''winds gotten up its blown leaves in and its erm pain in the arse to fish'' made me laugh because its so true! great little session for roach always fun watching the float go under tight lines and wet knees :)
Nice vid Tom. I cut my teeth on the Trent in the 70`s 80`s no one fish`s it much .there all bagging up in carp puddles. there`s something majestic moving water trotting down stream.
nice vid... quiet lil stretch and a few roach is a great day out... impressive size of roach too... i love getting them like that on the long whip.. proper fishing that, not stretch elastic on an emotionless mud puddle
Nice video mate as usual can't wait to get of myself our local river is fishing really well at the moment good Quality fish are being caught so I will be paying it a visit soon
Are you barbless now Tom. I find more advantage than negative, don't lose fish, don't hook myself of jumper, and fish like it too? Great video again mate.
Tom, Getting back into fishing in my retirement and your vids are by a long stretch the most interesting and informative on youtube (not just because I fish in your area and I love trying to spot the location)! The following is not a complaint because I love the vids and I don't expect you to give away all your secrets/locations but it would be good to know e.g. how you prepared the swim for this session (if you did), what you look for in a roach swim etc. I have no interest in anything other than silvers and note you are very informative on preparing the swim for carp! You are clearly a very experienced angler and it would be good to give us "returners" a leg up if you can.
Alan Richards Very well put, Alan. I appreciate it very much. I guess I'm always keen to get a few in the bag before the camera rolls and miss the preliminaries! I'll make a special effort to explain in a bit more detail next time. Stay tuned!
Thanks Tom. A thought. To save fishing time maybe you could do a piece to camera "post script" (which you are pretty good at btw) laying out how you prepared for the day and things you took into consideration? You are able to do that whilst carping because you don't have to hold the rod/watch the float!
That's right, there's lots of downtime when fishing for bigger fish. I could do a post-script, definitely worth considering, or else just be a bit more mindful of what I'm saying! I do tend to forget that there are people of varying experience who watch, and things I might tend to take for granted may well be very helpful to others... I've just bought a new camera and tripod too, with a remote, so that might make a difference too. We'll see...
I make these videos for my own enjoyment, part of which is interacting with people who watch, so I'm very grateful to receive feedback such as yours. So, thank you Alan.
Well in mate. I will find your spot and fish it! Ha ha ha. Pukka mate. I can't wait to get down the thames and fish it. Be glad when my Wrist heals up.
Great video Tom, really enjoyed it mate. Some massive roach, amazing average size, think the smallest one you had would smash my pb roach! Stretch Looks lovely, really carpy. Thames backwater carping vid soon??? haha
Funny you should say that, I've been having a crack for a carp from there after work some evenings. I've put a lot of bait in, but not had a bite yet! I'll stick at it. I know it produces a few carp early in the season, as they go in there to spawn...
Really enjoy the thames vids i love fishing the river its a great river you need to fish donkey island at walton on thames big big barbel and its free to night fish mate.
donkey island is that where that poor night fisherman was killed yeh I have heard of big barbell and carp and bream coming out of there its right on sunbury weir isn't it mate?
yeh its a wicked spot there are 3 swims all produce monster fish better at dusk n dawn bro with large horse size halibut pellets I don't mind sharing good swims with other anglers I fish the thames from Teddington to Weybridge the weirs are the best places and sunbury is the best I have found also cats in there to. to a decent size you need to walk over a small foot bridge then along a path on the island till you get to the weir its very fast flowing but boy theres some bigguns in there.
jaguarxtypeandstuff aha, I know sunbury weir: I fished it a couple of times when I had a lock n weir permit. Tough walk in the days before I had a barrow!
Tom Winter Fishing im not totally sure but i think you dont need a weir liscence to fish from donkey island the lock keeper always waves at me lol and seems ok i have fished it alot this season with no problems i think after there was a murder there people seem to stay away theres a few polish guys that fish it regular there all nice fellas but they do seem to light fires which can be annoying but the barbel are plentiful there thats for sure had a few nice ones out.
