Paul that’s another great video. Superb fishing from both of you. some beautiful tincas landed on that simple yet effective set up! Taken away plenty of tips and ever more hopeful now of catching my first tench!
I use plastic corn hair-rigged & before casting I dip it in strawberry ( or other ) flavour essence .... but... I squeeze it with a forceps whilst in the dip & because its cellular, not solid, it sucks in the flavour through the hair-rig hole... I might lose a bit of bouyancy but it holds flavour longer.... 😎👍☘️
When clipped up after cast do use stay clipped up when on the pods and if so do use have much trouble worrying about tench taking line and catching clip.
Only just found these vids Paul,really enjoyable and informative! Was wondering if you ever fished St Ives lakes Ivo and Andersons for tench in March/early season,and did you have success ..? All the best to you!
Hi Mark, apologies for the delay. Yes, I've fished those lakes for such a looong time! More than 25 years I would guess on and off. Some great tench in there, I hear some really big ones these days. If you take a look back through my oldest films the bream underwater ones with Stuart Morgan were actually filmed there. Now's really coming up to tench time on there, some great margin fishing on the float. Andersons can get a bit weedy, so best to rake a swim. Good luck! Paul
Another great vid :) I have been messing around with trassi (or belachan, that might sound more familiar - fermented shrimp paste) in my homemade groundbait, which consists of dried bread crumbs, corn, sugar, a bit of salt, and often some strawberry or raspberry syrup to give it a little kick. Works wonders (for a poor fisherman that has to keep everything as cheap as possible)! Aside from that, I was wondering: does it make a very big difference when I use a soft braided hooklink for the helicopter rig? It's what I have been using so far, since your helicopter system revolutionised my fishing (which I already thanked you for in a reaction to another vid!), and I catch quite well (usually 1/2 tench and lots of bream every session, along with the occasional carp), but I wonder whether I might increase my catches with a fluorocarbon hooklink :) The only reason I haven't done that yet is because it feels as if the stiff hair might be a problem? Aside from that, I also switched to plastic corn and stuff because my main spot has invasive American crayfish and lots of small fish emptying my hair every time. I will soon start experimenting with small fake crayfish on the hair to see if that might tempt the tench, since I now know those crayfish are in there because I caught one last night, hah! Also, I guess it might be advisable to recast more often since those crayfish are there right? I reckon they take care of the groundbait rather quickly.
Hi Emiel, thank you for your kind words, and great to hear that the videos are useful! :-) Great idea with the Belachan, you can also get some nice shrimp liquid sauce that is used in Chinese cooking, which is also very good. I find this is a great ingredient for carp and barbel. With a soft braided hook length you can suffer from more tangles because it tends to get caught on the main line. The braid works nicely with rigs like the Method feeder though, because you can put the hook in the ground bait and so there are no tangles. This is one of the reasons I like the fluorocarbon. I work a lot with match fisherman using the Method feeder and they all use quite short monofilament hook lengths which means the hair is quite stiff, they catch a lot of fish, so I don't think a soft hair would make a lot of difference when we are fishing with quite small hooks and short hairs. Crayfish - Yes I would definitely recast more often, they can eat a lot of bait and will steal the hookbait. Good idea to try the plastic corn, or for the tench also try plastic casters. Tight lines! Paul
fun thing, ive been tench fishing for 5 years now, today i caught 4 in one hour, and a big carp aswell, using the same tactics as you, but i usaly let the feeder do the work, i recast it ever 20 minutes or so
ste penk both really mate. Little 10mm pop-ups are great early season when the fish are looking for an easy meal as they are very visual. A bottom bait boilie combined with a flat Method feeder is another really good tactic in venues like this one.
Nice advice again gentlemen. just a quick question, I notice you both seem to fish at 40-60 meters out, do you find this a lot more productive than say fishing a lift float method closer to the bank lilly pads ? I suppose its venue specific but just curious if you always approach tench in this way ? Many thanks.
