Catching BIG Chub - Three 6lb+ Chub In a Day! 

Hi Allen, glad you enjoyed the video. It's nearly prime chub time again. Phil uses either a neoprene boot or when it's really cold the ske-tex field boots come out. www.anglingdirect.co.uk/wychwood-neoprene-3-4-boots?queryID=8cb1acccdd18ab57ef4dd26df460ea96&objectID=23329&indexName=live_ad_uk_products www.anglingdirect.co.uk/skee-tex-field-boots?queryID=d62e94de8f3f0f4772408670248d1c1d&objectID=30881&indexName=live_ad_uk_products

Glad you liked the video Stephen, Cheese paste is a deadly chub bait especially when the river is coloured. Have you tried it yet?

Paul Fletcher thank you, and good luck for the last few weeks of the river season 🤞🐋

I finally caught a genuine six last week, after nearly four decades of winter chub fishing in Yorkshire. The lower Nidd is a good bet for five pounders and the middle reaches of the Derwent can be good too. The problem with the Ure and Ouse is catching them at the right level with all the rain and snow melt. As they are relatively big rivers with fewer features, finding the chub can be tricky on short winter days.

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Glad you enjoyed the video.

TONE 007 very true sadly 👎

Why’s that Tutts?

We agree, cheese paste and bread flake. 👍

Wild sdqin voyaga

gone fishing carry on chubbing! 👌

40 years ago it was a roach mecca and of course at the top of stretch is the famous kickles farm and upstream of that the famous Adams mill. I count myself fortunate to have had such a great river to learn the art of angling.

We are respectful to all fish 👌

@@AnglingDirectTV That's how everybody should act 👍

That sounds like great chub fishing Terry. Well done.

l wonder if the river still holds fish like that now, l'd heard otters had been busy there with few chub or perch caught now!

Jason Donaldson nice to see you too mate 👍

Richard Cot-te-rell 😂

We never doubted him, 😉

Hi Neil, glad you enjoyed the video. Phil was using the Advanta RVS quiver rod. The 2oz glass quiver tip was perfect for this section of river.

Hello Mike, The rod was an Advanta RVS twin tip. Great rods that don't break the bank either 👌. I was using the 1.75lb rod with the carrier section and the softest quiver tip. www.anglingdirect.co.uk/advanta-discovery-rvs-twin-tip-fishing-rods?queryID=2eb6ef8199be7ab3306b685452d83378&objectID=95131&indexName=live_ad_uk_products My favourite mainline for that style of chub fishing is Gardner hydro-flow in 8lb, a nice tough line but soft and supple too. www.anglingdirect.co.uk/gardner-hydro-flo?queryID=c3c2b5323b81065fa11897fd6d51167d&objectID=69321&indexName=live_ad_uk_products Hope this helps? Regards Phil,

Hi Phil..cracking chub👍..could I ask what chair you was using for that session? Cheers 👍

@@AnglingDirectTV Hi Phil, thanks for the information. Sorry for the late reply. By the way I used your 5 five turn water knot rig recently with great success. It is such a clean and simple rig. Please keep providing content to your Specimen series, they have been great to watch and learn from.

Thanks 👍

is any of the Wensum free fishing please,

Barry Peck thank you, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Some are specific to the rod and some brands have use the same tips throughout their range. Best place to ask is your local tackle shop. They'll tell you about your rod specifically and maybe able to find something that will fit.

Robert Court ok thank you for the info

As Robert said, most rods have their own size quiver tips. If you pop into any of our Angling direct stores bring you rod with you and the staff will be happy to try and find the right tips to fit.

If legering, the rod tip often shows a couple of preliminary twitches, usually (but not always) followed by a good solid pull round. They are usually bold biters (compared to roach), but that doesn't stop me from missing a few 'easy' bites! Quite often, if chub are present in a swim (often close to rushes, willows or alders) you will usually get a bite within half an hour. If not, it is worth moving to a new swim. Prebaiting with mashed bread and blue cheese can help. Look for the 'crease' where fast water meets slow and when the river is high, the margins can be good if you keep quiet. I usually use a lead that is just big enough to hold bottom and often use a 5lb or 6lb hooklength to size 8 hook, with a piece of soft white bread pinched on with blue cheese. Lobworms are excellent too, but chub can be caught on virtually any bait; good luck Mr Jasoll!

Hi Matt, Phil was using a simple link ledger set up with the cheese paste. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Michael Bellamy nothing too complicated, blue Stilton, cheddar, fresh bread crumb and a squirt of Sonu hemp and cheesy garlic liquid. I sometimes add a little mainline Polaris pop up base mix to make the paste slight buoyant.👌

@@philspinks4142 Thanks

Takes years to find those special Ouse Chub and barbel. The ouse isn't the trent etc.. You have to hunt for your fish and hunt well not hit and hope. Us locals keep quiet, its a special river. Bread in cheese paste, that's not cheese paste haha!

Hello Gavin, the session ended on a high 👌. Phil was using the 2oz tip.

Jeffrey Middleton Fortis SJ9 jacket 👌

@@philspinks4142 Thanks Phil

Advanta RVS twin tip with 2oz tip in

Hi Steve, Phil was using an Advanta RVS twin tip rod paired up with a Shimano 4000 sized front drag reel.

Thank you 👍

😆 Was a devilishly good session!

Sam Hubbard glad you enjoyed it 👍

Thanks Kevin, we should be out chub fishing again very soon.

Hello Neil, I’d say a ratio of 50:50 bread crumb to cheese.

Phil Spinks Cheers for that, I do really well with the old fashioned 50% short crust pastry, 25% Extra Mature Cheddar and 25% Danish Blue, along with a teaspoon on turmeric or robin red. I’ll give your recipe a try next time 👍🏻

I don’t think the chub are fussy....95% location 👍

Sadly otters, and cormorants have ruined most of the upper Wensum. If I got started on that subject the video would of been several hours long.

@@philspinks4142 Sadly the section of the Ouse you caught those chub from has been suffering from cormorant predation for quite a few years and now otters are here taking fish, they wiped out most of the big barbel on the Lakes Lane stretch (Adams Mill) along with a lot of chub, worrying times l fear.