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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Coxy" data-source="post: 121310" data-attributes="member: 427">Some last safety tips & apologies if you had these already :The rule in my club and boats I skipper are:1. If you are uptiding you must forewarn the rest of the crew that you are about to cast. Make sure all have heard!2. Check there is no rigging above you for when you cast3. I always loop my bait onto the uptide lead either with the hook over the wire grapple or fish/ squid poked onto the tip of the wire. This protects from flying hooks on the end of trace & puts less pressure on the bait when being cast.I used to fish with Bob Cox (no relation)  a couple of times a year out of Bradwell uptiding for big tope with chunks of eel. He was a real uptide advocate.</blockquote>