Quality video mark, brilliant fishing skills as always, the advanti rod range isn't bad for the price, I have a couple of different rods ,and they all perform excellent, skills getting that fish out the snags, stunning barbus ,minter, tight lines, good health and safe travels my friend, cheers craig 🌿
Cheers Craig and I have just subscribed been meaning to as we both enjoy the outdoors. I have the flood rods by them, well one of them and I can't say it is bad at all, although I use the Ambush rods more due to my smaller rivers.
MEISTER never miss a vid as you know mate , cracking barbel thought it was bigger than 10plus, this is your time of year mate and i know you have more in store for us all Regards IAN
Thank you mate! she was a lovely fish and I got lucky with that snag. I do indeed have more videos coming and we are starting to get to my more up to date content.
Lovely fish Mark and well done for getting it out of that snag! I so look forward to your videos! Have a lovely Christmas you and your family. Best wishes. Pete
Hello there Peter and thank you for stopping by to view the video, I was rather lucky and used some of my 9 lifes up extracting her. Tjhe same to yourself and family, have a good Christmas and a safe one.
Cheers James and thank you even more so for watching and stopping by to post a comment. My eye was absolutely off the scale by the time I finished fishing and it took a few weeks of eye ointment to mend it.
YES Quailty . Niceone mark as others have said not all luck getting out of that beauty of a barbel out of snag need to have a half a brain to lol. Really enjoyed listening to the surroumdimg sounds of nature really special that . Oh and the mozi slap to your face i nearly wet myself any angkers knows that to well . Yoyr eye was getting worse as that video went on i hope your on the mend. Cant wait for the next upload 👍🏼
Thanks 👍 and my eye got better but not before the infection hopped across to the other eye. It was not amusing but happens when you're daft enough to rub your eyes with dirty hands.
@@francolinobasco Yes Mark been targeting them over the last three seasons as the barbel on my river are hard work. Also like roving for Chub and honed my river skills fly fishing in my early fishing year's.
Hi Mark again another great video in fact all your videos are a pleasure to watch, some of the rivers you target barbel/chub are just like the one close to me that has produced some lovely catches of chub and of coarse the Enigmatic prince of the river, nothing quite as impressive as some of your catches as the river suffered pollution back in 2017 and alot of specimen fish were lost but they are on the come back, my personal best was a real clonker back in 2004 on an evening session on the Thames that topped the scales at 16lb 4oz and what an unforgettable fight nearly loosing it to a shopping trolly. Anyway cant wait for your next vid, tight lines, wet nets, rob.
Hello there Rob and thank you! It is nice to hear that you enjoy my videos as much as you do. Argh pollution the bane of many rivers nowadays, water companies need gutting out and my own opinion need putting into public ownership. A 16lb 4oz barbus is a very good fish indeed! I have more videos coming and am spending another night currently editing more.
@@francolinobasco brilliant im off out for a few hours this morning just preparing some hemp but im itching to get by that river. 😁 forgot to mention i to use the rvs River ambush rod, cracking bit of kit for the money and awsome in those tight swims with low tree's lol.
@@francolinobasco would it be possible to have your email address would love to show you my catches from my club stretch and a few secret spots, would like your opinion on how you would fish one spot in particular.
Good Morning Mark . You are always in the same . So , I believe you . Thank you very much . I enjoyed in this your video clip . Take care . And gives us some fun times again for us . And I love your smiling face , nothing but . Dec. 9th 2021 Thu. 05:28 am from Yokohama City Japan
Hi Mark, Well what a perfect demonstration for dealing with snags, I know that it doesn't always work out like that and you could have lost the fish and your gear! and the results speak for themselves another prime double figure Barbel. It was also nice to see the punishment that the Advanta 7 Ft RVS can take I believe it was bent double at one point. I broke the tip on mine a couple of trips back my own fault, I was packing up and attempted to climb a sloping bank slipped and the rucksack rolled down and hit the water and started floating downstream, and my knee hit the rod but that is another story.
Hello there John and thank you I was very very lucky to get her off the snag, but the Advanta rods can take a beating. That sounds like a very unfortunate turn of events with breaking the tip, I broke my drennan ultralight mini feeder during summer so know how it feels :(. Maybe try and phone angling direct and openly tell them what happened and see if they might very kindly replace the top section?
