My Vlogs will follow me “an average angler” in pursuit of Barbel, Carp, Chub, Perch & Pike throughout all seasons. Fishing rivers and lakes both home and overseas with occasional high quality cooking on the bank. Creating Vlogs is certainly a learning curve and if nothing else the sound quality improves with time due to the use of various external mics, although I’d also like to think my editing skills have improved thus making the finished Vlog a more enjoyable watch for the viewers?
Thanks Mark I visited it 21-6-24 with a mate ( after your great video) New gate 😂 3 pm till dark, my mate had four barbel to 9lb 9 oz lost two barbel plus 2 chub and an eel on meat We fished in the twenty pegs I had a chublet and small barbel Which makes me a below average angler 😂😂😂 Keep them coming Subscribed Cheers Tim
Hi Tim, thanks for watching. Sounds like you and your friend had a good day 👏🏻👏🏻 I’m hoping to get back up there in a few weeks as Om a bit tied up at present 🙄. I’ll be doing some more river Vlogs ASAP
It amazes me that tackle companies are so strung up on "set up" times for shelters.... When, in reality, its "pack down" times, for a fully set up bivvy, that's probably more important...
Excellent review and tips! I'm seriously considering one. Whats the difference with yours and the one with the side rails...think its the Evo model? There was a few comments about the Nash barrows "only" being 150w power...hows it on hills? Thanks.
Hi, glad it’s helpful. The only difference is in theory with the side you don’t need to use straps. Since I’ve had it I’ve fished 2 waters with very step hills, and never had a problem (it helps if you give it a slight push as well up big hills).
@@zebedeevlogs32 Hi, I disconnect the battery connectors to charge it (probably every 6 fishing trip), but that’s the only time (it’s in the video at 2 mins 14 seconds). Thanks for watching
Great video. I used to fish Kings Weir during the Winter in the late 70s early 80s when I was a teenager. Used to be a long walk from where my dad parked the car then, maybe a couple of miles. Was still a day ticket water back then. Used to fish way down the end of the river in one of the last swims before the Leisure Sport Fishers Green venue began. The bailiff used to shoot at the rats along the opposite banks with some sort of air rifle. He kept huge snakes at the cottage. There was also a black cat that used to frequent the last few swims. We used to arrive early in the morning when it was still dark, trudging through all the mud (sometimes it was frozen solid). I remember the hum from the electricity pylons. Best fun was trotting with maggots, always used to catch a few chub. I remember a particular cold morning when it was still dark and I was in the 2nd last swim before the LS venue. I had an old Winfield ledger rod that was really for pike but I had an isotope in the end that rattled when I had a bite. Well, first cast I had after 15 mins this thing rattled and the rod bent over. I had what felt like a nuclear sub on the end that just motored UP stream and would not stop. Smashed me up eventually as I could do nothing with it. Memories !
Hi Paul, what a great write up 👏🏻 I’m glad you enjoyed the video and it bought back those fond memories. I love my river fishing, and like you whilst on the bank it brings back memories of when I was just a school lad fishing on a Saturday or school holiday. I started of aged 11 getting a bus to Crystal Palace park, and never caught anything, then the chap or ran the lock tackle should suggested smaller hooks and line (I used all my paper round money to buy some) and jump on the train to Hampton Court and fish the Thames. That some friends and I would spend days there catching Minnows (the target was we couldn’t go home until,someone had caught 100). Then we discovered ledgering and the river was full of beautiful gudgeon which I still adore to this day. With the river season just around the corner, I’ll hopefully be doing some more videos soon.
@@AnAverageAngler Thanks Mark, one never forgets those memories. I started as a 7 year old catching minnows from the Thames in an R Whites lemonade bottle while my Dad float fished. Hampton Court, Walton and a few other places on the Thames. Progressed to tench and carp in the summer months and pike, barbel and chub in the Winter. Now being in Australia for the past 30 years it's a bit different !. Still some expats over here that are still doing the carping but different attitudes over here. Too busy to get out much at the moment but retirement in a few years and I'll dust off the rods again.
