Not surprising since a Dutch factory ship been trying to catch every fish in the channel

As a young at heart 80 year-old I well remember the Mamod steam engines and what about the chemistry sets with which we used to mix up all manner of noxious compounds. I also remember my school chemistry teacher showing us how to make a miniature mount vesuvious volcano from a small pile of permanganate of potash. A small indentation was formed in the top of the pile into which was poured about a teaspoonful of glycerine. The resulting eruption was quite spectacular if a little dangerous due to the noxious gas which was produced.

Hello Graeme.....still have my Mamod even a new drive spring in its packet.....I remember setting fire to the kitchen floor with meths....a flame you couldn't easily see.... It was all hands on stuff then Meccano sets etc. One final thing you might not like this but you are my fathers doppelganger......😳😳

I've said it before Graeme & I'll say it again. You crack me up. I love the way to get things done. Thanx for posting.

Cheers Graeme. Very intertaining for a old guy like me. I'm a child of the 60's

Cheers Graham , a very entertaining hour spent this Sunday morning watching your videos , big mug of tea , roaring Gale Kira outside. Yes us boys of the 50's & 60's had the best fun growing up - what about pen knives ? We all had at least one from about 6 years old , and Dilly carts ! Made from an old pram chassis ! Zooming down hills , no helmets , knee pads no brakes ! - Bernie the Bolt , Redruth , Cornwall

That was great, seeing those gorgeous old stream engines. I love all things steam, the sight, sound, smell, and even the feel of the heat when you get close enough. On a similar note, as you're local Greame, the flying scotsman is coming to open the watercress line shortly. Dates and times elude me, but I', sure it's easily found on line. 1005 agree with the rant about this sick society and the whole panzy party approach to so called living. Now that's out of my system, another great vid. I love the real life down to earth aspect, good days are shown as such, and bad days are not hidden away. Thanks for the continued effort to bring us the angling and endless advice. all very much appreciated.

Look at you with yer fancy bowl !! Most of us just eat straight outta the pan.... 🙄😂😂😂😂 😎👍☘️🍺

Such such a pretty beach .. the rocks, pebbels are awesome, around here its all sand..

I'm 62 & I saved up for my Mamod engine and never felt at risk, it's still going well today. Now, if you want a really risky toy? ..... my Jetex engine strapped to a piece of wood with wheels on really used give us some moments 😂 All the best, Clive.

Grate fishing 🐟 tips in this clip

Those people who sent you emails were right, its not about you catching fish its about how you do it, the things you try. i know you like to catch but you never moan if you dont. Another great video.

yes like them all cheers

As a child of the 40's I can relate to everything you are saying. The things we were allowed to play with, and the places we were allowed to roam high on the Yorkshire Pennines would have the Health and Safety boffins going white with rage. We called it "learning". ;-)

I love him

Love the way you 100% enjoy your surroundings

Loved the video Graeme, brought back memories of me and a few friends playing with steam engines. We also had chemistry sets, climbed trees, and God forbid, carried penknifes 👍

Really appreciate the time and effort you've put in to make this video

Love your show 🎣😁

Great show

Cheers Graham lovely vid👍

Fantastic video Graeme 👍🎣. Absolutely agree with the exception of going fishing 🎣😎. Peace and quiet & not being nagged at 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Love the content Graeme keep it up 😁

Hey Graeme, I liked your cast at timestamp 8:50 - I watched it several times with the playback speed slowed right down, and I like the technique. I usually go for an straitforward overhead thump, but I think I'm gonna give your technique a try.

Love all your videos Graeme

thank you Graeme

Graeme, I am a spaghetti hoops man myself, and Heinz are still selling the beans and sausages in a can. 👌👌👌

Always an enjoyable watch keep up the good work

Thanks, Graeme! Thumbs up!!! Clark

Graeme Pullen .... the new Jack Hargreaves of today..out of town...

Thank you for the video some good wisdom here.