@@francolinobasco i have already replaced the tip doing it the old fashion way. I have not done any wiping for about 20 years when I was match fishing but it looks as good as new.
As a 'one-eyed' fishing fanatic, I really enjoyed this one Mark, and you sure have given that swim a work out in recent videos. Persistence was absolutely the key to getting that one out, well done.
Haha cheers chaps. Right the final swim where i caught the barbel was indeed a different swim, however the evening swim that I stayed a bit too long in was the swim from my previous video. :D
Hi Mark. Absolutely love your channel and your dedication. Reaping the benefits from your efforts whilst out in all weathers day and night. Enjoy your Christmas Mark and try and find time to do a bit of fishing 😂. Take care. Kind regards. Alan.
Thank you Alan! I needed some luck during that moment in this trip and thankfully it was a good ending. Haha I will try mate! :D . Wishing you an Early Merry Christmass too!
Great video as always Mark. You have been on a roll with the barbel recently. Getting that cracking barbel out of the snag was not luck, it was darned good angling skill, very well done. Many congratulations on getting the award highlighted in the recent RDAA newsletter, it was well deserved! Best wishes for an enjoyable Christmas Mark.
Heya Harry Cheers mate and I was rather happy to have won the monthly award too! Thanks for the kind Christmas wishes, the same to you and your loved ones and here's to a few more fish for both of us in the future.
Thank you Paul and it is nice to know all of you chaps enjoy them it gives me a lot of fire to keep making them. Wishing you a safe and healthy Christmas too.
Wonderful barbel under difficult "close combat conditions", respect. It is not the tool that makes perfect, but the hand that guides it. And if you still say that fishing is not a real sport, you can try this combination of concentration, skill, well-dosed use of force and timing "on the side" :-)
Thank you Mark, you can also put it this way .. whether the device in the hand becomes a sharp and elegantly wielded sword does not depend on the value or age of the tackle, but on the ability of those who wield this "weapon" .. Analogous to the well-known example of watercraft, I would claim that there is also such a thing as tacklecraft. I am often smiled at for my kind of tackle coordination - that would be far too weakly tuned ... I would then like to reply: it is only too weak for those who doubt the device but above all their own capabilities:-)
Lovely fish Mark and we'll done getting it out from there. Had a few like that myself and its always such a happy moment to see them come free. Have a good Christmas mate!
Hi Mark, nice video. Lovely Barbel. But there is one question I have that has been bugging me for years. Whenever you see a big fish caught, the capture nearly always refer the fish as "she". Pike, Grayling and Tench I can understand. But the rest I am not sure about.
Thanks Martin and good question, to be fair my own feeling on this is that the majority of double figure barbel are females even though i said "he" on the video I personally feel it was a female. However I would argue in a day and age where female fish on some rivers are pushing high teens and more and that with crayfish being a viable food source for them that seeing a double figure male would not be a surprise either.
Lovely stuff as usual Mark 😀 Inspiring stuff 👏 Trying to follow on Instagram but having trouble accessing your Instagram link, can you assist? Thanks 👍🏼
@@francolinobasco :) I'd love a 12lb gudgeon, they only go to 10lb on the river I fish. Seriously was a genuine question what camera do you use? is it just a mobile phone?
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Yet another superb Barbel from the undisputed king of small river fishing. Great stuff Mark as always.
Thanks you need some fortune sometimes and I probably used a bit of mine from getting her off the snag.
Cracking mate 👍. I love the way the tranquil darkness is shattered by the frantic chaos of the barbel bite 😁. Brilliant
Thanks Smith and haha yeh :D nothing stirs the pulse much more than that happening!
Top angling as usual and a lovely barbel, I will be sure to keep my eye out for your next video.....as long as I don't get a mosquito in it!!!!!
Beauty of a barbel that there mate. What a fish! Well angled as always.
Thank you mate I was a lucky so and so.
Great angling Mark well done for getting that fish out of that snag 👍👍👍
Thanks LArry I was very lucky that she came free.
