Episode 01: My 2024 LRF Species Hunt - Weymouth

[@thelureofcornwall]

Full of a stinking cold (man flu) nothing beats watching one of your videos to cheer me up and inspire me to get out excellent work as always Dan

[@LRFandHRF]

Me too Dave. Struggled by the end of this session but had to get out. Look forward to seeing your Common catch tomorrow.

[@thelureofcornwall]

@@LRFandHRF hopefully I’ll get decent sleep tonight and be able to get up

[@AlfUckhamHall]

Great to watch and very calming.

[@LRFandHRF]

Thanks. Don't forget to Subscribe. Plenty more to come.

[@alanfielding3491]

Amazing session to start your year with. Congratulations on the clingfish 👏👏

[@LRFandHRF]

Thanks Alan. A long way to go buy happy with the start

[@paulvandermaas6639]

Wow.. what a session. I learn something new every time. A clingfish... never heard of them. Thank you for making and sharing your vids. Be well and be safe. Paul and Sara

[@LRFandHRF]

Thank you Paul. They are quite a rare one do lucky to have found one. Glad you're still enjoying the videos. Plenty more to come this year

[@Isomeuser33]

another great vid dan. nice too see some rare ones bro!

[@LRFandHRF]

Cheers dude. Gotta love a Lifer!

[@karlrichards4125]

What a wonderful first session of 2024 and that lifer is amazing, had no idea such a fishy existed - bodes well for the rest of the year 👍

[@LRFandHRF]

Cheers Karl. Couldn't ask for a better start. There is another clingfish to get too. A Shore Clingfish. The possibilities are endless

[@scottjones9283]

Great session Dan. What a start to 2024 - and, as always, you make it look so easy, when we all know it’s not!

[@LRFandHRF]

Thanks Scott. 😊

[@londonviking3801]

Happy New Year Dan! What a treat to have your first 2024 video drop on my birthday morning. I did look at doing an over-nighter in Weymouth recently to do exactly that - lerfing. I shoulda gone but put it off. Now I'll look at it again. Brixham is on the cards too (Early April) I look forward to following your 2024 species hunt. Looks like it started on an excellent new interesting species that I've never seen before. Tight lines sir! 🎣🐟

[@LRFandHRF]

Happy Birthday! Weymouth is always worth a visit. Brixham is great if you're happy climbing on dodgy slippery rocks but Weymouth is a hell of a lot easier. Not sure I'll hit 60 again this year but will be interesting to see if I can get 50.

[@widowkeith1960]

Very inspiring. You did work for them. I don't normally watch fishing videos, but l enjoyed this. Nice work. Take a while for you to get over the cling fish!

[@LRFandHRF]

Thank you Keith. I'm not one for staying put haha. Glad you enjoyed it though. I try and make the videos a watchable mix of fishing and the surroundings. Have a look at this one if you fancy another. Had Black and Gilthead Bream in one session at Weymouth. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHqpoICVoMyJqcU

[@mikemorton9419]

Excellent as usual.

[@LRFandHRF]

Thank you Mike 😊

[@stephenjackson1828]

Nice one Dan great vid as always! 👍

[@LRFandHRF]

Cheers Steve 🤓

[@KeithWoods-f9p]

Good to meet you again, beautifully filmed and edited. I had just five species but then I'm too lazy to walk about.

[@LRFandHRF]

Thank you Keith. Don't forget to Subscribe haha. Nice meeting you again. That's the last three times I've been I've seen you and only fished there 5 times. 5 species from one spot is good going. You need to modify that scooter so you can fish as you drive along. You'll be hauling them in.

[@davesedgy7058]

Great video for the start of 2024 👍

[@LRFandHRF]

Thank you. Was a memorable one. Plenty more to come. Can't wait!

[@KristienHarris]

Hey Dan, we met at Radford a couple days ago. Thanks for sharing your time. Any tips on where to get good tackle and what tackle to get started?

[@LRFandHRF]

You're more than welcome. I'm always happy to help someone that shows a genuine interest. Onthedrop.co.uk is a good place to look. If you message him he will happily help you with buying the right things if you get stuck. The beauty of LRF is you can start very basically. Just some hooks, isome and splitshots. Check out the channel LRF Tutorials. I shot and edited it while my mate Lee was the face. The Goby one is well worth watching all the way through. And this one should help you get started. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYrIin-bj9xgidksi=M3DPW2W_XAQtRmXU

[@tommoore.8947]

Great video there. I'm possibly working in weymouth the beginning of February and stsying near where you filmed. I've got a pen rod im.tbinking of throwing in my bag. Any tips for lrf in winter? It's only really tactics i bust iut in the summer to get a load of soecies for my annual tally.

