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What's the difference between Braid and Monofilament fishing line?  This topic was suggested by Tink Newsome from the Soft Plastics Anonymous page. Well for some people its not much, for others it a world of difference. This article is to explore why this is so and what's better for Soft Plastics fishing. Let look at how its constructed first as this may help us to understand the differences in its capabilities.  Mono or monofilament as it is known is made by the melting, mixing and extrusion of a copolymer mixture through small holes. The term mono is a Greek term...

Learn to Fish Soft Plastics - Reading the water- be more like Yoda...

Learning to recognise and read the signs of the water and fish activity is a skill that we all need to learn if we want our catch rate to be consistent. This article, takes you through the skills involved and points out the stages of development in learning to read the water. There may even be a few tips in there as well, so take the first step and...be more like Yoda. 

Learn to fish soft plastics- Tides and maximising your time on the water.

High tide  or low tide, when is best to fish your secret spot, we each have our favourite time of the the tide, but why, why does it work at one spot and not another, maybe this article will shed some light.

Skulldrag Trip Planning 101- Barometric Pressure

Man, way to much pressure, or not enough! We lift the lid on what all this air pressure stuff means to our fishing and trip planning, hopefully it will leave you on a high.

Welcome to our series on starting off in soft plastic fishing. No more smelly bait fingers for you, no more dollars spent buying bait to feed to ungrateful fish and hello to the exciting new world of fishing with soft plastics.  I can assure you that here at Skulldrag Industries, we will never claim to be experts as we are still learning ourselves, but we can share with you some of the techniques that may well put a few more fish on the table, Instagram or Facebook for you.  Everybody loves accessory sports and fishing can be no exception at...