Practical fishing guides

From your first outing to understanding the water. Equipment, methods and handling explained with images and clear steps.

If you are starting out, begin with the first trip and choosing a method. If you already fish, pick a question you want to understand better. Each guide connects practical examples with sources and the rest of Ribarica.

Feeder fishing

Start with tackle, then choose a rig, prepare feed and apply the method to bream. Five connected guides, each answering a different question.

  1. Feeder fishing for beginners: tackle, feeders and your first session

    Prepare for a first feeder session, choose a manageable swim and learn to read the sensitive rod tip.

  2. A free-running feeder rig: assembly, hooklength and checks

    Assemble a running feeder with a stiff boom, then check knots, hooklength and free line movement.

  3. Method feeder: rig, loading and hookbait presentation

    Assemble an inline method feeder, prepare the feed and load the mould with the bait and hooklength neatly positioned.

  4. Feeder groundbait: wetting, riddling and filling the feeder

    Learn when to wet and riddle groundbait, and check that it releases from the feeder.

  5. Bream on the feeder: swim choice, bite signals and adjustments

    Choose a swim, repeat the cast and read tip changes before adjusting bait and feeding.

Float fishing

Understand a fixed rig, the slider and depth measurement, then explore river control and the lift method for tench.

  1. Fixed-float fishing: your first rig and shot placement

    Set up a first waggler, place the shot and check loading before plumbing the depth.

  2. Sliding floats: when to use one and how to set the stop knot

    When a fixed-float setting is awkward to cast, learn how to assemble a slider and set its stop knot.

  3. How to plumb the depth and position a float-fished hookbait

    Read a float with a plummet and set the hookbait above the bed, touching it or laid on the bottom.

  4. River float fishing: controlling the hookbait through the current

    Choose a river lane, control the line and compare a free run with briefly holding the float back.

  5. Tench on the float: understanding the lift method

    Set up a lift rig for tench and understand why the float can rise or lie flat during a bite.

Lure fishing

Match your first spinning setup, learn zander jigging, prepare for pike and explore perch drop shot before comparing lure types.

  1. Lure fishing for beginners: your first spinning setup and retrieve

    How to match a rod to your lure, make a controlled cast and understand what happens as you retrieve.

  2. Zander on a jig: head weight, bottom contact and recognising takes

    Mount the soft lure straight, choose a head you can control near the bed and watch for changes during the fall.

  3. Pike lure fishing: a wire trace, lure choice and prepared landing

    Prepare bite protection, a suitable net and tools before the first cast, then choose a lure for its route through the water.

  4. Perch on a drop shot: tying the rig and presenting the lure

    Tie a perch drop shot with the hook above the weight, a nose-hooked soft lure and small rod-tip movements.

  5. Plug, inline spinner or soft plastic: choosing a lure for the water

    Compare plugs, inline spinners and soft plastics, then choose a lure for the route you want to fish.

Bottom and carp fishing

Prepare a first bottom-fishing session, distinguish lead systems, tie a basic hair and explore the bed. Then choose hookbait and feed for common carp, or compare corn and surface bread for grass carp.

  1. Bottom fishing for beginners: tackle, a lead and your first session

    Prepare straightforward bottom-fishing tackle, choose one rig and check it before your first cast.

  2. Running lead, inline or lead clip: understanding the differences

    Understand the line path through running links, inline leads and lead clips, then check your system’s release.

  3. A basic carp hair rig: tying and positioning the hookbait

    Tie a simple hair for a sinking bait, set its position beside the hook and check the hooklink in water.

  4. Finding a firm bed and depth changes from the bank

    Use a lead to explore the bed and a marker float to estimate depth and record a swim for next time.

  5. Boilies, corn and pellets: carp hookbait and measured feeding

    Choose a hair-rig hookbait, distinguish prepared corn from dry grain and prepare pellets for their intended use.

  6. Grass carp bait: corn, bread and choosing a presentation

    When should you try corn near the bed or bread on the surface? Prepare the bait, check it before casting and decide what to change when fish refuse it.

Fly fishing

Match a first outfit, learn overhead and roll casts, read trout water and compare dry flies, nymphs and short-range Euro control.

  1. Fly fishing for beginners: rod, line, leader and a first session

    Match a basic fly-fishing outfit, understand the connections to the fly and prepare a first session from the bank.

  2. Your first fly casts: overhead casting and the roll cast

    Understand line travel, the pause between strokes and the water contact needed for a roll cast.

  3. How to read trout water: currents, cover and a careful approach

    Relate current seams and cover to possible holding positions, then choose an approach and first presentation route.

  4. Dry fly or nymph: the water layer and drift control

    Observe surface feeding, distinguish presentations and understand why line placement can matter more than changing flies.

  5. Euro nymphing: one nymph, a sighter and drift control

    Understand a long leader, how weighted-nymph casting differs and how to control a short subsurface drift.

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