Will be starting to fish again very soon after over forty years. Vids like these really wet my appetite, can’t wait to start again on the Trent. Just wondering though, why opt for the waggler? Conditions look perfect for the stick.
Glad to hear you're getting back into it! I had to fish within a couple of feet of the far cover to get bites that day. Had there been a bit of colour and a tad more flow, the stick would have been nice. I was hoping they'd still be there in the winter, but sadly, they weren't!
Hello Tom very nice fishing section, I'm originally from Brazil and we are mad about fishing, been in the UK for over 15 year and believe you me I've never tried to fish over here for the simple reason that I don't know a good spot to fish. l leave in North West London and my best option in my opinion will be the Thames . I would love to learn more about the way you English fish so I can get back to my favourite hobby.If possible I would like to give my number so maybe we can chat and meet up for a section so you could explain to me about tackle and good fishing spots. Let me know if that is alright! Thanks and that was a like from me!
I think, this video is the best from all videos about roach fishing on the waggler. Be lucky, Tom. And thank you!
''winds gotten up its blown leaves in and its erm pain in the arse to fish'' made me laugh because its so true! great little session for roach always fun watching the float go under tight lines and wet knees :)
Hehe, cheers mate. Lovely little stretch it is.
Nice vid Tom. I cut my teeth on the Trent in the 70`s 80`s no one fish`s it much .there all bagging up in carp puddles. there`s something majestic moving water trotting down stream.
nice vid... quiet lil stretch and a few roach is a great day out... impressive size of roach too... i love getting them like that on the long whip.. proper fishing that, not stretch elastic on an emotionless mud puddle
top video nice to see a good net of roach keep up the excellent films
Ray Hensford thanks mate! I’m out again for them this weekend. Probably going to fish the Jubilee River with the feeder. Bit different!
Nice video mate as usual can't wait to get of myself our local river is fishing really well at the moment good Quality fish are being caught so I will be paying it a visit soon
Yeah, it seems to be fishing well lately. Get out there and get some!
Love it Tom, just my type of fishing!
Pro trick: watch series at flixzone. I've been using it for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.
@Jamison Benjamin Yup, have been using Flixzone} for years myself :D
Are you barbless now Tom. I find more advantage than negative, don't lose fish, don't hook myself of jumper, and fish like it too? Great video again mate.
hey im new to fishing and the only thing near me is roach so is it better to use barbed or not ??
Superb roach Tom! I might have a go at that these days. Roach are entering backwaters of the Moselle river right now (along with gobies I am sure).
nice to see the roach thriving again in the rivers , good stamp as well
great vid tom nice roach!
Tom, Getting back into fishing in my retirement and your vids are by a long stretch the most interesting and informative on youtube (not just because I fish in your area and I love trying to spot the location)! The following is not a complaint because I love the vids and I don't expect you to give away all your secrets/locations but it would be good to know e.g. how you prepared the swim for this session (if you did), what you look for in a roach swim etc. I have no interest in anything other than silvers and note you are very informative on preparing the swim for carp! You are clearly a very experienced angler and it would be good to give us "returners" a leg up if you can.
Alan Richards Very well put, Alan. I appreciate it very much. I guess I'm always keen to get a few in the bag before the camera rolls and miss the preliminaries! I'll make a special effort to explain in a bit more detail next time. Stay tuned!
Thanks Tom. A thought. To save fishing time maybe you could do a piece to camera "post script" (which you are pretty good at btw) laying out how you prepared for the day and things you took into consideration? You are able to do that whilst carping because you don't have to hold the rod/watch the float!
That's right, there's lots of downtime when fishing for bigger fish. I could do a post-script, definitely worth considering, or else just be a bit more mindful of what I'm saying! I do tend to forget that there are people of varying experience who watch, and things I might tend to take for granted may well be very helpful to others... I've just bought a new camera and tripod too, with a remote, so that might make a difference too. We'll see...
I make these videos for my own enjoyment, part of which is interacting with people who watch, so I'm very grateful to receive feedback such as yours. So, thank you Alan.