Good luck with retirement. I retired last year and on the Carp front am having probably the best year I’ve ever had which I put down to being able to go when the lakes are pretty empty (I’ve just done 2 days/nights for 4 fish to 25lb 11oz when everyone who fished the weekend on that lake had blanked). That said I still prefer the river and as videos go they get a lot more views than Carp videos, so I tend not to do them unless fishing a day ticket venue where I think someone wanting to go to may view the video for any information. I visited Australia a few years back, and yes definitely a different mentality when it comes to fishing. Good luck 🤞🏻
That’s interesting as someone else mentioned that to me the other day? The only time I’ve had that happen is on uneven ground when the barrow wants to follow the drop, so you need to left that wheel for a bit. Sorry I can’t help with a solution
Nice review - I've had mine 3yrs and its bullet proof . . . the battery clips / wires are a bit feeble so as you say you need to be careful with these - I've also tippexed the connection from thumb controller to main unit to make it easier to push together as the pins can be easy to bend. Never use the rear legs as find them more of a hinderance on my water - have bought the additional front and rear panniers so I can lug more gear I dont need!
On that lake it’s a rule to use a bait boat as there are power cables running across the lake so impossible to cast 🤷🏼♂️ If you look at any of my other video’s (apart from French ones) there isn’t any BB use.
@@AnAverageAngler Its not personal, but this is not Angling at all, its more like a computer game, maybe next year we don't even have to go to a lake at all, just download an app, sit at home, put on our fishing outfits on, take a photo of a monster carp, that is delivered to the front door, and pretend that we caught it using our "Angling Prowess" Ridiculous, P.S this is not an attack on you as I enjoy your content, and hope it works out well for you :)
@@turtlejones9279 I’ll not take it personally (it’s good to talk👍🏻). I’ve only used the boat in France previously and that’s due to the distance the fish are, and was on the verge of selling it as I won’t be going to France again. Then the offer of this syndicate came up but with the exception of 4 swims you have to use a boat. I have the same opinion of people using buzzers when Barbel fishing, which for me is all about water craft and watching the tips. Have a watch of some of my Barbel Vlogs, which I think you’ll enjoy 👍🏻
I have mine. Only bad thing about that I see as bad is, door should come with solid, clear pvc and mesh. Bivvy is amazing. Strong and durable. I didnt have any trouble woth poles. Just bough overwrap
Nash do both! T4308 is the cheaper front with just the door. T4227 mid front with solid clear pvc panel. This is for the green one. So they will do both for the camo! Less than £10 difference!
that my friend is not the way to erect a camo pro. surprised you did not snap the smaller arms. use the first 2 poles either side of centre pole pull apart,move your hands to the outer poles and pull completely out and up,then when it's on its legs pull the peak poles last. when pulling put the spreader block against your chest. ps gd job it wasn't raining 🫡
2nd time was a lot easier. As you say getting it fanned out completely before pulling the peak poles. Also sliding down the mesh retainers on those arms helps as well.
Nice Speaking too you I see it's been fishing quite hard this past week or so, I come down Sunday gone with my partner and fished hodgetts, i didn't catch anything 😅. I Should off jumped on the peg you told me that fella had 6 fish out from over 48hrs on hodgetts
Hi Sean, as you say the whole complex seems to be fishing poorly at present 😳 I’m coming back on April as YWC has Billy’s booked for a weekend. Hopefully they’re feeding by then 🤞🏻
I smashed the front spoiler off my van on those roads 6 months ago absolute disgrace they haven't sorted em out yet would never go back just another complex that just wants the money 💩
My first visit to Kings Weir was in 1962. Then the fishing rights from the weir pool downstream to the Met Police fishing club stretch about a mile were owned by the LAA. Someone in the LAA forgot to renew the lease and the LAA lost it all to Jim Carey. Anyway, the LAA managed to recover about the last 1/4 mile so we were able to continue fishing there. The fishing was always THE best in the LAAs portfolio. I caught my first specimen barbel there as a 9 years old lad. Returned to Chesent Broxborne stretch of the Lea last year after a 40 year absence. Discovered all the lea was no fishing due to the overhead power lines. Or private fishing. Shame youngsters are no longer allowed to roam and learn the sport with their mates.
