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21 May

Rudd Reminiscing: New Red Letter Days video

I'm not are why, but I have always had a soft-spot for rudd. I've been lucky enough over the years to fish a few venues with some big fish in them too. This video looks back at the first venue I fished for rudd. A typical gin-clear gravel pit, a carp syndicate, and the home to some monster fish that I could often see, but catching them could be another matter altogether! I hope you enjoy my recollections.   https://youtu.be/jJ-Tsj2q1YM...
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5 May

Brilliant Surface Fishing Bait

Few baits can honestly be described as 'game changers', but I truly believe that this floater fishing feed will revolutionise your surface fishing in the same way that it has done mine. Ball it up and catapult it out. The fast breakdown leaves a cloud of particles throughout the water column, drawing carp up and to the swim and disguising the hook and hooklength.   https://youtu.be/IFSs3ssQZMY...
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1 Jul

Bream Fishing : Big Bream Underwater

Bream Fishing : Big Bream Underwater
Bream Fishing : Big Bream Underwater   Recently, I set out on an ambitious project to try and film double-figure bream underwater. The results turned out pretty well and led to this film - Bream Fishing : Big Bream Underwater, that you can watch below. My venue was a weedy gravel pit, best known for its small head of carp, and less well known, or perhaps infamous, for its big head of bream! The lake is often very clear, making it ideal for filming, although this does promote weed growth. Weed though is a common problem on many gravel pits throughout the summer, so this was a good opportunity to talk about the tactics that I have used to good effect on this...
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19 Jun

Tench Baits

In this new video I take a look at the best baits for tench fishing and how I get the best from them. Covering everything from maggots and worms, to boilies and pastes, and why some baits work better on some venues than others.     https://youtu.be/1NXRGxDfBqs...
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