Tim's 72cm bass | Bass fishing with soft plastic lures in flow | Inside Art of Fishing - Episode 3

Tim Howe started his year with a 72cm bass — so we got him out at first light to show us how he's doing it. This one's a proper walk-and-talk masterclass in fishing soft plastic lures in tidal flow: how to read the current, why the fish sit closer to your feet than you'd think, and the little weighting trick that keeps a lure hovering just off the bottom where the bass are looking. Ben fishes alongside Tim and learns as much as anyone watching — which is rather the point. If you've been meaning to get your head round soft plastics in current, start here. And the reassuring bit: it's not specialist tackle. There's a good chance the rod you already own will do the job. — Gear in this video — • Tailwalk Bay Mixx SSD 72ML — Tim's rod: short, accurate, happy retrieving plastics and casting at sighted fish. • Apia Foojin' RS Art Magic 90ML+ — Ben's rod: lighter tip, power down low, a genuine all-rounder. • Keitech Easy Shiner — paddle tail for scaling the profile down, 3"–4.5" • Headlock Sledger sandeel — Tim's go-to in faster flow; the 72 took a 6" one. • Belly-weighted weedless hooks — Hayabusa Hyper Tornado Weighted. The heart of the rig; change the weight gram by gram to set the hover. • Braid around PE 0.6 (~10lb) — the lightest line you can sensibly get away with, for control in wind. Everything's in the shop → artoffishing.co.uk Any questions on tackle for fishing the flow, drop a comment or send us an email — always happy to talk it through. Thanks very much for watching. #BassFishing #LureFishing #SoftPlastics