I can't wait. Won't be able to watch till later in evening with my 4yr old girl. She loves watching you on TAFS.

today been rained off so looking forward to part two Graham 😊😁

I think these are some of the worst films i have ever seen

My name is catfish47 please read my comment i wrote to you it might be on part 1 or 2 of this 2 parter please get in touch as round the main lake theres a deep like ditch deep gully that's deep and it goes all the way round the lake ish about a rod length out the fist use it as there main road round the lake I'll tell you a special bait that i only new about and it used to rip the Place apart private message me please tight lines

Pleased you enjoy the films,more to come.

Brian that's a long time enjoying fishing I'm sure you could tell many stories about the times you had.

12 straight days ???....Boy you are certainly owed big time.Can of beer,feet up and watch the 2 films.

@@TAFishing cracking vid, really enjoyed it. Thank you.

Probably cause you were poaching

@@merlin7654 reported that.

@@scottwalker6257 Did papa not give you enough love as a kid, boy?

@@scottwalker6257 reported what?

@@merlin7654 the danger element, can't beat the satisfaction of a poach (joke)

There should always be hope..that's why I go fishing..you just never know ...

Should be up around 10am if Mike has got the scheduling sorted.

Mike is loading it now for about 10am tomorrow.(Saturday)

Should be tomorrow,10am(Saturday) Mike working on scheduling it right now.

No worries,don't miss tomorrow's Part 2 (10am Saturday)

I felt I had to do the Tench this year. I find they can go off around late July into August,so I'm glad I made the effort. Such a short window of opportunity to catch them,and less waters to get them now.

Agreed. Barbel, tench, pike, perch, chub, carp. In that order.

@@jimmyfireball Indeed. I'd actually add 1lb+ roach, rudd, and dace into that list...all before carp.

I have been doing OK with them, but they seem a tad better at holding that bit or rubber band on to stop bait wriggling off.

Should have gone up the following day from part 1.

You need to watch Part 2 tomorrow,Saturday 10am GMT (I hope !!!)

@@TAFishing Looking forward to it, Graeme!

I remember that with the Irish Bream back in the early 1970's...saying was.."Irish Bream are only loyal to them that feeds them "....The shoals were so immense they would plough through half a sack of maize in 24 hours. Good days..I wonder if its like that over there now ?

@@TAFishing from what I understand the fishing in Ireland is a shadow of its glory days for various reasons. The fluff flinging is still as popular as ever but the coarse fishing has somewhat fallen by the wayside. If you ever find yourself on holiday in the region of bude/Barnstaple I can point you in the direction of some enormous roach and bream, wrong coast of the county for a guided tour but I can point you in the right direction.

I'm afraid the coarse fishing is but a shadow of its former self. Of course there are always places off the beaten track but... Some of the reasons: A lot of poaching took place due to high levels of immigration from countries who eat coarse fish. Also Bream have become much scarcer due to the spread of roach as have our beautiful Rudd and Rudd/Bream hybrids. After the initial spread of roach to almost everywhere in the 70's and 80's it has settled down. The problem now is we are left with roach/bream hybrids as the dominant species instead of true bream. Where you do find shoals of bream they tend to be of a smaller size than in the past. The days of massive shoals of slabs averaging 4 or 5 lbs are largely gone. The spread of zebra mussels has led to clear water in lakes that were previously cloudy. In some waters the bream are still there but night fishing is your best bet. As I said there are always places off the beaten track and waters where there is decent fishing for hybrids. But Bream and Tench aren't as easy to find as they once were. We have some commercial fisheries now. Something I thought I would never see! But it is still a great place to find natural waters. You just need to keep your expectations in check. We still get some UK Anglers coming over. Many have been coming since the old days. And often come for the craic as much as the fishing. I think two factors reduced the numbers coming over. The poorer fishing and the advent of the carp and commercial scene in the UK. Not many want to haul tackleboxes and bait over styles and fields like in the old days. Of course we have plenty of venues where you can park up and fish. But you probably get my drift.

They would probably leave me something instead..I've had match anglers give me bags of groundbait and expensive hookbaits leftovers I guess they feel sorry for my one loaf of bread and supermarket sweetcorn. Don't get me wrong I still throw it all in the water ,I'm not proud ,it all gets eaten by the fish and if its free so much the better.

The fish don't care if your tackle is from Hardy or Lidl, so long as the last 12" is presented nicely.

Agree Borderlands, but rods and reels that are a joy to use aren't expensive anymore. When I worked as a Saturday lad in a tackle shop I was buying team daiwa float rods and stradic carp rods. They still do me well to this day. But no longer so you need to spend £150 on a rod to get a good action, £60 these days can buy great handling rods.

@@robfnet I don't think Graham's tackle is too bad, it's just well used. A lot of rod blanks are generic with different fittings as the price goes up. He (and I) come from an era where you repaired things, now people simply buy another one. Very few people did that in cane days, a quality rod and reel was a serious investment for a working man. Watercraft has been replaced by branding and cookie cutter tactics. Graham's gear may have seen better days but his thinking is spot on.

The first tip is ,it begins with a "T",and no,its not Tarpon.

@@TAFishing and it could be a t.... Tench :)

And make make sure you get the colour count right..you don't need to get them mixed up..could spell disaster !!!

@@TAFishing It must be where I’ve been going wrong! Looking forward to Part 2. All the best Graeme

I think it is for the fish that are in there. Mind you I was there last night trying to get a big Tench on the large lake,failed miserably,but had some cracking Rudd..Its the way it is with fishing..every trip is different.

Carp I think was a 35lb River Mirror,its in the trailer,Cat I think was 122 or something.Biggest we had on the trip was 180lbs. What we call a 3-man lift for the camera. But don't get me wrong, don't class me a specimen hunter ,I appreciate any fish,whatever the size,I don't go round taregeting the biggest fish,my head would get cross threaded with boredom and disappointment. Depends what each person classes as a "big" fish. Once you have crossed the 1000lb barrier the term "big" really starts to take a back seat. Its all relative. Enjoy each one.

@@TAFishing haha there some good fish mate my biggest carp had to be 15Ib at old hough haven’t had any cats yet.