Seemingly most stretches of most rivers now are “owned” or run by someone and as such means we have to pay to fish 🥺 . The glory days really have gone along with most of the fish
Its hard to know what is depleting the fish stocks everywhere, I remember as a 5 year old fishing the River Lea, just 20cm from the bank, I could see huge shoals of Gudgeon, Perch and Roach etc, I did notice a few years later a lot of sort of oil slicks on the water surface that i thought came from the small motor boats, which Im sure they did, and I'm sure that a lot of "Modern industrial practices " added to that also, but am still shocked to this day that a thriving river as the River Lea once was, died so quickly over such a small space of time, back then, and Im talking about 40 years ago, Nature and the Rivers were thriving, and now I feel like Im living in a "Lord of the Rings film" I watched a YT video a few weeks ago, sorry I can't point you to the exact video, but it seems that some people are noticing this same thing on the beautiful River Wye, and the Anglers are trying to get to the root of , excuse the pun "Why?" The more help they can find, the better.Praying that the Wye does not suffer the same fate as the Lea. Maybe more anglers can get involved in projects like this, otherwise in a few small years, all we will know is to draw blanks. God Bless
Used to fish here regularly in the the late 70,s and early 80,s, was absolutely stuffed with the whole range of coarse fish, tactic back then was at least 5 pints of maggots in a day fed with a bait dropper, and a ton of hempseed, made for a busy days fishing, but always had great results, the fish back then would actually follow the bait dropper and waited for the bait to come out!!! Also sweetcorn works great for big hauls of big Bream, wish you better luck next time :)
Thanks for watching. The fish stocks are definitely depleted now on that stretch (most rivers now days). Next time I’m going to give the maggots a good go on one rod just to see what (if anything) is in there 🤞🏻
Always shows in AT. Some big fish. There was an article a while back raising concerns that no small fish have been caught recently. Was thinking of getting down next season but it’s a good old 100 + miles away.
I do get AT so wasn’t aware. I was talking to one of the other anglers who’s fished there a few times and says it’s hard to catch anything, but if you do it’s normally a good size. Over the past 5 years I’ve fished the Severn a fair few times and you used to be able to locate numbers of Barbel in the 5 - 7lb bracket, where as now you’re catching less but the fish are now bigger (likewise the Chub). All in all it’s not looking good for the future with the smaller fish not coming through. I’ll be giving to weir another go in the summer to see how I get on
I used to fish that part of the Lea regularly back in the early 1960s, the Kings wear section was free fishing back then. I was really shocked and surprised to hear how extremely expensive a day ticket was. The part I fished most was at Dobbs weir that belonged the LAA, the river was full of fish back then, you certainly wouldn't have blanked. I used to fish touch ledgering with a rolling weight, mainly for big roach, caught quite a few over 2lb, the best bait was silkweed. There were also lots of chub and the odd barble. Back then before water was abstracted there was a lot more flow, the only thing that hasn't changed is all of that bankside rubbish!
Hi Tony, Thanks for watching. Yes the river (like most now) is a long way off what it was back then. I commented to someone else how all the rivers were free fishing when I was a lad, but sadly those days are long gone 🥺 I’ve never tried the Dobbs Weir section. As for the “bankside rubbish” I’m hoping that’s not how it is all the time there given it’s now privately run by the house owner, but I’ll see when I give it another go in the summer.
@@AnAverageAngler Thanks for replying, I still can't get over the fact that you didn't catch a single fish, in my day that would have been impossible. Maybe I'm relying too much on my rose tinted glasses!
Hi Peter, they’re actually really good. I thought they looked a bit chunky when I got them, but they’re fine. Have you been up to the Severn at all? I have a chance to go Wednesday, but still can’t decide if it’ll be worth it?
No, haven’t managed a Severn trip, it’s just never seemed the right conditions especially with the distance involved. Can’t get down there next week so that’s it for me this season. Good luck if you do get over there👍
Hello ! I've spent some wonderful days fishing here in 1960 s_ 70s! Prefer the weirpool just under the apron in turbulent waters! Also had fish from a tiny side stream opposite house during floods!