Quality video mark, brilliant fishing skills as always, the advanti rod range isn't bad for the price, I have a couple of different rods ,and they all perform excellent, skills getting that fish out the snags, stunning barbus ,minter, tight lines, good health and safe travels my friend, cheers craig 🌿
Cheers Craig and I have just subscribed been meaning to as we both enjoy the outdoors. I have the flood rods by them, well one of them and I can't say it is bad at all, although I use the Ambush rods more due to my smaller rivers.
MEISTER never miss a vid as you know mate , cracking barbel thought it was bigger than 10plus, this is your time of year mate and i know you have more in store for us all Regards IAN
Thank you mate! she was a lovely fish and I got lucky with that snag. I do indeed have more videos coming and we are starting to get to my more up to date content.
Beautiful specimen Mark, well done. Hope your eye gets better soon chief.
Cheers Captain! The eyes much better now but at the time took a few weeks of treatment to mend and it hopped to the other eye too eurgh :(
Exciting fishing as always. Have a wonderful Christmas, thanks for all the entertainment in 2021…
Thanks MArk and yourself and family too be safe and have a good festive period!
I'll definitely be purchasing one of the Advanta rods or letting the Mrs know I want one for Christmas Mark!
Thanks John they are brilliant rods!
Wow mark what a beast. Tremendous fight. Get in there. 😃🐬💥👍
Thanks Neil! She was a sturdy fish :D
That looked like a good scrap mark on that little rod. 👍🎣
Thanks Darren it was a serious scrap and I was very lucky.
Lovely fish Mark and well done for getting it out of that snag! I so look forward to your videos! Have a lovely Christmas you and your family. Best wishes. Pete
Hello there Peter and thank you for stopping by to view the video, I was rather lucky and used some of my 9 lifes up extracting her. Tjhe same to yourself and family, have a good Christmas and a safe one.
Great viewing yet again. Cracking looking fish and result. Have a great Christmas and stay well
Thanks, you too Mark I was very lucky to get her off the snag, very very relieved. Best wishes to you too for a peaceful and bankside Christmas!
Cracking Barbel Mark, thanks for the video. Your eye looked really sore towards the end, hope it's better now.
Cheers James and thank you even more so for watching and stopping by to post a comment. My eye was absolutely off the scale by the time I finished fishing and it took a few weeks of eye ointment to mend it.
Another belter... fish and video! Nice.
Thank you i am currently editing some more chub,barbel and perch videos.
'Persistence Prevails When All Else Fails'. 😁 Well done getting it out, lovely specimen right there, what a beauty
Thank you Sage, I should have moved spots sooner as that bite was within 20 minutes of dropping a bait in. I was very lucky to extract her.
YES Quailty . Niceone mark as others have said not all luck getting out of that beauty of a barbel out of snag need to have a half a brain to lol.
Really enjoyed listening to the surroumdimg sounds of nature really special that .
Oh and the mozi slap to your face i nearly wet myself any angkers knows that to well .
Yoyr eye was getting worse as that video went on i hope your on the mend.
Cant wait for the next upload 👍🏼
Another wonderful video and angling mark . Hope your eye gets better soon buddy
Thanks 👍 and my eye got better but not before the infection hopped across to the other eye. It was not amusing but happens when you're daft enough to rub your eyes with dirty hands.
Hi Mark, pffff what a beautiful barbel. And wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. greetings Jan.
Hey there Jan! Thank you so much mate I will pass your message on to my mum and brother. Merry Christmas to you too mate!
Mark, well-done what a stunning barbel and great video. Regards Paul 👍👍
Thank you Paul I see you're enjoying some pike fishing!
@@francolinobasco Yes Mark been targeting them over the last three seasons as the barbel on my river are hard work. Also like roving for Chub and honed my river skills fly fishing in my early fishing year's.
Stunning Torpedo Mark congratulations perseverance is the key well done hopefully your eye doesn't get much worse 🤞
Thanks Chris and my eye has got better but did have repeat infections in it at the time and looked like an extra from a vampire movie lol
@@francolinobasco 🤣😉👍
Awesome film and what a fight - Nice barbel
Thanks Steffen!
another beautiul barbus, well done and thanks
Thank you! Cheers for watching :D
Hi Mark again another great video in fact all your videos are a pleasure to watch, some of the rivers you target barbel/chub are just like the one close to me that has produced some lovely catches of chub and of coarse the Enigmatic prince of the river, nothing quite as impressive as some of your catches as the river suffered pollution back in 2017 and alot of specimen fish were lost but they are on the come back, my personal best was a real clonker back in 2004 on an evening session on the Thames that topped the scales at 16lb 4oz and what an unforgettable fight nearly loosing it to a shopping trolly.
