Norfolk and the east have some awesome drains and rivers full of roach. Miss fishing the fens. Wife won't move out there so stuck here in carp puddle central.
During the summer it is pretty much the same here, although there are a couple of semi-natural venues I fish where fish are definitely not guaranteed. Most people just want to catch loads of fish, which I have no problem with, but sometimes it's nice to have some tough days that make you think a bit more.
Derek. Is the swim clearing available on other rivers please? Ha! Ha! I take it on all that river you two fish the same spots? Isn't the river producing all over that length? Nice video.
@@eastcoastangler7058 mainly on lakes in summer. But went other day down of vicrage lane on a peg very weedy and only caught a few roach really. Bream out of that stretch was 2 years ago.
Looking to retire soon & move back up to Lincs from Northants - this inspires me to get out on the venues I fished as a young match angler in the 70's - Sibsey Trader, Hobhole, Ancholme, all stretches of the Witham. I guess they won't produce anything like what they once did but overstocked commercials don't hold the attraction they once did. Cheers
The Witham has produced some big Bream and Tench weights this year, followed by several blanks. The Bargate drain last week produced a 48lb match weight, followed by a pleasure angler having 18 Tench around the 5lb mark from the same peg the day after. As you say this is proper fishing when you never know what will happen, a blank or a great day. Thanks for commenting.
@@eastcoastangler7058 cheers. It's weird how things have changed - I never saw anyone catch a tench from the Witham back in the day, hemp was a summer bait yet I see others now using it in winter, everyone fished rod & reel (my preference too), & we were swingtipping brandlings for the bream......if we could get past the eels. Good times.
They are home made, original idea by my friend Derek Skinner. The only thing i do different him is use these www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-X-GRIPPER-GRIP-LEAD-WIRES-SEA-FISHING-MOULD-7/140488161866?hash=item20b5bf3a4a:g:XJkAAMXQBwlROKN5 instead of piano wire because they are straight to begin with. Here is the video he made about making them ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m_QjQXjgFRM.html. Hope it helps.
It is Vicarage Lane near the village of Wainfleet St Marys about 100m before it meets Washdike Lane. www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Vicarage+Ln,+Skegness/@53.1047757,0.2227563,468m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47d7c315d7c15f6b:0xfee4d7fb212ed075!8m2!3d53.1041509!4d0.2255887 . There are still steps to get down to the river, hope this helps.
The home made float is a 3 inch piece of peacock quill with a short piece of cocktail stick at the top. The wire stem is 1mm diameter and trimmed off so the the float takes just 3 no10 shot to make it sit properly. The wire stem makes most of the weight for casting so you can sink the line to avoid surface skim/float drag.
@@topfuelteddy It certainly is, I know Derek well and he is someone worth listening to. It is a size 10 mini match swivel pushed into a short piece of 0.8mm silicone tubing. The swivel then threads on the line and is trapped either side by rubber float stops (I personally don't like using shot to trap the float) and then the wire stem of the float pushes into the other end of the silicon, this allows you to change the float if needed without breaking the line. Hope this helps.
