Match Fishing - River Don Sprotbrough - Rotherham & District UAF
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ม.ค. 2025
- I'm back out with the Yorkshire Bandits this week for the 9th club match fishing the River Don on the Rotherham & District UAF stretch at Sprotbrough.
The last time we fished here it was a tough day for most and the early pegs above the canal mouth dominated with bream on the feeder.
Having kept an eye on the match results the club made the decision to take a longer walk up the river to where some good weights had been reported.
I setup a whip, a bolo a slider and a feeder rod to cover my bases on the day.
Would it be feeder fishing for bream, or whip fishing for roach? Only one way to find out so grab a cuppa and settle in for another hour long match fishing VLOG 😉
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TIGHT LINES! - กีฬา
Brilliant net of Silvers...Dougie the Tip 🎣🏴
Thanks Dougie, gotta love a bag of roach 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
i can remember 50 years ago the don through rotherham ran three differant colours in a day sometimes red white and blue....
I worked at The Ickles until 1987 and it was getting cleaner back then but it changed colour regularly depending who was flushing out further upstream.
Cracking match weight John.Whip was deadly today.Total enjoyment for me.Getting a bit closer to top spot.Well filmed and documented.Overall smashing vid.🤩🏆🦈
Im starting to see your confidence levels starting to rise John you fished a good match in my opinion you caught plenty of fish all that's missing is the couple of bonus fish that you need to get you the results you deserve.your luck is slowly but surely begining to change .keep smiling m8.
Don't worry Nico, the following day I won a winter league match, didn't video it as setup time was less than an hour but I caught 72 tiny roach and perch on the pole feeding pinkie and a dark groundbait with lean to form a cloud in crystal clear water for 4lb 12oz which was more than enough on the day. 👍🎣
@@HOOKEDFishingChannel Fantastic Im over the moon for you John it's something to build on no stopping you now .
I hope so ✌
Your editing skills and photography have come on leaps and bounds, excellent video
Thanks mate, wish I had more time to film and edit and get them super slick, but they take long enough as it is.
Great net off fish enjoyed the video mate 👍🏼
Thanks Paul🐟🐟🐟🐟🎣
Brilliant 👏
Appreciated Phillip, cheers bud.👍🎣
Another good watch mate cheers 👍
You're welcome thanks for watching Steve 👍🐟🐟🐟🐟🎣
Not a bad days work, well done. Surprising where tench turn up.
It sure beats work! I was truly amazed at the tench, so glad I pipped him at the scales😉
@@HOOKEDFishingChannel I think I'd have slightly miffed if I'd been done by a river tench in autumn, but we'll done to the lad landing it on a whip.
You lucky bugger, love fishing the Don. Only normally get to do matches there for Riverfest. If you have any spare places on the Don / Trent over December January do let me know and I will be there like a flash! easy money for you boys...
LOL John🤣. We won't be back on the Don until next year I imagine now. Rotherham and District UAF organise open matches each Sunday either on this stretch or at Denaby, check their Facebook page. 🎣🐟
Well done another fantastic catch of fish.
Thanks Peter 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
Well done mate good net of fish
Thanks Kevin 🐟🐟🐟🐟🎣
great days fishing you could tell you really enjoyed that one as i did watching .like all your vids mostly the river ones your info on how you approach your match is bang on top angler
Thanks mate, can't beat river fishing, I grew up on em so its where my heart lies. Often they don't fish too well or you get a bad draw but when you're on fish, there's nothing better in my opinion.
well done you, love your videos
Thank you for watching Denis 👍Tight Lines pal🎣
Well Done John, Great vlog, i really enjoy them. top man, please keep the vlogs coming there so much better than the crap thats on tv.
I'll do my best to keep you entertained Ian, I can't always promise a bulging net of fish but you'll always get an honest report.
well done john some nice whip fishing there and a great match
Yes it was, loved it Tony, thanks for watching pal 👍
I just ordered some Dave Harrel bolo floats yesterday for the 17foot coincidentally , def same page but learning from your repertoire,thanks for the content mate , I’ve narrowed my content to you and scothornre at the moment .
Wow, I feel honoured to be on the same viewing playlist as a 5 time world champion 😉👍 I'm glad you get some value out of the vids Keith, that's what it's all about. I love fishing the bolo - we have so many deep rivers around and its a great way to search the peg and such an easy thing to control. I generally use the no.5' DH bolos on the Don unless it's up and pulling harder, then the no.2 or a preston bolo would be my choice. Don't go too light on them though, I stopped using anything less than 3g anywhere now as the casting range is too limited and once dotted down, I'm not sure it matters.
Great 4esult smashing video as usual but you should of had ago on the corn for the tench ha ha
Thanks Des, clearly I got my tactics all wrong and should have setup a pin, split cane rod and the lift method 🤣
Great vid John lovely roach fishing ,used to love catching witham roach like that, thanks .best wishes tight lines
Thanks Roy, hope it brought back some happy memories.👍
I agree a cracking net of roach , did you try the Witham this summer Roy , I went to have a look totally unfishable from Lincoln to Boston mate.