Anyway cant wait for your next vid, tight lines, wet nets, rob.
Hello there Rob and thank you! It is nice to hear that you enjoy my videos as much as you do. Argh pollution the bane of many rivers nowadays, water companies need gutting out and my own opinion need putting into public ownership. A 16lb 4oz barbus is a very good fish indeed! I have more videos coming and am spending another night currently editing more.
@@francolinobasco brilliant im off out for a few hours this morning just preparing some hemp but im itching to get by that river. 😁 forgot to mention i to use the rvs River ambush rod, cracking bit of kit for the money and awsome in those tight swims with low tree's lol.
@@francolinobasco would it be possible to have your email address would love to show you my catches from my club stretch and a few secret spots, would like your opinion on how you would fish one spot in particular.
Good Morning Mark .
You are always in the same .
So , I believe you .
Thank you very much .
I enjoyed in this your video clip .
Take care . And gives us some fun times again for us .
And I love your smiling face , nothing but .
Dec. 9th 2021 Thu. 05:28 am
from Yokohama City Japan
ありがとうございます I am glad you enjoyed the video and I have more coming :)
Hi Mark, Well what a perfect demonstration for dealing with snags, I know that it doesn't always work out like that and you could have lost the fish and your gear! and the results speak for themselves another prime double figure Barbel.
It was also nice to see the punishment that the Advanta 7 Ft RVS can take I believe it was bent double at one point.
I broke the tip on mine a couple of trips back my own fault, I was packing up and attempted to climb a sloping bank slipped and the rucksack rolled down and hit the water and started floating downstream, and my knee hit the rod but that is another story.
Hello there John and thank you I was very very lucky to get her off the snag, but the Advanta rods can take a beating. That sounds like a very unfortunate turn of events with breaking the tip, I broke my drennan ultralight mini feeder during summer so know how it feels :(. Maybe try and phone angling direct and openly tell them what happened and see if they might very kindly replace the top section?
@@francolinobasco i have already replaced the tip doing it the old fashion way. I have not done any wiping for about 20 years when I was match fishing but it looks as good as new.
@@BUFF498 Ah good to hear John and I doubt it will change the action much either if it is just a small section of the tip.
Hello, once again a great man-to-man fight! but your patience is marble while waiting for the touch! goodbye
Merci Eric I was lucky as i was not in this spot for more than 20 minutes, I should have moved to it sooner!
As a 'one-eyed' fishing fanatic, I really enjoyed this one Mark, and you sure have given that swim a work out in recent videos. Persistence was absolutely the key to getting that one out, well done.
That's looks like a different swim to me Captain.
@@johnh57 Well, my eyes aren't what they used to be lol! I'll let Mark adjudicate.
Haha cheers chaps. Right the final swim where i caught the barbel was indeed a different swim, however the evening swim that I stayed a bit too long in was the swim from my previous video. :D
@@francolinobasco OK, I was half right - off to Specsavers ........
@@captainfrank01 haha if i get any more eye infections i will be joining you lol. To be fair you was correct regarding the second to last swim :D
Congrats Mark another beauty
Thank you Nicolas!
Great fish mark well done 👏
Cheers Philip!
Hi Mark.
Absolutely love your channel and your dedication. Reaping the benefits from your efforts whilst out in all weathers day and night. Enjoy your Christmas Mark and try and find time to do a bit of fishing 😂. Take care.
Kind regards.
Alan.
Thank you Alan! I needed some luck during that moment in this trip and thankfully it was a good ending. Haha I will try mate! :D . Wishing you an Early Merry Christmass too!
Great video as always Mark. You have been on a roll with the barbel recently. Getting that cracking barbel out of the snag was not luck, it was darned good angling skill, very well done. Many congratulations on getting the award highlighted in the recent RDAA newsletter, it was well deserved! Best wishes for an enjoyable Christmas Mark.
