Your Experience
We aim to tailor a sea fishing holiday package to your individual needs and skills, and give tuition on a varied array of aspects of sea fishing.
You will be welcomed on arrival by members of the team. Once settled, we will arrange an introduction.
Tutored subjects.
Shore Fishing Skills and Techniques
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Rod Building
Eye spacing, whipping and finishing
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Reel Maintenance
Servicing, cleaning and tuning
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Rig Making
Rig building and component choice, choosing right rig for each venue and species, alterations to rigs to suit conditions.
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Sea Craft
Understanding tides and moon phases, reading the shore line, reading water and weather conditions.
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Casting
Techniques and styles
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Fish Recognition
Identification and variations of species
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Bait
Collection, preservation and storage, presentation
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Targeting Different Species
Picking venues, baits, tides and conditions
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Equipment
Safety and practicality, maintenance and advice
An example of a typical weekend break
6pm Friday
7pm
7am Saturday
9am
11am
11.30am
5pm
8pm
12.30pm
9pm Sunday
11am
11.30am
1pm
3pm
9pm
Monday
Arrive at accommodation to a warm welcome
Introduction over a drink at the local pub/restaurant
Team arrives for first session. Visit to local beach for casting and ability assessment.
Tutorial on rig making and venues and preparation for the day's fishing trip.
Coffee break
Leave for rock mark fishing for Pollock, Wrasse, Mackeral and Garfish.
Pub/Restaurant for a meal
Night fishing for rays
Back for bed.
Tutorials including rod building and bait presentation
Coffee break
Tutorials on fish recognition
Lunch
Leave for afternoon fishing on south coast
Back to accommodation and de-briefing
Opportunity for sight seeing and shopping in the local area and safe journey home.
Included in your sea fishing break
We have a collection of equipment and clothing available for use during your stay including rods, reels, headlights and waterproof clothing. This is all included at no extra cost and you are also welcome to bring and use any equipment of your own.
Bait will be provided for all excursions.
Tea, coffee, milk and cereals at the accommodation.
Materials for rod building and rig making will be provided.
Type of breaks
Half or whole day fishing with tuition, no accommodation.
Two nights accommodation with two days fishing/tutorials.
Three nights accomodation with two days fishing/tutorials.
Seven nights accommodation of which three days fishing/tutorials over weekends.
Seven nights accommodation with up to six whole days with our team.
We can also accommodate for any non fishing members at just the cost of accommodation.
Types of venues and fishing
The types of venues that we can cover in your adventure break include harbour walls and piers, breakwaters, surf beaches, sandy and shingle beaches, pebble beaches, rock marks and reefs. Area's covered for our fishing trips are Bristol Channel, North and South Devon and Dorset.
Nb. Some venues may involve long hikes and steep ascents/decents but all excursions will be tailored to your abilities and needs.
The different array of venues that we cover needs a variety of fishing techniques. These include beach and surf casting, spinning, float fishing, targeting different spiecies (depending on the time of year) and specimen hunting.
For larger parties, boat trips can be arranged.
