The Hodges Brothers Part 5: “The Big Fish Aren’t Gonna Last”
Kim and Clive round off their presentation with the answers to several questions from the audience and explain how they rig their mackerel baits; how they see the future for big bass and what they do with their bait at the end of a bad days fishing. • The ‘right’ conditions to fish for bass […]
The Hodges Bothers Part 4: You Don’t Just Catch Small Bass on Soft Plastics
In the 4th part of their presentation Kim and Clive explain how a meticulous attention to detail and a healthy dose of sibling rivalry are just two of the secrets of their success and then open things up with a candid question and answers session. • Choose your ground and choose your tides • […]
The Hodges Brothers Part 3: Accuracy is Everything
In the 3rd part of their presentation Kim and Clive explain how going lighter on tackle produced more heavy-weight bass and they chart their progress as they plotted the next stage of their big bass campaign. • Nigel plays at being a bass • 90% or more of their bass are returnable using circle hooks […]
The Hodges Brothers Part 2: AA Man to the Rescue
Kim and Clive Hodges explain how their fishing developed over 40 plus years of trial and error but it was Clive’s chance encounter with an AA man which got them back on the road to their impressive double-figure bass tally. Part 2 includes: • Why live baiting? • The importance of John Darling’s writings […]
The Hodges Brothers Videos: Part 1
How A Flat Car Battery Changed Our Bass Fishing It seems a sibling theme is developing in the presentations at the BASS AGM, as following the White brothers last year, this year we had the Hodges brothers. Although somewhat less amphiboius than the Whites, Clive and Kim are no less successful, given their catches […]