Phil Lockley recently joined brothers Graham and Colin Jolliff aboard the 38ft Kessenyans from the east Cornwall port of Looe to discuss the future of hand line fishing.

Handline fishing is probably the finest form of inshore fishing there is when all goes well - but the most infuriating when it all goes wrong.

Love it or hate it, handline fishing for mackerel is a pelagic skill that can reduce expenses to an absolute minimum.

But while anyone can catch a few mackerel with a trace of feathers or plastics, it takes years of experience to master the art to produce a real income.

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