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@fishingvanlife thank you 🙏

@@tazzak24 thank you it’s the Bristol Avon near Chippenham in Wiltshire 🎣🐟

@@harley419 merry Christmas to you too thank you for commenting 🙏

@@phil7301 happy Christmas and thanks for the advice 🙏

Occasionally I’ll offer a small pinch of ground bait for smell to get fish a little active but 90% of the time I’ll just use a single bait and no offering at all but I’ll select swims that look like a fish could be active and feeding in. To use loose feed (free offerings) every time I go fishing would cost too much money. If you can guess where a fish is than it will probably eat a worm etc and if there is multiple fish present then hopefully they will compete for the worm. That’s why I’m always worried of spooking chub after catching one because they are not eating lots just the 1 food item with a hook in it. I also loose feed wet bread if I use bread. Thanks a lot for watching 👍

Thank you and merry Christmas to you too🍺

@@rogerhigh4033 thank you and to you too 🎣🐟

,👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Happy Christmas, 🎄

@@craftywildcamps and you to 🎄🍺🎄

It looked like a female Sparrowhawk.

@OldSkoolFishing thank you and merry Christmas to you. Stay well and there’s another video or 2 from the small river coming up over the next week providing I can catch something 🎣🐟

@@martinklein4651 thanks and merry Christmas to you as well 🍺

@@rhanraads5686 thanks and happy Christmas to you to

@@miketasker5661 thank you there’s still more to come from this year yet🙏

@@jonathanphillips3257 thank you my rod is a carp feeder rod I think. I’ll have a look next time 👍 happy Christmas

@@oakus1568 thank you, merry Christmas to you to🎣🐟🙏

@@BrianE2507-x2i thanks I put this introduction in this vid and next video it’s not new but sounds more cristmassy . Happy Christmas 🎄

Thanks and it’s so true especially here where everyone believes the otters have killed everything over a pound in weight. I was so happy to prove a carp can survive in this area🎣🐟

@@bobchamberlain4823 yes and no. The otter has a place in our rivers far more than you and I. They can’t be eating only big fish as they have been in this area for 25 years + and I’ve caught a 13lb river carp and a 8lb 12 oz river bream plus plenty of large 4lb+ chub all in this Callander year. I’ve seen photos of a 3lb roach and many 2lb roach caught this calander year also. I’ve been told the largest barbel caught this year is 12lb + where you see me fish. Cormorants are feeding here because humans have raped the ocean of its fish. If the river was how you’d like it to be as in large specimen fish in every swim it would be bad for all the small fish fry and the fish eggs that big barbel,carp and chub etc would consume. To answer your question bluntly I like otters and I want them in our rivers. They get the blame for everything which honestly from someone who practically lives for rivers is just not fair. The Eastern Europeans have killed our rivers by removing large females during the spawning season. I’ve seen it happen and reported it on 4 separate occasions. They take the pike and barbel until they don’t easily catch them. They use gill nets. Now on to the water company discharging untreated sewage (bleach etc) on a day basis which affects the fishes biology so they cannot reproduce. Water abstraction causes silt to gather on spawning grounds. Please don’t be offended by these facts but also please don’t ask me such a stupid question ever again.

@dabberlocksisjustoutofview9013 I see far too many of the various types of German that are wiping out our rivers in suffolk, my apologies for asking " a stupid question " , I will just move on to other angling channels that don't include " fluffies and tree hugger climatetard hoax believers" 😁

God bless you

@@dabberlocksisjustoutofview9013 and God bless you too

@@cm3499 thank you. I think this reel in this video is the 3000 shimanu something but it started jamming up slightly on the drag which would have lost a bit of fish for sure so I bought a maver something or other ( green one with green line) which is lovely on the drag as it’s on the front of the reel. I got rid of the gimmicky green line and put some 8lb guru mono line on it and I use loads of different strength hook links but usually 5.8lb fluorocarbon as my go to set up👍 thanks a lot for watching and commenting on my video 🙏

@dabberlocksisjustoutofview9013 thank you for your reply, 3000 seems about right for both float and light ledger. Keep up the videos, I'm really enjoying working my way through them 👍 Love the balance between fishing and just being there observing nature. Exactly how I enjoy my fishing. Tight lines and all that.

