Sad Face

wow. Its now past Xmas and a week into the new year, and I haven't been fishing since November the 7th !! :-(((((
My wife's been rather ill. Shes expecting our second child, and her morning sickness has been so bad shes ended up in hospital, so Ive been looking after number one child and doing all the usual housework and running around.
Its all worth it though :-)

Ive been reading about using soft plastics for lure fishing and LRF (light rock fishing) and HRF (Hard rock fishing) for many different species rather than just Bass. In fact just about anything that swims, with focus on Wrasse, Pollack and the various mini species.
There's a kind of mid range too. These, as far as my research and conversations have gone fall into three camps
LRF - 0.5g-5g on ultra light rods.
MRF - 2g-15g light rods (sometimes called MRF)
HRF - 15-50g on standard spinning rods.

LRF - uses the very lightest of light gear. 4lb line, a 0.5 to 5g jig and tiny worms. Mainly winter.
MRF isn't really discussed and tends to be thought of as just light HRF.
HRF is HARD rock fishing, and basically meant all types of rock fishing with lures, but its ended up being used to describe 'heavy' rock fishing.

Ive bought myself an HRF rod (Sakura Shinjinn 15-50g) and an MRF rod (Cormaron carbostar 2-15g.) Along with a smashing saltwater Sakura reel.
Ive also got all the relevant soft plastics for both styles.
Now all I need is a chance to get out and play!

I'm also planning to try this method for carp and maybe even Roach, as they are both somewhat predatory, and we already catch them on plastic baits, so.......