What a great river so full of fish as well, how lucky you're to have permission to fish it. Elderberries are a fantastic bait for roach, dace and chub. I've been using them for years. You really need an elder tree that overhangs the river and fish under it. Talking of traditional baits silk weed is one of the best baits for roach. When I started fishing over 70 years ago you couldn't get maggots. Why on earth did you use such tiny hooks, I'd have used a size 10 or perhaps 12. In all my years of fishing I've never known fish to be put off by hook size. Good luck for next time.
Evening Tony, thanks for your continued support. I can't believe I fished all this time and never used elderberries! Funny you mentioned silk weed, when wading earlier that day I met a walker who asked what I had caught and he told me about a 2lb Roach he'd caught on silk weed from a Thames tributary 40 years ago. Shamefully I wouldn't even know what it looks like (silk I'm guessing) The small hook thing is my tendency to fish maggots and my feeling that it's not presented correctly on anything bigger than a 16. The elderberries definitely could have taken a 12 or 14 hook. Tight lines and thanks for the straight talking comments they always get me thinking 🤔
Thanks Big Dave, it's a 1.2gram, I generally use that and the 1.6 for such shallow water fishing and put everything under the float except 2 or 3 no 8's or 6's depending how much flow and where I feel the fish are and the bait travelling with the lose feed. No 8 sometimes down get it down quick enough. Tight lines.
What a great river so full of fish as well, how lucky you're to have permission to fish it. Elderberries are a fantastic bait for roach, dace and chub. I've been using them for years. You really need an elder tree that overhangs the river and fish under it. Talking of traditional baits silk weed is one of the best baits for roach. When I started fishing over 70 years ago you couldn't get maggots. Why on earth did you use such tiny hooks, I'd have used a size 10 or perhaps 12. In all my years of fishing I've never known fish to be put off by hook size. Good luck for next time.
Evening Tony, thanks for your continued support. I can't believe I fished all this time and never used elderberries! Funny you mentioned silk weed, when wading earlier that day I met a walker who asked what I had caught and he told me about a 2lb Roach he'd caught on silk weed from a Thames tributary 40 years ago. Shamefully I wouldn't even know what it looks like (silk I'm guessing)
The small hook thing is my tendency to fish maggots and my feeling that it's not presented correctly on anything bigger than a 16.
The elderberries definitely could have taken a 12 or 14 hook.
Tight lines and thanks for the straight talking comments they always get me thinking 🤔
Great fishing, well done 👌
Thanks for watching I really enjoyed that session, and will definitely try elderberries again.
Thanks for watching, I really enjoyed that session and will definitely use elderberries again.
Tight lines.
Brilliant 👍
Glad to enjoyed James.
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Any trout in that stream? Surely there is in the faster flowing, great spot fair play
Thanks for watching. There are a few Trout in that river but I've yet to catch one in that spot.
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Great vid as always Paul what was the g of that korum float was that and what shot size was you using?
Thanks Big Dave, it's a 1.2gram, I generally use that and the 1.6 for such shallow water fishing and put everything under the float except 2 or 3 no 8's or 6's depending how much flow and where I feel the fish are and the bait travelling with the lose feed. No 8 sometimes down get it down quick enough.
Tight lines.
@@PaulVicaryfishing thanks Paul I’m in Kent and love to fishing some of the small rivers that you do