@@MrTim207 so true! I tend to believe the big fast bites are small fish and those tiny little ones that barely even move the tip are the big chub or the the slow deliberate bites which we all love. Thanks a lot for watching and commenting 🙏

Thanks for the suggestion 👍

@@Spondoodikins 🤣 I work on a building site and it’s natural to me to swear but believe it or not I know a few kids watch my videos or at least they used to and that’s enough to keep it within but oh my I could have let a few out here🤣 thanks for commenting and watching 🎣🐟

Probably a foreign beaver 😂

Otter

@@rogerhigh4033 I used to catch barbel around that area but it’s very overgrown and I can’t seem to be able to make a suitable swim. Thanks for watching 🙏

@@dabberlocksisjustoutofview9013 I invested in a cheap Chinese battery strimmer off eBay (£25) made clearing swims quick and easy👍

@@BrianE2507-x2i thank you it was indeed good flow today👍 thanks a lot for watching and commenting

It takes a few hours to be at its highest definition so hopefully will work tomorrow mate

@dabberlocksisjustoutofview9013 I didn't appreciate that. I look forward to viewing tomorrow then 😊

@@petersmith-fg8zx this was really exciting and I’m glad it happened on film or nobody would ever believe me! Thanks a lot for commenting and for watching 🙏

@@BrianE2507-x2i thank you, wildlife is what keeps me going during these dark months and I’m thankful I’ve some swans to talk to🙏

@@miketasker5661 yes that’s the bit mate it goes down to the water treatment works site just passed mortimers woods👍

@@rogerhigh4033 good luck mate🎣🐟

Good to see another video from you enjoying the river, emersed in the nature surrounding it. Hopefully the rain will hold off now for the coming days heading towards Christmas. Tight lines there 🎣.

Thank you 🙏

@@tonylocke3010 thank you that’s very similar but definitely on a much smaller scale. I find it fishes best at it’s highest and then dropping. Oddly a constant flow whether high or low seems the best at Chippenham. I intended to share the video so as anyone who wants to fish there should be prepared to leave a swim at the drop of a hat. 🎩 thanks again 🙏

@@BrianE2507-x2i it’s not ideal for sure but it’s also a river carrying extra water at the moment so the affect is really exaggerated. Tomorrow will be a great days fishing, thanks a lot for watching and commenting 🎣🐟

@@Martin-v3v9p there are still some fish of all the species you mentioned in this stretch it’s only carp I haven’t seen for myself over the last few years. The moorhen are doing ok on this stretch but that’s the only species of water I’m likely to see here. It certainly does need plenty of tree work being done but that’s can be said for the whole river. I’m not sure how the fish fry would survive the recent floods which would in turn see the wildlife disappear? Lots to ponder when you fish here🙏

@@catalickconverta6823 it might less severe at spawning season and it gets more extreme with extra water in the river like today. Thanks for commenting 🎣🐟

@@MarkSmith-tp6zc the river is now within its banks after the weekend and the wind is not too bad this week either, definitely worth a few hours🎣🐟thanks for watching and commenting

Thank you 🙏

@@BrianE2507 thank you, I guess they are rooks but I can never tell between rooks, crows and ravens. Thanks a lot for watching and commenting 👍

🤣 I think it’s a possible mistake there on the weight but I was also above the weir by about 500 or so yards so it must live there. They are such a long lived and fascinating fish. Thanks a lot for commenting and for watching my video 🎣🐟

@@miketasker5661 thanks, I was fishing the bottom end of peckingnells at the start of the video and finished half way down the kallerways stretch. It’s really difficult to access the river due to overgrowth and trees plus snags in the river which pits people off fishing here and plus there are otters usually present but I’ve not seen them since the bitch and 2 young swam past me a few months back. Hallelujah beavers! Thanks a lot for watching and commenting 🎣🐟 ps the video before this one is below the playing fields 👍

Thanks for clarifying, Adam. Just about to watch 324.