Fly Fishing Rutland Water : Baking on the Boat (01-07-21) 4K 

Just found this channel. Really enjoying it. Nice to see an honest angler showing good days and not so good! Watching competition guys/advertising people catching fish after fish makes me think I’m rubbish! I returned last autumn after 30+yrs out, getting used to new equipt. so it’s interesting to hear what lines etc you’re using. I bank fish large stillwaters in the north - pleased it’s not just me having blanks in the bright sun and heat of my first summer back. Keep sharing John, it’s really enjoyable. I’ve never seen anyone fishing dries so static before! Might give it a go. Thanks again. Jill, 55deg north.

Love your videos John, i love seeing all the diffrent parts of Rutland, the North and South arms are so diffrent you almost feel your fishing two seperate lakes! Sadly me and my older brother live in Hemel Hempstead so we only get to fish it maybe two or three times a year but it has a very special place in our hearts when we do get there. Jon

Excellent video John I haven’t fished Rutland water for years, your videos make me wont to get back into it 👍👍👍👍

Enjoyed watching John.You did well in the hot conditions.Can you tell me what net you use for shore fishing please.

Nice video mate! 🎣 I do need to visit Rutland one day!

Enjoyed the video John haven’t been for about 2 weeks due to sunny hot conditions starting to cold turkey 😎☀️🐟🎣😁

Good stuff John , another good video mate ..Stevie

Well done for putting the effort in John, it's been tough going these last few weeks. I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos, it's refreshing to see some honesty after reading some self promoting nonsense posted elsewhere recently. We've given it a rest for 2 weeks but will probably be back out there next weekend if Priestley manages to find his way back from his holiday. I hope you don't mind if I offer a couple of bits of advice; if you glide the boat in neutral then put the engine in reverse in you can stop it dead where you want it with a bit of practice. You may convert some of those follows into takes if you fish "the hang". And try weighing the odd fish, it may help with your 'guestimates' (which seemed a little optimistic!). I look forward to the next video and hopefully I'll bump into you at some point. Cheers Phil

Interesting John video tight line

Another little tip. If your fish goes under the boat or tried to stamp your feet a little and it should scare them out from under the boat

What are ‘the boils’?

You need to start hanging the flies at the end of the retrieve.