Hi Graham, it's just venue, and in fact swim specific. From Duncan's knowledge he suggested that this was the best distance to fish. We returned a few weeks later and fished a different area and caught just a couple of rod lengths out on the float, so there are no hard a fast rules. Thanks for the question! Paul
Nice one Paul @@drpaulgarner looking back at my question now, and my recent research I see it was quite naive of me. Obviously venue and swim specific and that does confirm my recent findings. Thanks once again for the reply I got my 2 & 3 inch hook lengths tied as you have advised in another of your vids, all I need now is the spring. All the best to you and Duncan really enjoy watching your vids.
Thanks @@gee3883 our last couple of filming sessions haven't quite worked out, but hopefully Duncan and I will be out again soon. We have some nice stuff planned for this year.
Hi Andrew, they are the Nash Scope 10’ 1.75lb rods. I’ve actually collected several sets of rods over the years and was thinking about making a film about when I use them. To be honest, I’ve got some tench rods costing £50 and some costing nearly four times that. They all do the job well enough. Tight lines! Paul
I haven’t fished there for 10 years since me and the owner had a fight. Apparently tiger nuts weren’t allowed. I explained there’s no scientific evidence that these are harmful to the stock. Once I proved him wrong to try save face, he head butted me. Let’s just say he got thrown in the margins and kicked in the face.. never have I witnessed such an unprofessional fishery owner. Regards, Tony Church
Paul that’s another great video. Superb fishing from both of you. some beautiful tincas landed on that simple yet effective set up! Taken away plenty of tips and ever more hopeful now of catching my first tench!
Jed Shevlin thanks Jed, I really appreciate the comment. Tight lines! Paul
Really enjoying your channel especially as I’m trying to catch my first Tench.
Best method ever ! IV fished 2 rods,Alarms, Groundbait for 20 years ! Bream in winter still get 50lb regular ! Great video cheers lads : )
Thanks Daniel.
I love FGP. Can't wait for the season to open again. Nice video.
Kosh42EFG yep, it’s a fantastic venue isn’t it?
Though I'm a creature of habit and fish the same area (nature reserve by the main car park). Must try the platform one day...
My mate caught one last Sunday I've now baught all the stuff to go and try them myself lovely looking fish
Great stuff. Good luck mate. Tight lines!
I use plastic corn hair-rigged & before casting I dip it in strawberry ( or other ) flavour essence .... but... I squeeze it with a forceps whilst in the dip & because its cellular, not solid, it sucks in the flavour through the hair-rig hole... I might lose a bit of bouyancy but it holds flavour longer.... 😎👍☘️
Hi Peter, that's a great tip, thanks for that. Cheers, Paul
@Firsthgyhgyhuy Lastujhujhuj maybe... 🙄😂
Love these vids Paul, mice to see some one put some effort into the best fish known to man
OLDMAN REAPER thanks mate. Now the rivers are open I can hopefully get on and make some more films about other species too.
Brilliant video and advice
Thanks Paul.
Great vid lad, some real useful info 👍
i like your white trainers shorty, what brand are they mate,
Great video again Paul n great advice well done mate 👍 🎣 🎣 🎣
Thanks Roy. Keep up the good work!
When clipped up after cast do use stay clipped up when on the pods and if so do use have much trouble worrying about tench taking line and catching clip.
do you ever wear waders when your fishing, have you ever tried the slug head method
Would you recommend to life up to bait from the bottom if is the area really muddy? Also how do you avoid roaches constantly chipping your bait?
Only just found these vids Paul,really enjoyable and informative! Was wondering if you ever fished St Ives lakes Ivo and Andersons for tench in March/early season,and did you have success ..? All the best to you!
Hi Mark, apologies for the delay. Yes, I've fished those lakes for such a looong time! More than 25 years I would guess on and off. Some great tench in there, I hear some really big ones these days. If you take a look back through my oldest films the bream underwater ones with Stuart Morgan were actually filmed there. Now's really coming up to tench time on there, some great margin fishing on the float. Andersons can get a bit weedy, so best to rake a swim. Good luck! Paul
How do you know to fish 60 yards out as opposed to in the margins or a couple of rod lengths out?
