Great memories of Burton Joyce, Nelson Field. Putting a stick float through back in the 80's & 90's fishing the Nationals. Coming from the south it was always a great joy to know if your Match would be on the Trent. Catching Bottle top skimmers, Roach, dace and chub. Getting through 4 pints of Hemp and 4 Pints of Caster, little and often. Back then it was 1.1Lb Bayer Perlon Bottoms and 20 fine wire hooks. Pete Drennan stick floats, 5 No4's. Feeder was always for the Bonus fish. Great to see how River fishing has developed over the years.
Brilliant to see the day going so well for the boys with plenty being learnt Congratulations to yourself and Dean for putting together such a good program of tuition days together Take care stay safe regards to Terry and keep it lit 👍 my friend
Proper fishing. My old river. Never fished a feeder back then, it was considered lazy fishing. 4lb main line, 2.6lb hook length and stick float trickle feed little and often. Plus we never sat on our arse's for a match. Lovely video tho. Can't stand those bloody commercial lakes cramped with fish, kiddies pool I call them. Do more river video's pse and visit the Swale if you can for one. Awesome river.
I fished it for the first time in a Charity Match the other week. I pulled out peg 27 and didn't realise it but people told me I'd drew the famous flyer. There was gale force winds so it was a hard match won with 9lb of Dace and a Bream. I came 5th with 3lb2oz made up of a 2lb 3oz Perch and a handful of Dace. The biggest problem for me was all the silkweed. It didn't matter where I cast, halfway across the river or not, every cast I came back with a clump of weed. I also lost two bonus fish which I was a bit gutted about. Enjoyable day though, a mans river, very different to my local middle Severn.
Hi Jamie great vid as always,does anyone still use wasp grub on thr river, I remember in the70/80s the nests selling for £5 a go and was deadly for the Chub Happy days lol😁
I can remember drawing a, peg 4 down from that peg and deans dad drew that peg in a 300+ pegger in the 80,s deans dad won it with chub ad barbel on the stick and waggler 👍
We of a certain age remember the mighty Trent in all its glory fishing what are now considered 'classic' methods. I would often be going to shool after the weekend with bright orange hands due to feeding a gallon of bronze maggots....every Monday the tutor teacher would say ' You've been fishing again Kevin'...great days.
