LOOP team and Ghillie Craig Macdonald talks us through his favourite set-ups and how to fish them on his beat Waterside & Ferrar on the Upper River Dee.
This short video filmed with the pike guru Stuart Sutherland for FISH X shows some of the awesome pike fishing on the fly Scotland has to offer. Filmed at the lake of Menteith if you would like to give Pike on the fly a go get in touch.
The Improved homer Rhodes knot is one we have trusted for the last few years for big chinook salmon in Chile. A super strong knot to fish the hook on a loop.
Scott De Buyen first showed us this knot first on the Arroy in Norway and he has trusted it for years in the saltwater scene and large Nor...
In this Video we talk you through the Roll Cast, the most basic form of speycasts but essential in understanding the mechanics of how speycasting works, and building muscle memory to improve you other speycasts.
The Double Uni knot is our go to knot for attaching two diameters of leader material together.
Useful tip You can make your own tapered leaders by using this knot tapering down the diameter down the leader to the fly. If attaching leader to braid make 7+ turns with the braid.
This Video shows you how to adjust the maximum or minimum drag on your LOOP Reel.
Useful Tip If you are going on a trip for big salmon or salt water trip adjust your drag to the maximum. Remember this will also effect your minimum drag so you may want to tone it down again for your summer fishin...
This video offers a couple of tips on how to wind on your backing to the reel correctly.
Step by step instruction on how to change your LOOP reel from right to left hand wind or vice versa. Useful tip. Make sure to have a clean work surface to do this on as there are component parts that must be put back together in the correct order.
If you don't feel comfortable doing it, take it ...
This video shows how to attach your backing to a fly line using the Albright knot. This is an excellent knot when the fly line does not have a welded loop to connect to and also very good for attaching your backing to a nylon shooter running line.
If you have a welded loop in the rear end of you...
How to whip a new loop on to your fly line or sink tip. A useful way to repair a broken loop on the water, no need to search for braided loops, or if you haven't got a needle, this will get you fishing straight away.
Useful tip If you have sink tips that are not colour coded use different colour...
Learn how to tie the Uni Knot or (Universal knot) which is a great knot for attaching the backing to the spool of your reel ready to wind on. This is our preferred knot but there are also other knots available for the same purpose.
TIP: The uni knot can be used for many fishing application, from...
The Needle knot is a quick easy way to fix a broken loop on the water. Loop connections on sink tips and fly lines can wear over time, instead of trusting it, replace it with a new one.
Useful tip. You can attach a tapered leader to a cut end (no loop) of a fly line to give you great transfer of...