How true Graeme with the kids learning nowadays! I can remember for my 10th Xmas present I got a Mamod Tracktion engine, and peed myself with excitement, and had so much fun with the meths! thanks for the reminder,,,, Oh, a little bit of a dangerous tip I did the other day, I ran out of gas for my plow lamp(a GAZ type) I couldn't get to the shops, I had some lighter gas, so I managed an adaptor and fill the blowlamp up. It works a treat, Pound shop gas, so its cheaper.. thanks for the video. :)

Wot no reduced price noddles!!!!! Greame, Great vidio as always, kind regards Mike.

We used to sneak into a withy garden and take sticks to make stuff. Children with, sharp knives or hatchet, crossing rivers, stomping around in marshes, making bows, arrows, and spears with sharp pointy bits. Also, playing on railways, making fires, climbing trees and rocks, poaching, playing around machinery, throwing stones at each other, finding dead animals, no watch, no phone, and our parents had no idea where we were. I think it’s called a childhood.

if its invasive then why would it be illegal to use as bait? surely they would want everyone to use them?

Nice one Graeme, that was another totally awesome video, good job 👍

Epic video! Keep up the Fantastic work!

Thanks again Graeme. Best wishes from 🇦🇺🍺

You deserve to be the new minister of fisheries Graham

Even me - born in the 70's so grew up in the 80's spent my formative years with questionable Chemistry sets, meths burners, 2 stroke engines, knives, air guns, fires, dangerous tools etc. It certainly sorted us all out Darwinian style. I was seriously cheered up this week when my 13 year old daughter came home from school with her first woodwork project. A model plane with moving wheels and propeller - she used: coping saw, tenon saw, plane, rasp, pillar drill, sandpaper, wood glue, panel pins and screws - then Danish Oil to finish. It was pretty straight and symmetrical with fairly tight joints and a nice finish. So even our latest bubble wrapped generation aren't all totally soft :) I'm delighted :)

I love all of your videos and you really inspire me to take up fishing and enjoy life. Your a really great guy and really make my day when i wake up in the morning. All the best with your KZfaq channel and have a great 2020.

Nice vid

Hi Graeme from Australia. I have enjoyed your videos for a while now. Although threadline reels are most popular in Oz, a lot of us use Alvey side cast reels (basically a centrepin you can turn the spool 90 degrees to cast) because almost all of our beaches are fine sand that gets into more complicated reels. But you can’t really use braid on them as it cuts your fingers casting, so only mono line and so less bite detection. Too rainy this weekend for a beach fish as it’s heavy rain, thankfully putting out a lot of our bushfires. Cheers.

Recently found your excellent channel, and been 'binge' watching your one man in a boat ( i have had boats myself, and i love the sea) i used to go cockle picking in Poole harbour out on the mud flats that are only accesible using a traditional flat bottomed Poole 'canoe'. My girlfriend of that time also used to get stuck in with cockle cleaning and cooking - the mud cockles are black with orange/red fringes on the edges of the shell. They were (are) big in size, and i would say the best cockles ever ! As a 'pastime' i would take a 6ft drop net for flukes ( flounders) on incoming and ebb tides. Also we had what was called small 'boat rods' but i was never that bothered with fishing with them. As for your super video i'm responding to: love steam power. i have been a volunteer on a few preserved rail outfits getting filthy, wet and cold but loved every minute of it ! Liked and ,subscribed to your channel, not so much for the fishing per se, but your incrediblly decent, humourous and empathectic attitude and personality which makes your channel so very popular for many i suspect. i am your age near enough, and memory is wonderful thing. Yes, been a right little plonker in the day - i used to make gunpowder for fun with my chemistry set! Anyway, i can never trype 'short one liners in comments - especially when thers so much to say as it were! Keep safe out there, and i look forward to many more hours of great video from you - it's about the nearest i will ever get to being in a boat again. Cheers Grahame

im 34 i still got one in the attic loved playing with it, its the same steam mill my father and grandfather used to play with as kids

Love your mix of fishing and coming back to The Tackle Shack to chat!!!