[@LRFandHRF]

Thanks. In winter I fish small and slow. If you're nit catching, go smaller and smaller until tou catch

[@StephenDennis-s8v]

Great video as always made even more special by the Clingfish. A great start to your 2024 species tally 👍

[@LRFandHRF]

Thanks Steve. Was definitely a session to remember!

[@yamyamfishing]

Great video. Is there a reason you don’t do a voiceover? Would have loved to hear the excitement in your voice when the clingfish and species no 10 were caught…

[@LRFandHRF]

Thank you 😊. The content I make is about the fishing rather than me if that makes sense. I wanted to slow the video of the clingfish down too so my reaction would have been in slow motion

[@paulhopper988]

Great video Dan, well done. Can I ask what Gulp Isome you generally use, Futomi or Hosomi ?

[@LRFandHRF]

Thank you. I only use Hosomi. 99% of the time in clear camo but in murky water camo or bloody red. I just love the size of Hosomi. You'll catch big fish on a little worm. But won't catch little fish on a big worm. If that makes sense?

[@rhyswilliams1413]

Cracking video. What a session. Excuse my ignorance by why did you swap to a split shot rig for the sand smelt?

[@LRFandHRF]

Thanks. They like to follow the isome mid water. You can get them swinging a dropshot back, I just find it a lot more effective using a splitshot. Only takes a couple of seconds to swap so quickly switched them over.

[@rhyswilliams1413]

Thank you. Do you use loop to loop connections for your braid to rigs?

[@LRFandHRF]

I tie the leader straight to the braid with an Albreit knot. I don't pre tie them. I just do them as I fish

[@karlstokes874]

What a great little session. I honestly reckon you'd catch from a puddle in the road Dan. 😂 Do you make up your drop shot rigs in advance and attach them to your leader with a knot/micro swivel ?

[@LRFandHRF]

Haha. Thanks. I just tie the leader to the braid with an Albreit knot then tie the hook on. So Much quicker than fiddling with pre-tied ones I think. But each yo their own. I never use a swivel. Just a hook and weights. It's one less thing to leave on the seabed if you snap off

[@karlstokes874]

@@LRFandHRF thankyou. So each time you change rigs you tie on a new leader 👍 Keep up the good work

[@LRFandHRF]

Only if I snap off. But say from s dropshot to split shot and back I just cut it at the hook and re-tie. Then the same in reverse. If that makes sense?

[@karlstokes874]

@@LRFandHRF crystal clear mate. Thankyou

[@LRFandHRF]

No worries.

[@markbrindley8011]

Amazing session Dan, congrats on the clingfish, you make it look so bloody easy 🎣 can I ask what size gulp do you use, the stuff I’ve seen looks too big for lrf, I have marukyu isome but fancy trying the gulp stuff too

[@LRFandHRF]

Thanks Mark. I use Gulp Hosomi. I personally think it's perfect size. Clear Camo is my go to colour.

[@markbrindley8011]

@@LRFandHRF thanks Dan, will get some ordered

[@paulfryer8030]

Hi Dan, I'm fairly new to LRF and to your channel, do you know if there's a laminated Identification card available somewhere with all the different salt water LRF species' on as I'm struggling to identify all the different ones, thanks mate

[@LRFandHRF]

I've not heard of a laminated card but there is a very good book at the link below. Worth every penny. I'll be honest though. I am only just over two years in and had all of mine identified by people in The Big Lerf Group on Facebook. Great bunch and always happy to help. We'll worth joining the group. Its a group where no question is too small. And you won't get stupid answers if you ask. Book. amzn.to/3NSMA7V Big Lerf Group. facebook.com/groups/544515226553099/?ref=share

[@londonviking3801]

T'is indeed an excellent book for species ID. I also found a tiny Collins one that Lee recommended.

[@LRFandHRF]

It is a great book. Also Paul. Have a look at our LRF Tutorials Channel. Could be useful. Lots more to come. youtube.com/@lrftutorials?si=TTyXfgruSgmBINRU

[@lightgame_fishing_portugal6209]

👏🏻👏🏻🤩

[@LRFandHRF]

Thanks Edgar

[@shaunhaynes1997]

Load of fish. How are tieing you hook on? Does lnt look like the normal dropshot knot/ snooded dropshot

[@LRFandHRF]

Always a good session at Weymouth. I just use a normal looped dropshot?

[@shaunhaynes1997]

@LRFandHRF not heard of looped dropshot I shall Google

[@LRFandHRF]

Plenty of videos on KZbin too

[@tonykruger871]

What size hook are you using .

[@LRFandHRF]

Decoy SG3-SS

[@tonykruger871]

Thanks I saw that on the video . Did not realise that was a actual hook size . I am new to UK .@@LRFandHRF

[@LRFandHRF]

No worries. They're hard to get hold of but worth finding them