Together, HRF – Hard Rock Fishing, and LRF – Light Rock Fishing are essentially developments of US style freshwater bass fishing taken to the sea by the Japanese and integrated/adapted/developed by a small group of hardcore British anglers. HRF and LRF are newer acronyms for two related and overlapping fishing disciplines that will likely continue to become increasingly popular. A major culmination of this determined alternative drive was the twin birth of British HRF and LRF. In Star Trek speak, we became the ‘Borg’ and attempted to assimilate to accumulate. Old school methods were not discarded when new ideas were found to work well, but we adopted and adapted, embraced new methods from the USA, Japan and anywhere else for that matter. I would go as far as to say it totally altered the way we approached and tackled the water. A New Beginningįishing for us here in Jersey changed around 2008/09. However, the persistence of years spent researching, learning, borrowing ideas and expanding the various lure fishing techniques since is responsible for changed perspectives, which have, among other things, seen initially distrusted kayaks firmly reinstated as part of our modern lure fishing equipment armoury. Simply getting out there and trying a variety of methods has opened up a whole new exciting world of fishing for my friends and I. But we lacked essential, relevant experience and the skills of true kayakers to make a more knowing call back then. ![]() Granted, compared to the technically advanced kayaks that we now use, those old two-man plastic hulks were damn awful things. I personally look back and know this to be a hasty decision and a full-blown mistake. Some 15 years ago SOT ( Sit On Top) kayaks were judged largely unsuitable for our angling intentions, and an initial belief that they would struggle to deal with Jersey’s more uncomfortable waters regretfully saw them abandoned. Many fraught years have passed since we first attempted to use kayaks in the way that we do now. As the ever-growing army of UK sea fishing lure junkies marches steadily forward, the legacy of where we find ourselves at this point in time is one of metaphoric minefields successfully negotiated, while yet more burgeoning choices promise to underpin pacey future evolutions. Lure fishing is a constant pursuit of better, more efficient methods and new artificial baits that push boundaries and successfully smash straight through nature’s barriers, and others unwittingly cemented over generations. 1.7K Light tackle pioneer, lure fishing maestro and boundary-pushing kayak fisherman, Keith White, explains the roots of HRF and LRF from a British perspective, and introduces readers to the fantastically rewarding world of extreme kayak fishing in the sea.
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