@@davidclarke1429 I haven’t David it’s 65 mile from home and the traffic is horrendous mate ,I only fish locally now David can’t bear the drive now at 71 it’s too much but I have great memories of fishing the witham since I was 10 years old with my dad when we went by train from Sheffield .I did do a few sessions last year and had some reasonably decent fish including some Rudd ,cheers mate hopefully you can get some good fishing in future tight lines
Thanks John , I fish acolyte 17 and 15 plus float rods on stick float but see a pattern in your match fishing with the whip , definitely adding an acolyte whip now as I fish the sprotborough Don and apart from the feeder value all the options , cheers again
Yes I had the 17ft acolyte setup with a 4g bolo but didn't use it, if the wind had been upstream then it may have played a part but it wasn't so the waggler when it got wild but the whip was the method to be on on the day, it's just so much faster if the fish will sit high enough in the swim. The feeder was slow by comparison but sometimes it'll sort out those bream and last time I fished sprot it was the only method I could really catch on and it was a perch day. You just never know what you'll face.
Great video John, nice result.
Lovely day's fishing. Wonder if those fish were there on the whip line while you were on the feeder.
Thanks Mike 👍, I suspect they were there, seemed like they were right across the river, but I only had 20 mins on the tip. Clive had some big skimmers in his net on the whip and employed the same strategy as me, first 20 on the feeder 🤷♂️
Brilliant John great net
Thanks Andrew, tight lines bud.🎣🎣🎣🎣
A masterclass in whip fishing, were you on a flick tip John or laccy in case something big came along?
Thanks 👍 I was on the flick tip Bryan, something big did come along...ruddy great pike, 15lb at least,...she had one of em and took the hooklength, showed herelf just under the surface twice chasing my fish up.
@@HOOKEDFishingChannel Cheers John.
You're welcome Bryan
Awesome net, well done pal. Better than Mexico 🤣
Thanks pal, Mexico that was one stinky hole.
Outstanding would love a vid on your box set up and how you find it
Thanks Brian. Here's a video of my box th-cam.com/video/GVWobx-I36I/w-d-xo.html
Thanks how did I miss that outstanding
Nice net John not on Facebook
Cheers Keith 👍
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great fishin john, well done. were you fishin in line with the end of your whip?
Thanks👍, I was fishing beyond it maybe by 3m, with me sat out in the water, this would have been about a 12m pole line from the bank.
Great channel mate ... what length whip would you advise on rivers like the Don ? Thanks 🙏
I own 8m whips, there are 10's out there and they have their uses in certain situations but I haven't found a need to fish longer than 8m to hand anywhere, it takes some practice and when you're bagging if you're not used to it you may find your wrist aches from all the casting, the longer/heavier the whip, the worse this will be. The drennan acolyte pro 8m is exceptional value for money - very light piece of kit. The best are probably the browning sphere and the daiwa air but they are twice the price and then some at 8m and even more at 10m. I would say the 10m whips would be useful if fished on a short line like a short pole in windy conditions as the profile is slimmer but for line to hand fishing, I find 8m is enough in Yorkshire.
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Well there's bugger all to be said you fished a good un there John , He just squeezed that bit extra out of his peg ' shake his hand say well done and I hope your cat managed to keep it's arse a safe distance from a well aimed boot when you got home . 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sorry cat I was only joking . 👍
Haha 😂 Nice 1 Martin. Quite honestly Clive played a blinder, very similar tactics/approach, the difference being he found some big skimmers. I was genuinely happy for the lad, he’s a great guy and deserved a win, as you know, it’s not easy with the talent we have within the club. I knew my target for the day was 20lb, probably needed another 40 fish as the quality was 2-4oz every fish at the back end of the day but the wind meant I was having to time casts between gusts to avoid getting blown back into the line where the snag took my first rig. It was a great day none the less and on Sunday I followed it up with a win on a pond in a winter league series, happy days😃
If you check the sinking rate of maggots John and I think you'll find you were probably feeding too far downstream.
I take your pont Dave but it was slow flowing and I could cast further down if needed, I'd have made the adjustment if I noticed the fish dropping down, but they didn't, it was solid from start to finish.
@@HOOKEDFishingChannel I noticed the "killing zone" was about where you'd fed your groundbait at the start. Fresh, clean maggots sink at approx 6 seconds per foot so in 14' of water it would have taken them 84 seconds to hit bottom by which time they'd have been well downstream of the "Killing Zone". Try feeding further upstream next time. Another good video by the way. Your editing skills are really coming on.
@@davetaylor8858I totally get what you're saying bud but the camera angles are very deceptive. I caught a further 50 fish after I turned the camera off and they were bang under the float, the bites were coming as soon as it went in and settled. The only reason the catch rate slowed was due to me not being able to cast effectively in the gusting wind, at times I had to hang on to the whip double handed, and wait to make my cast which gives you an idea how strong it was gusting. Thanks for watching and your comments. 👍🎣