Urban Tenkara fishing in central London with FoxFIRE zx280 

I’ll have to give them a go. I have some PTNs but only in a 12 and 14 I think.

I tried the PTN in a 14 and had great success with it on perch. Check out my latest vid. Thanks for the tip👍🏻

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I’ll try and make a point of it Tom next time I’m in London and have a chance to fish.

Definitely mate. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I think I’ll have a go in the town where I live if my licence covers that river. Or maybe the canal also.

Thanks Greg, it was an interesting place to fish for sure.

Thanks for the advice. 👍🏻

I run only furled line for the main, and usually 5x tippet or 10lb flouro if I am going for larger fish. Works great for small flys and larger

@@wgist87 , I am going for carp and steelhead ,so I am in the same bandwagon . don't buy mono leaders, just build them yourself , you can adjust the taper as per your rod's flex/ stroke

@@MrSurfangler yeah, "leader" line is a huge joke. Its just mono or flouro line cut down or not even.

Thanks Neil, I was amazed by the number of people who came and asked me if there were really any fish in the canal. I guess everyone automatically thinks that its so polluted that nothing could live in there.

Peter. I have several rods of varying lengths. But I would recommend a multi length rod so you can fish what ever length suits the conditions of the river or brook you are fishing. If you are in the U.K. I can recommend the strooan 2 from esoterictackle.co.uk it’s my favourite rod and reasonably priced. I tend to only really use a 3 or 3.5 level line. I mostly only get attention in the city where I don’t often fish. I prefer to be out early or late afternoon on a secluded brook somewhere also. But sometime when I have been working away from home or trout is out of season and the rivers are all swollen and I fish able I’ll head to the canal. A 12 foot rod would work in a canal. It will give you some reach to get to the other side if it’s not to wide. But depending on how much space you have on the toe path. Give it a try and let me know how you get on 👍🏻

I was fishing on the regents canal in Regent’s Park right by London zoo. You can find it on google maps. You will need to buy a permit to fish on the canal called Waterways Wanderers Permit available here licensing.canalrivertrust.org.uk You can find maps etc that tell you where you can fish close to you. You will also need to buy a rod license, available here www.gov.uk/fishing-licences/buy-a-fishing-licence Fishing in the U.K. is very different to fishing in the USA with regards to permits. Generally speaking there is no free fishing in the U.K. apart from off the coast. All inland waterways and lakes etc are owned by someone or the fishing rights are leased by fishing clubs that charge for membership or day passes. The prices vary quite widely from a few pounds to several hundred depending on location and type of fish targeted. The Waterways Wanderers Permit is cheap at about £23 ($28) for a year. I think they do day and week passes depending on how long your here. Hope this helps.

Some one asked the same question a couple of comments bellow. If you take a look for it I put all the detail in my answer to that coment. But in short it’s legal but not free.

Thanks Carlos. Where do you live? I don’t live in London I travel there for work quite often. I do have a canal mere my home in Bath and will give that a fish at some point. The U.K. has a pretty substantial canal system covering most of the country

I live a bit far from you. Northeast Brasil, Natal-RN. I have some magrove canals where baby tarpons and snook swim around. They are vey fun on a tenkara rod.

@@carlosandreblatt ah yes Brazil is definitely not close to me. Catching tarpons and snook sound like fun.

No idea where did you hear it? I need more context

Sorry just realised that you are asking about the music. It’s called You Feel like a Universe By Giants' Nest

Thanks mate. You got to get it where you can. I wasn’t expecting much but it was such a cool time. I’ll definitely be going again. It’s a pretty long canal so loads more spots to try.

Thanks mate. I love being out in the country side but I also truly had a great time fishing in London. It’s something I would never have thought to do if I didn’t have the Channel but really glad I did it. It was a totally different experience fishing in a major city like London but also a very positive one. And yes I’d hate to live there.

It’s been noted mate. You’re not the first to say it and I’ve adjusted the way I use music in my videos. In fact I will probably faze it out altogether. Great to get your input 👍🏻

Thanks for your input. What about the music you don’t like? Too load or just don’t want music on it at all? I think I showed most of the fish. I don’t like to keep them out of the water for too long , canals are quite difficult to work on in that you have a lot of people wizzing past in bikes etc and the paths are only a few ft wide so not much space. But I’ll try and do a better job in future to show off the fish better. Thanks for your input all I appreciate your remarks 👍🏻

There is a nicer way of giving your opinion! People like you don't appreciate anything 🤔