Heya Harry Cheers mate and I was rather happy to have won the monthly award too! Thanks for the kind Christmas wishes, the same to you and your loved ones and here's to a few more fish for both of us in the future.
Excellent as usual mark really enjoy watching your videos such passion hope you and the family have a great Christmas
Thank you Paul and it is nice to know all of you chaps enjoy them it gives me a lot of fire to keep making them. Wishing you a safe and healthy Christmas too.
Wonderful barbel under difficult "close combat conditions", respect.
It is not the tool that makes perfect, but the hand that guides it.
And if you still say that fishing is not a real sport, you can try this combination of concentration, skill, well-dosed use of force and timing "on the side" :-)
Thank you ever so much Hans and your saying is similar to what my father would say "a good craftsman never blames his tools"
Thank you Mark, you can also put it this way .. whether the device in the hand becomes a sharp and elegantly wielded sword does not depend on the value or age of the tackle, but on the ability of those who wield this "weapon" .. Analogous to the well-known example of watercraft, I would claim that there is also such a thing as tacklecraft.
I am often smiled at for my kind of tackle coordination - that would be far too weakly tuned ... I would then like to reply: it is only too weak for those who doubt the device but above all their own capabilities:-)
Nicely done mate👍
Thank you mate I needed some luck in that situation.
Great fish indeed ..I always survey the features of a swim before casting... espically with powerful fish about...
Sounds like you're trying to have a dig at him!
@@johnh57 not really...He helped to remind me of something important..that I need continually remind myself...
Thanks Tadhg, yes sometimes it isn't always easy to survey when dropping into a swim at night and not wanting to disturb it, but I do agree totally.
Cheers and no I don't think he is having a dig at me at all John. Thank you to both of you.
Nice fish mate well done
Thanks Terence I was fortunate.
Nice one.
Thank you Jay!
Brilliant 10 Lb 11 oz Barbel mark the birdseed mixture certainly works for you. take care mate Great snag work I know I've done a good few myself.
Cheers David I find the seed mix exceptional and rarely fish without it.
Lovely fish Mark and we'll done getting it out from there. Had a few like that myself and its always such a happy moment to see them come free. Have a good Christmas mate!
Thanks John I needed some luck there and believe me, like you I was relieved!
Another double.
Hope you got that eye sorted.
Thanks and I did get it sorted but took a few weeks of antibiotic eye creams at the time.
Hi Mark, nice video. Lovely Barbel. But there is one question I have that has been bugging me for years. Whenever you see a big fish caught, the capture nearly always refer the fish as "she". Pike, Grayling and Tench I can understand. But the rest I am not sure about.
Thanks Martin and good question, to be fair my own feeling on this is that the majority of double figure barbel are females even though i said "he" on the video I personally feel it was a female. However I would argue in a day and age where female fish on some rivers are pushing high teens and more and that with crayfish being a viable food source for them that seeing a double figure male would not be a surprise either.
Blinder! 👍
Cheers mate!
Hi Mark, hope you are well. Can I ask which camera you are using for filming? Thanks
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Thank you Seba :)
Lovely stuff as usual Mark 😀 Inspiring stuff 👏
Trying to follow on Instagram but having trouble accessing your Instagram link, can you assist? Thanks 👍🏼
Cheers Joel! I have also messaged you on instagram.
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Thanks :D Smosarki!
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Thank you Doug, hope all is well with yourself mate.
@@francolinobasco - everything is good Mark, thank you for asking mate, I appreciate it! Tight lines my friend!
@@hensleyshobbies-doug7761 Good to hear Doug and hope you and loved ones have a good Christmas.
@@francolinobasco - thank you my friend and a very merry Christmas to you and yours also! 🎄🎁🎅🏻✌🏻
Great fish well done! Can I please ask what camera/lens you use? Your fish always look about 15lb even the chub :)
Thank you and you're correct! They are all 15lb, in fact I don't go fishing unless the gudgeon are at least pushing 12lb :).
@@francolinobasco Reckon he needs to go to spec savers 😂
@@francolinobasco :) I'd love a 12lb gudgeon, they only go to 10lb on the river I fish. Seriously was a genuine question what camera do you use? is it just a mobile phone?