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I am glad you enjoyed it. I have caught a lot on it since, best 10 lbs 9 oz 12 drms, and it has never let me down. I wouldn't use it for mega carp but it is a greater deal of fun with the smaller ones.

Hello Tony It is a Danica rotary vice. Few years old now but still going strong!

I get them from Temu. Last time I looked, they were £1.48 for 10. I know some people worry about Temu but I have put in lots of orders and never had a problem. Mind you, I do tend to stick to basics rather than sophisticated items.

You could. You could also use a stop knot made out of the inner core of an old 7 strand telephone cable. I don't think that they would grip as well but they would do the job. Mind you, I wouldn't fancy a smoothhound on the top trace. Pretty sure that a crimp would prevent slippage better than the alternatives but probably worth giving it a go.

@@Whistlpig Be a pleasure. I am going to have a go for the squid over there in the near future.

I hope you have a wonderful time. I have only been to Menorca - I was told it was a lot quieter than Majorca - but the fishing will be very similar. I am also told that you can go on a charter boat in Majorca, which is illegal on Menorca. You can hire your own boat there but charter boats are not allowed. I am glad that you enjoyed the video. Don't forget the bait elastic!

It is my pleasure. At the time, I had massive vertigo which lasted for the first five days of my holiday. Then, on the last two days, when the vertigo had subsided, a storm rolled in and kaiboshed my chances of fly fishing for barracuda! Oh well, I will have to force myself to go back again!

@@martyngreen7565 Very good videos . I like the way you talk about the rigs you are using . Will try some of these techniques next time I go on holiday.🎣👍

I am glad that you like them. I try to make them as helpful as possible so I have always thought that making the rigs clear - and talking about whether or not they work under the circumstances - was essential to this. I know when I watch television programmes, I have always thought it better when they make the tackle that they are using clear.

I am, thank you Ray. It was lovely to meet you and hope that you are too.

I am glad you enjoyed it. It's a simple little rig but it works well. Let the bead rise slowly then twitch it down and reel very slowly. Twitch, whenever you like, and mix it up with 5 to 10 second pauses. Hopefully it will give you some fun on your holidays. All the best. Martyn

Hello Del. Thank you for your thoughts. I was fishing a rising tide. The variance between the low tide and the high tide can be dramatic. At the mark where I filmed, the difference can be three to four metres. You might start at a depth of two metres - less on a Spring tide - but gradually, over the session, it can rise until nearly the length of the pole which, in this instance, was six metres. The bottom does slope a bit but is also complicated by being uneven, which is why a plummet is a good idea to have. Even a shift of three or four metres to the side can change the depth considerably.

Normally I use 15 - 17 grade solid elastic, but on some marks, the fish are a bit bigger so I step up a grade and use hollow elastic, which is a lot thicker. At one mark, where I have caught bass and wrasse to 4.5 lbs, I have even gone to 20 - 24 grade hollow elastic. It can be useful when the rocks and seaweed are particularly snaggy and you get caught a lot and need to retrieve your tackle without putting too much strain on the pole. Sadly, I can't get down that mark any more - osteoarthritis seems to have got a motor on since the radiotherapy - but there are still a lot of other places to enjoy. I have had to curtail the market too, unfortunately. This year, I had so many trips booked by people for fishing that I didn't have time to make the garden ornaments. Shame, but there ye be! Anyone interested in buying a lot of garden ornament moulds? Going cheap...

@@martyngreen7565 Thanks for the info.

The underwater shots give a feel of the area straight in front of where I was fishing. The surrounding area is much as you describe. The best place is where there is a large rock with a miniature, well, almost a cave underneath it. The wrasse get in there and trailing your bait just in front of it often brings out the larger fish. I lose a few drop shot leads on occasion but not very often really.

@@martyngreen7565 The bit I fish currently with LRF is Big Rocks and Boulders that have been placed to break up the Waves along the side of a large Stone Jetty, the side of the Jetty is big concrete steps apart from the bottom 8 feet or so which drops to the bottom, the tide barely drops below this ledge apart from the shore end. The boulders and rocks come right up to this so you are basically dropping into some clear area's between the boulders vertically really, a few spots you can flick out maybe 10 feet if the area is a bit clearer. Only fish over low and start of flood with dropshot as it pushes you back up the large steps and unable to drop vertical, switch to small plastics for the small Pollack and Bass then. Catch plenty of smaller Wrasse of various types, Blennies and Gobies of all sorts, give a fight on the 1-10g rod, the small Pollack even better fight.

Thank you. I am glad that you enjoyed it.

Thank you both. I am much better than I was. Hand mostly healed but very lucky to have lots of bookings coming in. A nice way to have your time off limited! We will get that trip in though Sam. I have had a few thoughts about that though we could do with less spider crabs around!

Well done Angela. Gladto see you looking so well.

Glad you enjoyed it Dean. You'll have to try it for yourself one day. It's unconventional but really good fun.

Nice one David. They are lovely rods and I hope that you have a lot of fun with it.

Hello Darren The vice I use is an old rotary Danvise which has served me well for ten years at the least. It has done very well.

@@martyngreen7565 Thank you, Martyn. Tight Lines!

Thank you Dave. I've got three sea fishing videos that I have got to finish and then I shall be after the perch again. I am glad that you enjoyed it (again)! I am still (ultralight) fly fishing for them.

Thank you Angela. I am glad that you like it. I have done something wrong with the frame rate but I have got to work out what. For some reason it didn't fill the TV screen.

