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About the Zebco Magic Shore Rig 4, Boat or Surf Rig

A swivel at the top joins the rig to your main line, and a snap link at the bottom takes the lead weight. Each red hook sits on its own snood (a short, lighter line to the hook) coming off the rig's main body. The pack calls it the Z-Sea Shore Rig No. 4, with the same article number, 4299 043, so it's the same rig under its Z-Sea name.

Bright beads sit above each hook. One snood has an orange and yellow spotted bead, the other has plain orange and yellow beads, and both have small green beads too. The pack is marked UV active: UV-active attractors react to the ultraviolet in daylight, so they can stand out more under water. With two hooks on snoods above the lead, it fishes like a 2 hook flapper rig, giving you two baits at different heights instead of one.

Size 1/0 is a middle hook size, big enough for a worm bait, a squid strip or a slice of mackerel. As our sea fishing rigs for beginners guide puts it, hook size should follow your bait and the fish you're after. With medium baits on 1/0 hooks, this makes a good all-round shore rig for surf fishing over sand. It's also a boat or surf fishing rig: you can cast it from the beach or lower it over the side of a boat.

Among ready made sea fishing rigs, this is an easy one to start with: no knots to tie on the beach. If you're casting a heavy lead, use a shock leader on your reel line first; a common rule is 10lb of leader for every ounce of lead. Keep a few rigs on their winders in a rig wallet, so you can swap a tangled or damaged one in seconds. You'll find more surf fishing rigs and shore fishing rigs in our beach and shore fishing collection.