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Hi Steve, thanks for the great video. I also use waggler weights but I lock mine with float stops and I just wanted to ask qwhy you don't use them. Thanks.
Steve, great video, lovely location, nice simple approach'.. I enjoyed your day thankyou shame about the background with the water but im sure you didn'tnt know that till you got to the edit stage lovely bit of river an ever so exiting to see what you might hook! keep them coming mark
Great video Steve loved it Boss to see a top angler fishing the way I love to fish. I also think the one you done on the Stick float on the Avon is one of the best I’ve seen. I’m off to our local river Douglas to catch some dace and maybe a chub now , so keep up the good work
Great to see a new video Steve, I have been looking forward to seeing another one for a while. Re- re-watched the flat float one only yesterday. Is that Arley/Highley Country Park area? I never fished up there but have been by on the train many times and on my bike once or twice. I only fished down by Stourport (Lickhill) and would love to fish up that way one day soon. I appreciate the work that goes in to making these when really all you want to do is fish but we all learn a lot from them so please keep up the good work. Thanks
Hi Steve, by my estimation 0.18 mainline is way bigger than three to four pounds. Did you mean 0.15 or 0.16? Your 0.12 hooklength equals about three and a half pounds breaking strain in old money? Yes? I can’t be doing with line diameters. Can you just confirm the sizes of line you were using, please? Cheers. A great video by the way. A fabulous afternoon that I am keen to emulate myself.
The old lines are massively wrong on stated diameters, nothing wrong with them, they're still very usable when you know their true diameter This vid I used Preston Pro Float diameter 0.18 is 4lb
I know what you mean about needing the line to break when youre in a snag. Trying to break the line when youre stuck in a snag whilst using 15lb line and your thinking to yourself is my bale arm going to snap. 15lb line breaks nearer 20lb and its a nightmare when youre snagged up
Thanks for all of your videos Steve. It has helped an average angler like myself no end. I was just wondering could you tell me what mono you use for stick float & topper fishing. Cheers, John
A lot of the lads I fish matches with on the Tees use the Preston accu power in 0.14 for the stick. It floats well and comes off the reel nicely. Always put a bit of grease on the line for three foot above the float, makes a big difference
Hello Steve, excellent explanations of what float to use as the peg dictates. Do you have a rod preference for your stick float fishing and have you had any line behind the spool issues in windy conditions with those TDR reels?
Isn’t it a sad indictment of today’s anglers that after three weeks this video has only had 2550 views and 70 likes? There is more pleasure in catching ten pounds of river roach, for me, than catching two hundred pounds of commercial carp. The state of today’s rivers, with many being flooded and virtually un fishable for four months of the year, may be a major contributor to the demise in river sport, but commercial fishing has taken a heavy toll. The challenge on rivers is firstly "will I catch?" whereas the challenge on commercial venues is usually "how much will I catch?" It’s still fishing, but not as we know it. (Paraphrasing 'Bones' on Star Trek there. If you don’t recognise that you are almost certainly a person of the ‘commercial persuasion' and rivers are an unknown to you"). It is almost impossible to persuade the average angler that river fishing, where the reward might only be five pound of tiddlers, is SO much more enjoyable than catching carp. And stick float fishing is fishing in its purest form.
I think Steve has earned the right to use a keepnet to enable him to show us his catch at the end. MILLIONS of anglers own keepnets and use them on a regular basis. If you don’t agree with keepnets why not take it up with the government to see if you can get the law changed. I am sure the MILLIONS of anglers will agree with you. Until then why don’t you keep your opinions to yourself rather than spouting off in the comments of a perfectly innocuous and pleasing fishing video?
That perch is going to eat small fish, whether it's in a keepnet or not. If it eats Steve's dace it'll spare others. Nature doesn't share our humanitarian sensibilities
Interesting video Steve. When choosing river floats when and why would you use a particular patten ie stick, loafer, avon or Bolo ( fixed or sliding). Presumably there’s a fair amount of overlap? For instance is a Drennan wire stemmed avon not similar to many larger shouldered stick pattens? And have bolos made avon pattens redundant? Best regards JJ
Another great video cheers. One question.... How would you decide to fish these tactics over small fish tactics in a match? I doubt you would've got that weight with small fish tactics using a flat float etc Cheers
Hi Steve where do you get the big leads to modify your black caps from.They would be ideal for my fishing on the Thames. Living down south I have never seen any thing like those in our shops.
The feeder weights were available in tackle shops in Worcestershire. You will find the Anchor feeder weights will fit perfectly, try searching for dead cow feeder weights on ebay. I've had my collection of extra weights for a long time so may be difficult to locate, shops in the tidal trent catchment or Nottingham may also be able to help.
Excellent video. What reel is that Steve? I’m looking at buying a sturdy reel for feeder fishing on the Severn. I’m a pleasure fisherman but like the one rod, match style approach👍
The rods a Free Spirit 13ft Hi S power feeder special. Reel is a Castizm. Shimano make excellent feeder reels in the Aero range, the Preston Extremity is excellent also. Only one rod is required at any time get the feeding and balance right and you'll catch way more than anyone trying to use two at a time.
Brilliant Steve really enjoyed that. I've starting match fishing on the middle Severn and I've had 7 out of 10 dnw . This is because I've been fishing for barbel and chub and they haven't been showing unless you're on the barbel flier pegs. This video makes me realise i need to change tactics. Many thanks
Fascinating watching how a matchman tackles a flood. 20 lbs of anything is good going. I would be tempted to hold the groundbait bucket between my legs off the ground if I used a drill to mix it as any fish nearby would feel those vibrations and leg it.
Good to see how you feed and hook your bread Steve. I fished Belmont three days last week with my best net >100lb out of 95. I couldn’t get the whip to work as it was so clear so it was bolo all the way
