Great video Peter. Very relaxing and you projected the tranquility across very well. I'm a centre pin addict too, and game angler rather than coarse but I've done a fair bit of river coarse fishing recently with the pin and can offer a little advice! 1. The set up you used seemed quite heavy and better suited to bigger fish like chub and barbel, in which case I'd be using a bigger bait like bread flake, cheese, worm, luncheon meat etc on a larger hook size 10 or 8. 2 -For smaller fish and many more bites (roach, dace, perch, grayling, small chub etc) I'd be using a more delicate stick float and a fine hooklength around 2.5 lb Bs with a size 18 or 16 hook. Feed a few maggots into the swim, every 2 minutes or less, and follow through with the float. If you're catching bottom now and again getting false bites that's about right, hold back slightly so that the float ambles down slightly slower than the current, bearing in mind the flow is always faster on the surface. The important thing is to maintain the stream of maggots to build up and hold a shoal. Bread works too, same method fewer bites but often better quality fish, and much cheaper! Good luck 👍👍
Using a centre pin is one of the greatest pleasures in fishing. I even use them with tiny lures and for ledgering (with a snapped twig as a bobbin). What a marvellous herd of cattle on the bankside, would have made a great painting.
Hi Peter, good to see you posting again, have you done much on the Lymington this year? I love trotting with a centre pin but like you I am very inexperienced at it but my first port of call even on the bigger rivers is wading with my tenkara rod with surprisingly good results especially with chub and dace although the bigger chub present a significant challenge due to the light gear. I’ve recently taken up watercolours after my pencil sketching and then acrylics so I may be after some tips! Hope to see you on the river some time.
Hi Peter. I fished Burgage Thursday evening on the fly. Well i didnt actually cast a fly because of the rain and breeze. I checked both sides of the River because i Bailiff for Salisbury and noticed your name in the book on 17th. When you park on the Gods Hill Road stretch, there is a lovely deep swim as you walk in. I have had Chubb out at over 5lb. Worth a chuck with a chunk of meat on a lead in that one. I coudnt make out where you were fishing on this latest adventure. Kind Regards Brian
@@peterfrost5475 did you park in the farm car park. If so better check because we lost the parking there some years back. The only parking is through Breamore and thats a long walk. The other option is to park in a layby opposite the farm and walk down crossing the bridge. Best check with the powers that be to be safe. I think Eastliegh have that farm car park
thank you for another video
Love trotting with a pin best fishing in the world great sport for carp too
Great video Peter. Very relaxing and you projected the tranquility across very well.
I'm a centre pin addict too, and game angler rather than coarse but I've done a fair bit of river coarse fishing recently with the pin and can offer a little advice!
1. The set up you used seemed quite heavy and better suited to bigger fish like chub and barbel, in which case I'd be using a bigger bait like bread flake, cheese, worm, luncheon meat etc on a larger hook size 10 or 8.
2 -For smaller fish and many more bites (roach, dace, perch, grayling, small chub etc)
I'd be using a more delicate stick float and a fine hooklength around 2.5 lb Bs with a size 18 or 16 hook.
Feed a few maggots into the swim, every 2 minutes or less, and follow through with the float. If you're catching bottom now and again getting false bites that's about right, hold back slightly so that the float ambles down slightly slower than the current, bearing in mind the flow is always faster on the surface. The important thing is to maintain the stream of maggots to build up and hold a shoal.
Bread works too, same method fewer bites but often better quality fish, and much cheaper!
Good luck 👍👍
Thank you, next time on the Avon with a centre pin I will follow your good advise.
Using a centre pin is one of the greatest pleasures in fishing. I even use them with tiny lures and for ledgering (with a snapped twig as a bobbin).
What a marvellous herd of cattle on the bankside, would have made a great painting.
Thank you for your comment. You are right about the cattle, they would make a good picture.
Approaching a thousand subscribers, Peter. I remember when it was less than 200 👍
Yes, I am not far off a thousand. I started during Covid lock down, and now every thing seems different.
Hi Peter, good to see you posting again, have you done much on the Lymington this year? I love trotting with a centre pin but like you I am very inexperienced at it but my first port of call even on the bigger rivers is wading with my tenkara rod with surprisingly good results especially with chub and dace although the bigger chub present a significant challenge due to the light gear. I’ve recently taken up watercolours after my pencil sketching and then acrylics so I may be after some tips! Hope to see you on the river some time.
Good to hear from you. I have been concentrating on the Avon this year, but I have had no luck yet with the fly.
Hi Peter. I fished Burgage Thursday evening on the fly. Well i didnt actually cast a fly because of the rain and breeze.
I checked both sides of the River because i Bailiff for Salisbury and noticed your name in the book on 17th.
When you park on the Gods Hill Road stretch, there is a lovely
deep swim as you walk in. I have had Chubb out at over 5lb. Worth a chuck with a chunk of meat on a lead in that one.
I coudnt make out where you were fishing on this latest adventure.
Kind Regards
Brian
It was from the top of the Folds Farm beat, first car park, then through the livery yard. I will catch a fish eventally, but I don't really mind.
@@peterfrost5475 did you park in the farm car park. If so better check because we lost the parking there some years back. The only parking is through Breamore and thats a long walk.
The other option is to park in a layby opposite the farm and walk down crossing the bridge.
Best check with the powers that be to be safe.
I think Eastliegh have that farm car park
Hi Brian, wrong bit of river, I parked at the Fold Farm car park SU16438 15986