I’ve watched this a couple of times now and thoroughly enjoyed the quality and content. Your style gets me reminiscing about Jack Hargreaves, Terry Thomas and a Passion for Angling with Chris Yates and Bob James. I’ve recently simplified my own approach to fishing and gone back to the days when craft meant more than barrow loads of equipment. By the way, a big hello to George who I believe was a classmate at secondary school in Rugby.
Hi Alan (Dusty?), You could well be right! Thanks for the kind words. Yes indeed, 'ditched the back breaking quantity of kit on return to angling around 2012 and certainly wouldn't go back. Glad you enjoyed it. We're just working on the next for spring release.
Now that nickname brings back memories! Now only used by friends from way back when. I’ve had quite few years away from angling too, trying different hobbies, however, angling is a pastime that endures over my other fascinations. I look forward to the Spring video. In the meantime, I may bump into you along the canals and rivers between Rugby and Stratford sometime. Tight Lines! Now that’s an expression with some history…
Fabulous stuff takes me back to my youth captures angling in just the spirit it should be I grew up fishing the very same swims born in Leamington spa I fished a few of your matches in a former life now live on other side of the world still try and get out fishing most weeks all the best 👍👍👍
@@artificialflight1942 the fish are bigger but no more pleasurable he he I still can't sleep the night before a trip not sure how the cold would affect my old bones nowadays 👍👍👍
Hello George. I can’t find another way to contact you, but hope you might see this comment and, if still involved with RU-vid, honour me with a reply… I’ve loved watching your content from a few years ago and I’m simply wondering why it began and finished so swiftly? As a busy father, husband, bread winner, one-time author and relatively new content creator, I understand the barriers to ongoing creativity all too well, but I hope you’re in good health and may revisit your channel at some point in the future. Tight lines and all the best, John
Thanks for getting in touch, John. The reason simply is that, initially covid, and then personal circumstances got the better of Eric and I. We do however have a new film under prep, again taking longer than it should, largely due to my technical incompetence, but hopefully you'll find that one to your liking in due course. All the best with your own venture too! George.
Thanks for your comment Jason, much appreciated. We certainly do try to show angling as it really is, rather than how tackle manufacturers want you to see it.
No, they can't be eaten. CRT state, "It's illegal to take fish away from the canal under both Environment Agency by-laws and the 1968 Theft Act". Thank you for your question.
What a lovely video. Full of nature but also showing exactly the techniques you have used with the sketches etc I especially enjoyed how you combined underwater canal footage which isn't something you see often. As I have taken up canal match fishing once again I found this particularly informative for thinking about how my perch/worm rigs are working and what the fish are actually doing down there. Thankyou
I must admit, Jonny, underwater filming has been such an eye-opener. It's nothing like we imagined it would be, in terms of fish behaviour. Thanks for watching.
Yours are some of the best fishing videos ive ever seen, anywhere. Such a soothing and comfortable tone, wonderful narration...just a perfect package. The muted colors of English winter appear identical to winter in Ohio, USA, where im watching from. Love them all, but this one especially above the rest for some reason. I know producing something like this is a lot of work, but boy, would I do a backflip if you made some more! Thanks.
Loved this video. Capturing the true essence of small stream chub fishing. With perspective to specimen weights. Good advice, important to success, to some basic , but often over looked in todays rig obsessed world of angling. Quality.
Just snippets we've picked up along the way over the years, Lewis. We just hoped it might give one or two anglers the encouragement to have a go for these exceptional fish by leaving the 'pole & pinkies' at home occasionally. Thanks for your interest.
First time seeing this channel after searching for chub fishing in the Uk. I thoroughly enjoyed this video, narrated and presented brilliantly. I’ll certainly be watching more👌👍
Unfortunately I've fractured my toe and instead of being at work (or casting a line) I'm stranded at home scouring RU-vid for fishing videos and was delighted to watch this! Have to say the zero advertising is wonderfully refreshing. I guess I will watch the rest of them this afternoon 👍
Wonderful video George.. a great insight into the lift bite method, an often overlooked tactic used in recent years,but still highly effective for large canal roach beautifully portrayed in your excellent video. 👏 😊🎣
I'm doing ok thanks George, great to hear from you.. I did contact you on Messenger quite some time ago, but didn't hear back.. I thought maybe you had changed your number.. hope all is good with you too George.. Tight lines, 🎣
I’ve been watching all your films again recently gents and still there is nothing on RU-vid that surpasses the content in epitomising the true spirit of angling.- absolutely brilliant! Are there any more productions in the pipeline?. .
Hi JJ, Thanks for viewing them again. You must have a very strong constitution 😉! Yes, we have a project underway. Just need some suitable weather now.
