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Next you will need a spinning rod. This enables you to cast to a school of fish on the surface and pull them closer to the boat, once again allowing the spearo's to jump in and shoot fish from the school. Buy a 7' boat rod, something like a ELBE, which is cheap but still is of decent quality. If you're not proficient at casting with a multiplier type reel, buy a spinning reel (coffee grinder type reel, as they're affectionately known here!!) On your multiplier, spool up with at least 15kg line. The thicker line is easier to cast with and is stronger as well. Popular reels, which are very well priced are the Shimano TLD15/30star, Shimano TLD20/40star, Shimano Mark3, Shimano Mark 4, Daiwa sl30sh, Okuma CT25. If money isn't an issue, the Shimano Trinidad range is EXTREMELY good!!

For casting lures, buy some SNAKE spinners or ASHLEY READ No.2 spoons as well as a couple of chiselnose perspex plugs. If i was limited to ONE lure for 'tail, it will DEFINITELY be the SNAKE spoon!! All of these lures are cast towards the school of fish and retrieved as FAST as possible. Its impossible to retrieve a lure too fast!!

The above are all very basic fishing tackle that is quite reasonably priced. Since we're primarily spearo's, don't spend too much money on fancy fishing tackle!!

Next up, the different spots and HOW different tecniques are used.