where most of the lead is enclosed, in balsa or composite material. They are available on Pescaloccasione, in weights from 3 grams and up ( https://www.pescaloccasione.it/galleggianti-e-bombarde/galleggianti-e-bombarde-galleggianti-inglesi.html ).

How to make a rig for English fishing

Competitors with shore rods have studied and experimented with different lines for English fishing at sea. Among these, there is one that is almost universal, of remarkable effectiveness, applicable both to the port context, from the beach and from the cliff. The line we are presenting today is simple to build and on Pescaloccasione there are all the elements to make it. Along the beam, made of the 0.18/0.16 sinking main line, we will pass a wool stopper or knot. We will then thread a tear-proof bead and a 6/8 gram bodied lead float with a capacity of +2. We will close everything with a swivel. Taking the line in hand again, at a distance of 1.5 meters, we will apply a bulk of 4 pellets of the n°4 (0.32 gr x 4). Approaching the swivel, we will instead mount 3 pellets of 0.18 grams at a distance of 20 centimeters from each other. Eventually we will tie a fourth ball on the line, to perfectly calibrate the float, always at another 20 centimeters. The terminal, of variable length between 70 and 120 centimeters, will have a diameter of 0.14 / 0.12.

Advantages and strategies for sea fishing

The advantages of English fishing are many. You can fish at different heights, even higher than the l