Definitely do more videos along this line. It stirs the pot up a bit.

Great video good old days more please

Steam models and Meccano sets and not to forget Tiddlywinks. Lol. Loved it. We also used to take Meths stove out to cook a tin beans so we didn't have to go home for dinner and then continue on our adventures.

Great video

Great beach to fish if u can't get on the big beach 😉

I hadn't been fishing for nearly years until I found your videos and now I've been twice in the last 2 weeks, really starting to enjoy it again and get back into it

Nice video Graeme 👍🎣. A Dame shame about the Shore fishing 🎣. Totally agree with the recycling. Let's all do something . . to help the environment. It's are children's future.

just to sidetrack from the steam engines and fishing as kids ..you must have watched STINGRAY .." anything can happen in the next half hour "..was a great intro to the programme....enjoyed it..great vids..

Takes me back. I used to fish off Sandwich Bay or Deal Pier in Kent back in the 80’s. My pal and I would sit there all night with a drift wood bonfire and an Anchor Lamp! We used yellowtail lug worm as bait, dug up at low tide. Great days!

Should have chucked one of the whiting out as a flapper bait :)

Given there were loads of whiting at the beach, maybe you could have put a whiting live-bait out, or maybe a whiting flapper, but then again, since it was so calm there with such small tides that the bass or other predators wouldn't be on the feed there, but I reckon between your 4 rods it might have been worth a try on one of them.

Hi Graeme! Great video with an interesting mix of subjects! Shame the Whiting weren't a bit bigger - could have been another Beach Fry-up. Nice to see the vintage engines, though I think most of them were internal combustion IE Petrol or Diesel, not steam. True what you say about modern kids! I think you are about 4 years older than me, and I've still got my Mamod steam traction engine tucked away somewhere - I'll have to dig it out, fire it up and relive some memories! Tight Lines! ;-)

When I used to collect winkles as a kid, my old man told me that those cone shaped pearlescent shells were witch winkles and not very good eating either. I've always referred to them as such ever since. Often you'll find them amongst the periwinkles and the dog whelks on the rocks.

Love the content,,,,,oh just eat the grub out of the pan,,,lol

This brought back loads of memories, the Scotchlite on the rod tops shining in the light from the Tilley lamp (LEDs may be more enviro-friendly, but they can't also keep you warm!)... I've got to say, they were happy days! P.S. In winter, I ALWAYS used to cook bacon for breakfast on the beach. It's amazing how many new 'friends' you find that you never knew you had! Fun. Also, yeah, compared to what I remember, those worms are pathetic. Back in the '80s, ragworms were slightly terrifying! Black lug were normally around 6 inches long and 3/8/ thick. Yes, I had a Mamod engine and grinding wheel widget! Oh, and do you remember Jetex motors...? :-)

Great video (y)

That belt I don't say this much but thank God for health and safety 😂😂 that things is deadly

Mamod and Mayall that's all we needed

I Remember My Grandad Had A Model Steam Engine I Loved It You Might Like Keith Appleton's Channel He Builds Steam Engine's

Great to see you come to Dorset. Thought your passport had run out.

Great video as always Graeme. Different sort of fishing but have you ever used just liquidised bread as ground bait on a feeder for coarse fish? Nothing else just bread as the ground bait? Method feeder, short hook link, any hook bait you want tucked in the bread but just bread nothing else as the ground bait? I think as long as you didn't squeeze the bread too hard on the method it would break up a treat. I always appreciate your opinion and I know you like cheap fishing lol.

You are not mean Graeme, you are RECYCLING! Keep it going.

Always entertaining watching your videos. Did they call those engines "ONE LUNGERS" over there in the UK? "Make and Break" was another term they are known by here in the new world. They're actually petrol engines, the water jacket on top is the radiator. The beast at 35:16 looks like a real steam engine though. There was a very old steam powered car that used to go for a tour of our neighbourhood. Not sure how you would calculate the miles per gallon in something like that...

