These fish are regularly covered by fishing journalists and DVDs and eventually they are ticked off the wish list.

The monarch wore a range of impressive attire for the historic occasion, which included special robes, an embroidered gold coat and a sword belt.

If weight is felt, lift the rod to set the hook then pump and wind as fast as possible to get the fish away from the bottom. Good mate and legendary spearfisherman Tim McDonald has spent a considerable amount of time free diving the deeper reefs and experienced first-hand the habitat of these fish.

Coronation exhibition at Castle Howard – The Long Gallery will play host to an exhibition celebrating the King’s Coronation, featuring luxurious peers’ robes worn to coronations gone by.

Here’s Tilly again, this time with a plump coral trout taken on a Halco Paddle Prawn, one of the author’s favourite offshore plastics. Converting fishers who had only ever dropped baits on a reef to tying on a softie, proved easier than expected, even though most were very dubious of the productivity of such a relative unknown.

Alternatively, dropping to the bottom and doing one big lift and drop will also work well and entice these fish. The celebrations will be taking place over the weekend of 4th of May and the Government have announced a one-off public holiday on Monday 6th of May! Each coronation is unique and tailored to the specific monarch’s preferences and beliefs, so it’s likely that there will be some differences between King Charles’ coronation and previous ones. In this article I thought would cover something a little different that I’m asked pretty regularly about and that’s the beautiful Coronation Trout.As far as jigheads are concerned, it’s best to have a range of sizes from ¾ to 2oz built on heavy gauge hooks from 6/0 to 8/0.