What a great narrator Geoffrey Palmer was, and I also I can assure you a lovely man when you met him, which I did at one of The Fly Fishers dinners, he was just as you imagine, and looking back I treasure the moment. Thank you for posting this.
I watched this and many other classic fishing movies soo many times in the past that I almost could literally remember the exact words in the commentary. Thanks for uploading these to RUclips
thank you so very much for this video ,watched it years ago than could never find it again.there will be lots of praise for the upload in the comments in weeks to come
The guy at the start talking about having a pike break his 45lb breaking strain line, 🤣😂🤣 bless him, I know it’s a good story down the pub, told to other guys who also aren’t in the know about how breaking strains work or about line care and maintenance or even badly educated on which knots to use for different types of lines, braid or monofilament and flouro carbon etc … there’s vastly different results shown in point of destruction tests for different line types and the different knot’s used. I mean people pull in 120lb conger eels, fishing over ship wreck’s on 45lb line and even shark and marlin fishing is done with 20lb 30lb and 40lb classes etc so for his line to break, it either had a badly tied knot that undermined it, was damaged through abrasion or even possibly old line that may have been on the reel for multiple seasons, rods hung up in the garage all year, cold and damp, rots the line over time.
The lake where the eel club where fishing is called the Lime Pond in Wigan a mile from my home, a place where I started fishing back in the mid nineties, a place where I caught my pb common carp, pb bream of just under 12lb, pb tench and my biggest ever roach at over 2lb.. place was amazing but sadly 10 years ago, a secretive carp syndicate took it over and only a select few are allowed to fish it these days. What a venue though!
Thanks for sharing. I was looking for this series for a long time. Very special series. My favorite episode is the eel episode, I think it's the masterpiece of the series. Greetings.
With out getting political Dever springs looks so naff, the Welsh sea trout or the wild brown trout of many streams and rivers are real fish, as are the anglers who fish for them.
Yep, nothing beats a Welsh sea trout caught at night and I've had a few over the years. I've also had the pleasure of fishing alongside the late , great Moc Morgan.
What a great narrator Geoffrey Palmer was, and I also I can assure you a lovely man when you met him, which I did at one of The Fly Fishers dinners, he was just as you imagine, and looking back I treasure the moment. Thank you for posting this.
I watched this and many other classic fishing movies soo many times in the past that I almost could literally remember the exact words in the commentary. Thanks for uploading these to RUclips
Thank you thank you … as the other comment said watched years ago and never been able to find again …. So so happy to be watching this thank you
What a charming and entertaining film. Thanks for it.
Bait boats. Boom! Been looking for that for ages!!
thank you so very much for this video ,watched it years ago than could never find it again.there will be lots of praise for the upload in the comments in weeks to come
A truly brilliant series and easily up there with the best ever made about fishing. Lovely to see these episodes. Thanks for the upload!
thank you so much , i watched this on bbc 2 and had the complete vhs series, moc morgan made me obsess over seatrout when i was a young man
And Geoffrey loved his fishing !
The guy at the start talking about having a pike break his 45lb breaking strain line, 🤣😂🤣 bless him, I know it’s a good story down the pub, told to other guys who also aren’t in the know about how breaking strains work or about line care and maintenance or even badly educated on which knots to use for different types of lines, braid or monofilament and flouro carbon etc … there’s vastly different results shown in point of destruction tests for different line types and the different knot’s used.
I mean people pull in 120lb conger eels, fishing over ship wreck’s on 45lb line and even shark and marlin fishing is done with 20lb 30lb and 40lb classes etc so for his line to break, it either had a badly tied knot that undermined it, was damaged through abrasion or even possibly old line that may have been on the reel for multiple seasons, rods hung up in the garage all year, cold and damp, rots the line over time.
The lake where the eel club where fishing is called the Lime Pond in Wigan a mile from my home, a place where I started fishing back in the mid nineties, a place where I caught my pb common carp, pb bream of just under 12lb, pb tench and my biggest ever roach at over 2lb.. place was amazing but sadly 10 years ago, a secretive carp syndicate took it over and only a select few are allowed to fish it these days.
What a venue though!
Excellent upload, thank you very much. 😉
Ive been trying to get thus series for years My old vhf worn out fantastic Cheers 😃👍
Thanks for sharing. I was looking for this series for a long time. Very special series. My favorite episode is the eel episode, I think it's the masterpiece of the series. Greetings.
True quality .Thank you
Thank you very much Glenn, I echo those comments that have gone before
With out getting political Dever springs looks so naff, the Welsh sea trout or the wild brown trout of many streams and rivers are real fish, as are the anglers who fish for them.
Yep, nothing beats a Welsh sea trout caught at night and I've had a few over the years. I've also had the pleasure of fishing alongside the late , great Moc Morgan.
The anglers being real fly fisherman in that they are truly skilled.