Another great vid :) I have been messing around with trassi (or belachan, that might sound more familiar - fermented shrimp paste) in my homemade groundbait, which consists of dried bread crumbs, corn, sugar, a bit of salt, and often some strawberry or raspberry syrup to give it a little kick. Works wonders (for a poor fisherman that has to keep everything as cheap as possible)! Aside from that, I was wondering: does it make a very big difference when I use a soft braided hooklink for the helicopter rig? It's what I have been using so far, since your helicopter system revolutionised my fishing (which I already thanked you for in a reaction to another vid!), and I catch quite well (usually 1/2 tench and lots of bream every session, along with the occasional carp), but I wonder whether I might increase my catches with a fluorocarbon hooklink :) The only reason I haven't done that yet is because it feels as if the stiff hair might be a problem?
Aside from that, I also switched to plastic corn and stuff because my main spot has invasive American crayfish and lots of small fish emptying my hair every time. I will soon start experimenting with small fake crayfish on the hair to see if that might tempt the tench, since I now know those crayfish are in there because I caught one last night, hah! Also, I guess it might be advisable to recast more often since those crayfish are there right? I reckon they take care of the groundbait rather quickly.
Hi Emiel, thank you for your kind words, and great to hear that the videos are useful! :-)
Great idea with the Belachan, you can also get some nice shrimp liquid sauce that is used in Chinese cooking, which is also very good. I find this is a great ingredient for carp and barbel.
With a soft braided hook length you can suffer from more tangles because it tends to get caught on the main line. The braid works nicely with rigs like the Method feeder though, because you can put the hook in the ground bait and so there are no tangles. This is one of the reasons I like the fluorocarbon. I work a lot with match fisherman using the Method feeder and they all use quite short monofilament hook lengths which means the hair is quite stiff, they catch a lot of fish, so I don't think a soft hair would make a lot of difference when we are fishing with quite small hooks and short hairs.
Crayfish - Yes I would definitely recast more often, they can eat a lot of bait and will steal the hookbait. Good idea to try the plastic corn, or for the tench also try plastic casters. Tight lines! Paul
fun thing, ive been tench fishing for 5 years now, today i caught 4 in one hour, and a big carp aswell, using the same tactics as you, but i usaly let the feeder do the work, i recast it ever 20 minutes or so
i guess it is kind of randomly asking but do anybody know a good place to stream new tv shows online ?
@Alfred Ephraim I watch on Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)
Do you use pop ups or boilies?
ste penk both really mate. Little 10mm pop-ups are great early season when the fish are looking for an easy meal as they are very visual.
A bottom bait boilie combined with a flat Method feeder is another really good tactic in venues like this one.
Nice advice again gentlemen. just a quick question, I notice you both seem to fish at 40-60 meters out, do you find this a lot more productive than say fishing a lift float method closer to the bank lilly pads ? I suppose its venue specific but just curious if you always approach tench in this way ? Many thanks.
Hi Graham, it's just venue, and in fact swim specific. From Duncan's knowledge he suggested that this was the best distance to fish. We returned a few weeks later and fished a different area and caught just a couple of rod lengths out on the float, so there are no hard a fast rules. Thanks for the question! Paul
Nice one Paul @@drpaulgarner looking back at my question now, and my recent research I see it was quite naive of me. Obviously venue and swim specific and that does confirm my recent findings. Thanks once again for the reply I got my 2 & 3 inch hook lengths tied as you have advised in another of your vids, all I need now is the spring. All the best to you and Duncan really enjoy watching your vids.
Thanks @@gee3883 our last couple of filming sessions haven't quite worked out, but hopefully Duncan and I will be out again soon. We have some nice stuff planned for this year.
Great Paul look forward to them, good luck
What rods are used in this sestion ?
Hi Andrew, they are the Nash Scope 10’ 1.75lb rods. I’ve actually collected several sets of rods over the years and was thinking about making a film about when I use them. To be honest, I’ve got some tench rods costing £50 and some costing nearly four times that. They all do the job well enough. Tight lines! Paul
@@drpaulgarner I would really appreciate that
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Great video lads...loved the chat 👍
I haven’t fished there for 10 years since me and the owner had a fight. Apparently tiger nuts weren’t allowed. I explained there’s no scientific evidence that these are harmful to the stock.
Once I proved him wrong to try save face, he head butted me. Let’s just say he got thrown in the margins and kicked in the face.. never have I witnessed such an unprofessional fishery owner.
Regards,
Tony Church
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Really enjoying your channel especially as I’m trying to catch my first Tench