Nice bit of Roach fishing.
Cheers Fred. Absolutely love it!
Some cracking bars of silver there, well done
You fishing just down from the weir there?
Nice bag of redfins
Well in mate. I will find your spot and fish it! Ha ha ha. Pukka mate. I can't wait to get down the thames and fish it. Be glad when my Wrist heals up.
David Flynn gimme a shout mate, I'll join you😄🎣🎣🎣
Great video Tom, really enjoyed it mate. Some massive roach, amazing average size, think the smallest one you had would smash my pb roach! Stretch Looks lovely, really carpy. Thames backwater carping vid soon??? haha
Funny you should say that, I've been having a crack for a carp from there after work some evenings. I've put a lot of bait in, but not had a bite yet! I'll stick at it. I know it produces a few carp early in the season, as they go in there to spawn...
Really enjoy the thames vids i love fishing the river its a great river you need to fish donkey island at walton on thames big big barbel and its free to night fish mate.
donkey island is that where that poor night fisherman was killed yeh I have heard of big barbell and carp and bream coming out of there its right on sunbury weir isn't it mate?
jaguarxtypeandstuff I did have a look down there recently, actually. Looks alright 👍
yeh its a wicked spot there are 3 swims all produce monster fish better at dusk n dawn bro with large horse size halibut pellets I don't mind sharing good swims with other anglers I fish the thames from Teddington to Weybridge the weirs are the best places and sunbury is the best I have found also cats in there to. to a decent size you need to walk over a small foot bridge then along a path on the island till you get to the weir its very fast flowing but boy theres some bigguns in there.
jaguarxtypeandstuff aha, I know sunbury weir: I fished it a couple of times when I had a lock n weir permit. Tough walk in the days before I had a barrow!
Tom Winter Fishing im not totally sure but i think you dont need a weir liscence to fish from donkey island the lock keeper always waves at me lol and seems ok i have fished it alot this season with no problems i think after there was a murder there people seem to stay away theres a few polish guys that fish it regular there all nice fellas but they do seem to light fires which can be annoying but the barbel are plentiful there thats for sure had a few nice ones out.
Lovely looking rod there tom what model is it?
Will be starting to fish again very soon after over forty years. Vids like these really wet my appetite, can’t wait to start again on the Trent.
Just wondering though, why opt for the waggler? Conditions look perfect for the stick.
Glad to hear you're getting back into it! I had to fish within a couple of feet of the far cover to get bites that day. Had there been a bit of colour and a tad more flow, the stick would have been nice. I was hoping they'd still be there in the winter, but sadly, they weren't!
Nice fishing Tom. With all those bait fish do you ever get old Esox turn up?
Brian Timson no, very rarely actually, which is surprising!
They're not " bait fish " they are pristine roach! Using them for bait is just WRONG! ( I'll get off my soapbox now ).
Looks great fun Tom and in a beautiful location, can i ask what waders are they your wearing buddy?
Hello Lee, not sure what they are. They're pretty cheap neoprene ones, probably off ebay...
Thanks Tom i'll have a look on there. Look forward to your next video pal.
Dirtboot. That's what they are, just remembered.
Hello Tom very nice fishing section, I'm originally from Brazil and we are mad about fishing, been in the UK for over 15 year and believe you me I've never tried to fish over here for the simple reason that I don't know a good spot to fish. l leave in North West London and my best option in my opinion will be the Thames . I would love to learn more about the way you English fish so I can get back to my favourite hobby.If possible I would like to give my number so maybe we can chat and meet up for a section so you could explain to me about tackle and good fishing spots. Let me know if that is alright! Thanks and that was a like from me!
Super fishing 👍
quand on ne doit pas attendre la touche c'est bon le waggler
буду смотреть) спасибо за видео)
trés bon travail,bravo
⭐️💂🏻♂️🎩💂🏻♂️⭐️ I’ll tell you for free don’t rule out big Carp and Roach on the Wag N Mag
pour moi un très bon pécheur je ressent ma façon de travailler