Thank you Callum. I am really glad that you enjoyed it. I want to test out the rigs a few more times before I do a video where I show them in full detail but for now they have worked extremely well. Ben's smoothhound and all but one of the dogfish came up on them without a single tangle - and Ben's smoothhound certainly put this latest version of the paternoster rig through its paces. They have also handled doubled hook-ups of small conger and dogfish without any problems. An interesting thing, at least for me, is the way that they have performed when I have been comparing them to other two hook tackles. It's only been about seven or eight trips but, even when heavily outnumbered by other anglers with multiple two-hook tackles, every double hit on every trip has come up on the T-boom. I am quite optimistic but, at the same time, a bit cautious. I like to check things out thoroughly first.

@@martyngreen7565 Fantastic Martyn - looking forward to the explanation - keep up the good work!!

I am glad that you found the books informative Jason. Thank you. I have got two and a half chapters to go on my latest book and then I will be able to add that to the range too. I shall look forward to seeing you at Brixham Arts and Crafts Market. I lost a lot of the season this year with treatment for prostate cancer so hopefully things will be back to normal. Look after yourself and all the best for the future. Best wishes. Martyn.

Some very interesting thoughts too. I tried one of my marks with live prawns and encountered some much larger wrasse that the pole struggled with. I am going to look again with a carp 6m battle margin pole but the keiryu rod could also be very good fun. I shall have to do some research.

Thank you. I am glad that you enjoyed it.

Thank you. It is really good fun. Can be a little interesting when you catch a double figure carp but you have to react accordingly. I have had over 400 carp on it now, 40 of them doubles, and you do need to make sure that the drag on the reel is properly set if they decide to run. On a couple of occasions they have reached weed but I have always managed to get them out by pointing the rod straight towards them and gently moving backwards while clamping the line against the rod. Once they are out, you can play them normally. It hardly ever happens in the waters that I fish so the thing to remember is never to put too much strain on the rod. It will handle a lot but it is finesse fishing, not brute force. You just have to react quickly and sensibly, when the fight is really enjoyable. You also need to pick your fishery mind. Not a tactic for specimen waters with really big carp but superb on match lakes where ten pounders are generally the biggest fish that you will encounter.

Hello Peter. I bought the whole outfit from a company called Maxcatch Fishing, over the internet, at www.maxcatchfishing.com/. It wasn't hugely expensive but it has never let me down. I have had over four hundred carp on it, including 40 just over ten pounds, best weight 10 lbs 12ozs 8 drms. I would recommend that you try out on a pool where the carp were smaller, while you get a feel for the gear, and then gradually get more ambitious. Personally, I think it is great fun and I wish you all the best with it.

Thank you. It is a strategy that I thoroughly enjoy.

Usually from the visitor's pontoon on the marina or sometimes, if the ferry people don't object, from the pontoon where the ferry collects their passengers.

Absolutely Brian. It was a great day.

Hello Bob. African Queen comes fully equipped with all lifejackets, life raft and all necessary safety equipment. While we weren't wearing lifejackets, with a sea that was all but flat calm, they were all neatly laid out in the cabin where they could be handed out and donned within seconds.

Thank you Dai. I will pop in a video on ISO fishing in the UK shortly too.

Hello there. Yes, I have, changing the bait and venue to match the target species, which will vary according to the time of year and conditions on the day. I have used mackerel strips to catch mackerel, scad and garfish when they are close in, similarly whiting and pouting in the Winter, but I have also used live prawns to target bass and bigger wrasse on the Breakwater. Ragworms seem to work better than lugworms here though, with a quarter pound of ragworms usually enough to last you through one tide. I have also scooped shrimps from the sandy beaches, which can do well for wrasse of all sizes, but I have also had golden grey mullet on ragworms. I think the day will come when I catch some bream on the pole but it hasn't happened yet. I think it will though, when I find the right mark.

Hello Aja It may be a little while - I am very busy just at the moment - but I will see if I can work it in.

It happens. Doesn't really bother me since I usually put the fish back anyway. Good days and bad days, as in all angling.

Hello Clive I am glad that you have been enjoying the videos. To park, just come down from the main Totnes road, where the sign is, and then drive around silver lake and over the bridge to the trout lake. It can be a bit muddy but there are spots to park by the trout lake, next to the new building that is being built.

@@martyngreen7565 Thanks Martyn, that sounds very convenient!

My pleasure

Thank you David. Much appreciated.

Thank you Mark. I only designed the cascade rig a few weeks ago so it has not appeared in any of my books just yet. (As you know, I write under my middle name - Lindsey Green.) I have got a video to finish on the bimini twist, using a tool so that you can tie it very quickly to pretty much any length of loop that you want, and then I am going to do a video focusing on the cascade pulley. I have tried it out a few more times since I made the video - still without any tangles - and on the last trip I had a double shot of bass, several singles and then a cod and a bass on the same cast. As I said in the video, I am cautiously optimistic - you have to be a bit careful with any new rig - but so far it is doing very well indeed. It has never unclipped during a cast and has released perfectly every time.

Good to hear Tracy. On this side of the pond it's a very niche activity but it is growing in popularity. A lot of people fly fish for carp but not many have diversified into other coarse species. Add in the fact that 1 and 2 weight rods are not readily available in the UK - I had to have mine sent over from America - and it makes this style of ultralight fly fishing a bit more difficult. Hopefully, as more and more people try it, it will become more common.

Hi Mark. Just to let you know that I posted a video showing how to make up the rig. Hopefully it will be useful.