| PIKEROD | It needs to be able to cast heavy lures or baits (4,3) |
| SNAPLINES | They provide quick attachment/change of lures or baits (4-5) |
| INCUBATING | The male needs his bright feathers to attract a mate, and the female needs to be able to blend in with the bushes so that predators cannot see her while she is ___ her eggs |
| PIKERODS | They need a good test curve for heavy lures/baits (4,4) |
| MIGHT | May, that makes one able to cast a clout? (5) |
| LEADERS | Front-runners in races; editorials in newspapers; monofilaments connecting fishing-lines and hooks/ lures; or, chief expedition guides (7) |
| FBACCOUNT | Something you need to be able to use Messenger, for short |
| ATTRACT | To draw a fish to a lure or fly, for example (7) |
| REFUSAL | Moment when a fish ignores a lure or fly (7) |
| FLUTTER | Flap like a skirted lure or butterfly (7) |
| KENNELS | Removed baits from the linen baskets for pooches to live in (7) |
| GENTEEL | Baits a chap for removing boys from lessons (7) |
| GENTLES | Baits a chap for removing boys from lessons (7) |
| WAFTERS | Baits whose buoyancy is countered by hooks' weight (7) |
| CRYSTAL | ___ bend hook, used mainly for small baits (7) |
| CONKERS | e.g. paste-wrapped, hair rigged baits (*reckons) (7) |
| CASCADE | ___ sea fishing rig with multiple baits; also waterfall (7) |
| BOILIES | Marble-sized baits pioneered by Fred Wilton in 1970s (7) |
| LOWGEAR | Reel ratio good for big baits (*log wear) (3,4) |
| DARRELL | _ Peck, of Sticky Baits team/Korda consultant (7) |