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Always love the vids Graeme not quite as old as you bud but we made a steam engine at school in metal work tight lines

My uncles used to build model steam trains. My dad used to ride on them when he was a kid.

Hello Taf Also T a outdoors love your videos Been watching for a long time liked all of them. I work for western flyer Shell island North Wales the biggest campsite in Europe we are a specialist Tope bream and bass boat And I reckon you could make a wicked video if you came out Camping and fishing with us

I live 5 min walk to that beach. 👍

What with you having a head for construction I bet you could build (Fabra-cobble) your very own G Stove?? The Graeme stove from recycled, free materials. Shall be having a go myself when I finish my shed/ tackle shack.

Your "pretty shell" was a Painted topshell

I have a Mamod in near mint condition with original box, I occasionally fire it up to show the grand kids and then spend a day cleaning it...well a few hours anyway.

Do people still use keep nets? Can you go Tench fishing please Graeme? Thanks

I enjoyed the format of this video. I had a Mamod engine, I bought or swapped it, I can't remember, from my pal. Sold it on later unfortunately.

Never seen you pendulum cast before Graeme! Nice

Slipper limpets are all over Swansea Beach

:Have you caught anything mister: ? Yes, an Otter, Mallard and a Swan...………….Silence! Sorry. couldn.t resist it. :-)

Hi whoever reads this

love this sea fishing greame . keep it up man. any chance on a bit of pike deadbaiting or lure fishing in upcoming videos?

love your stuff Sir! would love to spend the day fishing with you and pick your brains! keep it up! also im 25 and i would love a Mamod steam eginge but theyre around £250 these days :(

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Thanks for another entertaining video, Graeme. By the way, why not eat your food straight out of the saucepan? You've even got a handle to hold it with. Just a thought............ :0)

im sure i could get you a ride of a full sized steam engine at some time when youre down in somerset, one of my friends has several in various stages of refurbishment

Preston North End!

PS , Graham , made my own fish smoker yesterday using an old enamel bread bin !

U shouldn't be too grumpy with the passers by, it was speaking to fisherman on the shore that got me into fishing, and now I'm Scotland's most successful sea fisherman of all time☝🏻

What a great vid. Yes not brilliant fishing but the sound of the sea and the clarity of the water is excellent. I had a Mahmod Traction Engine that would keep me entertained for ages. I really do worry about the mobile phone generation. Although I own one it stays in the car in fact its so old people call it "the brick" (its for emergency use only). I go out for a meal with friends the first thing they do is take the mobile out and start tapping away how rude is that! . My wife's friend is on Facebook every time she does something even like going to the supermarket she puts it on Facebook how boring. Overall though (now I've finished my rant) I am so glad I grew up in the 50's & 60's without the bounds of health & safety and the great outdoors was always calling us for adventure.

As you were cooking up on the beach there you made me realize that I need a small 1.5 Litre pot for cooking up food with my portable outdoor petrol pump up stove & I also need to find a lightweight frypan that is cheap. I found one of those pop up silicone & stainless steel pots with a folding handle & for the frypan I found an Anolon Ceramic Carbon Steel up to 240 deg Celsius, it's a non stick baking tray that is about 23cm x 33cm x 5cm deep which I can use one of those camping pot gripper handles on so it will be perfect for cooking up a couple of fish pieces & chips on the beach or in the boat on the river. The only problem is that I don't need it yet but it will be there when I do to buy it later.

Haha great minds graeame i remember trying to talk the family into releasing the family canary cos i believed it should be wild then fished near everyday. Cmon a canary? If id of released that it would of probably been snatched by something infront of my very eyes haha i feel im a bit more realistic now lol

Ledge!

Your a right Fred Dibnah.

We also carried pocket knives, climbed trees and rode bicycles without helmets. How did we ever survive.

Still have my Mamod Engine 60 years old still runs sweet as a nut not like me now

What cast!

can i ask where do you go out from on boat thinking of going on holi from south coast this yr ,i live in midlands and would enjoy meeting up with you for a day out on the boat many regards karl