beach fishing

[thrillingspeed]

hi all
im going on holiday to the beach next week for a week and i was wondering if you guys could give me any tips with what to use. About 5 years ago my dad bought me a really nice shakespeare sea fishing rod as i wanted to start fishing but not sea fishing but i didnt have a clue at the time as i didnt know what to do, neither did my dad we were down at a coarse fishing venue with size 5 hooks sea floats and didnt have a clue how to cast until this really helpful fisherman came and pointed us in the right direction i now have caught loads of fish with new tackle and old and am really enjoying it but i want to start something new and thought beach fishing would be fun but im not sure what to use or anything i was hoping thats you might be able to give me some tips im going to be fishing on the east coast bridlington or hornsea
sorry to go on
tight lines
thank you
louis

[pingu]

just keep it simple
try a 2 hook flapper and worm or fish bait, should get something
featrhers for mackeral are effective but boreing after a few goes

try the nearest tackle shop to where you are going for info, should be able to get the rigs ready made there as well and local advise always helpfull

dave

[thrillingspeed]

sorry to sound like an idiot but wats a flapper i couldnt find any diagrams of a sea rig so i was wondering if u guys had one anywhere

[Gremlin]

A flapper is what coarser guys call a paternoster ... hook above the weight stylee (no bait clips etc) .... I used to use a pat to catch bream on the Upper Arun in winter ... Bert Paternoster is well remembered in angling circles ..

I mean, who would have thought of that?????

Here's a two hook flapper which I use for bass in the surf ......





Ooops .... if you just want to catch 'something' rather than target fish with a specific bait ... scale this rig down to size2 Kamasan B940s and a half ragworm!