I'm loving the simplicity of how you fish. No half a tackle shop set up on the bank and using trusty 80s gear. Keep them coming mate. Btw it's funny as a scot I still pronounce River Stour as River Stoor.
It's a fair walk to the river so I have to carry everything. When I was younger I could manage a lot more but need to shed the excess nowadays, especially as I need to carry the camera gear. Although I grew up in Dorset I tend to say the river names as I think fit. I was always convinced Frome rhymed with 'home' whereas the local pronounciation is 'Froom', and similar with Stour which I rhyme with hour but suspect should be more like 'stir'. One surprise name I had was reading Witham in the angling paper and thinking it was Wit-ham and my geography teacher telling me it was WiTHam.
As a youngster I had a very slow start with perch. I didn't fish the Stour until I was 16 where I did catch perch but none in my local waters, my first one was when I was 13 from the Thames but 3 years before the next ones. Perch disease was taking its toll on the Thames and it was quite a few years ( early 80s) before they returned in numbers, In time my local waters gained perch.
I probably use Drennan and Kamasan hooks more than most others but do use Preston, Tubertini, Mustad and Gamakatsu amongst others. For roach and dace I prefer fairly fine wire hooks and increasingly use barbless hooks.
Lovely film,my style of fishing since my stroke
Glad you enjoyed it.
I'm loving the simplicity of how you fish. No half a tackle shop set up on the bank and using trusty 80s gear. Keep them coming mate. Btw it's funny as a scot I still pronounce River Stour as River Stoor.
It's a fair walk to the river so I have to carry everything. When I was younger I could manage a lot more but need to shed the excess nowadays, especially as I need to carry the camera gear.
Although I grew up in Dorset I tend to say the river names as I think fit. I was always convinced Frome rhymed with 'home' whereas the local pronounciation is 'Froom', and similar with Stour which I rhyme with hour but suspect should be more like 'stir'. One surprise name I had was reading Witham in the angling paper and thinking it was Wit-ham and my geography teacher telling me it was WiTHam.
Must be that school boy thing that never leaves us with perch , still to this day i smile when i catch one doesn't matter what size it is . 👍
As a youngster I had a very slow start with perch. I didn't fish the Stour until I was 16 where I did catch perch but none in my local waters, my first one was when I was 13 from the Thames but 3 years before the next ones. Perch disease was taking its toll on the Thames and it was quite a few years ( early 80s) before they returned in numbers, In time my local waters gained perch.
Hi Mark what shot do you use ? just just lately ive been having problems with the shot staying on the line due to it being too hard. thanks .
I use Anchor Double Cut. I try to re-use shot so that it softens a bit.
Hi Mark another good video thanks for uploading. Mark can i ask do you stick to one make of hook or do you change depending on size. Thanks Tom
I probably use Drennan and Kamasan hooks more than most others but do use Preston, Tubertini, Mustad and Gamakatsu amongst others. For roach and dace I prefer fairly fine wire hooks and increasingly use barbless hooks.