Thanks for viewing Hawkman. 'Never seen this but just took a look at a brief clip and will watch more when I have time. We certainly don't want to be paralleling someone else's work but it's nice to be considered worthy of comparison to anything Hugh Miles has done, for sure!
I just found your channel and I watched every video in a single day. Great work man! I learned a lot and lowered my anxiety at the same time. I'm in the southern USA, I don't need to know how to catch chub, but I was held captive regardless. So many angling channels have loud intros and loud narrators yelling at the camera. I never understood that. Yeah it's exciting, but it's also restorative and a quiet, thoughtful pursuit.
Makes me miss so much about the UK, the Grand Union canal around hythe with its beautiful tench and pike that I caught over the years there, the canals in Yorkshire that I had amazing bream times on, carp lakes all over the country. So many places and fishing and I miss it all but I am enjoying my tour and living here in Germany now, the huge wild forest lakes are absolutely stunning and all of them it seems are loaded with fish and most you will barely see a sole as you walk around, but fishing does not come without its problems here with the first being that fishing for a hobby is against the law!! However, that is if they catch you hey! Great video, was enjoyable
Yes we are, Chris. We've both had a few things to contend with over the past year or two but we plan to start filming again in February. Thanks very much for your interest!
@@artificialflight1942 from top lock Hatton to green lane offchurch. Fished a lot of GUC in 80s-early 90s. So many gudgeon then but within 3 years all gone, found out the culprit Zander. That said canal only just starting to recover. Do you fish this canal? If so any luck. Thanks Chris
@@chrisfoster5098 Yes, indeed. Much of our areas overlap! There are a lot of Silver Bream east of Leamington. Not had so many myself to west of Warwick though.
What's your thoughts on weight near the hook? I'm currently targeting canal Roach with a few fish of 10-12oz to show for it, I find my canal has alot of tow so I'm having to up my weight to a 0.8g olivette, my hook of choice is a B525 size 16, its the finest gauge wire I'm comfortable with without compromising strength. I just worry that 0.8g will throw the balance of the rig off, brilliant video either way. There's not a lot surrounding such niche campaigns within angling. Its all commercial this feeder that, have a great new year.
I'm assuming you purely have the olivette on the line from the way you describe it? In which case, to fish the method in the film it needs to be about 18" from the hook with a BB shot on the bottom 2-3" from the hook. However, as you imply, this is tricky in a strongly flowing canal, and so letting the rig run with the flow and fishing just off bottom may be better. We tend to use a smaller piece of flake or a large punch then 2 or 3no.8's close to the hook to keep the bait down there. I hope that helps, Connor, but if you need more info, do please message again and thanks for raising the query!
Most excellent sir Very passion for angling like,love the classic piano 🎹 background music so relaxing and peaceful Also some nice fishing to what seems to be a very experienced chub angler
Simply amazing, very well narated and nice angling I'm fond of stalking chub myself as a breather from my carp fishing I even dig out the pin and folding net thanks for a very pleasant video
Indeed it's also great for keeping active during the colder months I also like perch fishing with lobs and prawn on my vintage tackle it allows me to escape to my childhood for a day thanks for your reply your content is great I really like the passion for angling vibe and your fantastic editing please keep up the content theirs not a lot like you on here and that's very special
I've just found your channel and wanted to say what lovely films you have produced. It's made me even more keen than usual to get out on the banks and tempt some autumn Chub and Perch.
Not only a generously informative film, but one that beautifully captures the true essence of angling. A long time ago I spent 3 intense years behind buzzers and it broke my soul. I now travel light with a rod and a few basics and enjoy my fishing so much more. Thank you for this 👏👏👏👏👏
I can believe it Kevin. We both love variety in our angling and, for me certainly, three or four trips doing the same are enough. This week, float & bread on canal, alarms & pellet on a lake and then floating biscuits, you can't beat it. Thanks for your comment
Thanks for the video.. after watching underwater videos tho it's shown that bread doesn't actually pop up off the deck.. it just lays on the deck and wafts about a bit.. tbh it didn't look to be much different from any bottom bait altho I'm guessing with it being so light it gets sucked up very easily. I'm gonna give bread a go tomoz at the canal as I seem to catch every perch in the canal fishing worm and maggot.. altho I had a nice dace on maggot last time
Thanks for your interesting comment, leafy. We've filmed bread underwater too and, while crust stays buoyant, fluffy flake eventually sinks but how soon depends on a number factors such as the tow on the water, weight of hook/line, type & make of bread, freshness of bread, how its prepped, etc. Regardless, if you leave it out long enough for it to sink, it's still going to behave like a wafter and be easily taken, as you rightly say
