i used to tie size 22 spade end hooks by hand i bet most AMERICANS have never seen a hook smaller than about a size 4 UK hook

watching John fish is like watching the guy on WILDERNESS COOKING COOK ITS SO CALM THEY BOTH DO THE BEST JOB THEY CAN DO

that first fish he caught on this light tackle an AMERICAN WOULD HAVE used about 10lb line and a British size 2 HOOK LOL

one fish i have never caught is the grayling and i am 63 with health problems so it wont be happening

Real fishing ❤

This part ov England is do nice and peaceful

well what can i say john taught me alot better than that wanker matt hayes

great to watch but his shot arrangement doesnt assist wallas casting

Wonderfully nostalgic to watch JW again 30-odd years on. The only downside is seeing the way the fish are handled - dry hands and kept out of the water far too long. At least it’s good to know that we’ve come a long way in this regard. Most anglers these days try minimal contact, use unhooking mats and keep the fish wet and keep them out of the water as short a time as possible. Nothing against John - he was a great ambassador.

Put that rode in crooks pond 😂😂😂

That flask was empty, what a faker 😂

How things change, you wouldn’t get away with doing that now, not wetting his hands before handling the fish !!!

I Loved watching this master when i was young. God rest him. God rest the legend.

We're in .. now what's this

John was the reason why I fell back into angling, not a single wasted minute watching him.

Watching him takes me back to my childhood! Man I miss this guy, what a legend 👏

Absolute magic ❤😊

one of UK ,s finest Angler.. the King of Fishing..SADLY MISSED +

Love john wilson taugt me so much in some way long trotting for evample

Thanks so much for sharing mate!

It brings me so much joy to watch John Wilson fishing. I used to watch these programs over and over as a young mad keen angler. RIP.

Doesnt it make you feel better when you see John miss bites or have a blank day.

I used to love watching John Wilson Matt Hayes and Rex Hunt on Saturday mornings on The Discovery Channel back in the early 90s

A great angler. So much knowledge. Gone too soon

I remember rushing home on a Sunday to catch the latest episode of go fishing on channel 4 as a youngster, about 9 or 10 yrs old. Absolute legend. Showed us fish from all over the UK and the world. Did abit of everything and always made a great show that you were gutted when it ended and you had to wait another week for the next one. The guy was ahead of his time too for the uk, using baitcasters decades before they became fashionable .

The way fishing should be!!!

The most influential and wonderful angler the world has ever seen. RIP John. We were blessed to be able to have you touch our lives.

I wish Germany would educate itself and quit making fishing against the law, at least not for the reasons they have. I want to take my son fishing for perch and other stuff like I did when I were a little kid with my dad

brilliant fisherman very sadly missed but never forgotten, he brought fishing to the forefront and made it huge, Thank you John for all you did for us fishermen

39:00 just listen!😍😍😍😍😍😍

Truly amazing. In belgium nearly all greyling are gone...breaks my heart. In 33y i never caught a single one. Not even on the fly

1hour of perfectly explained centerpin fishing! Damn, lucky me! Thx man! Where ever you are watching greyling now

RIP John, Used to love my visits to the Tackle den. Made me some amazing rods too.

I crewed a boat out of Dartmouth he fished on many years ago. Have to be honest, he was the most rudest and arrogant man I ever met. Many celebrities feel they are above other people. RIP but not missed I'm afraid.

Why did his cut down knee flap waders never catch on? You can’t walk easily far in full sized waders. Noticeably here he mentioned Otters with no senses of alarm or danger at all. Why? Because before their numbers were hugely bolstered to cause a huge imbalance in the predator/ prey balance there was no reason to fear their destruction of overall national fish stocks. Anglers don’t hate Otters per se, only after long term breed and release programmes, the building of Otter Holts and artificial increase of their numbers through human interference did they become a hugely destructive pest.

He was a true legend of his time!!! It always strikes me how light the tackle is that the older fishermen used in the past!! My grandfather was a great all round fisherman like John here and I don't think I ever saw him use more than 8lb line in freshwater weather it was for pike ,carp or salmon!!! Amazing really but they didn't have the state of the art gear we have now but they were true masters of the sport they really was!! Probably a golden era of fishing really,they had some quite bad chemicals that leaches into the water back then but it seems that they had a lot more water flowing through unlike today were so very much water is taken from the river all the way up and down the whole system which obviously means any little pollution makes a huge difference sadly!! It's shocking that we have banned so many toxic chemicals and pollution but there's less fish now than then!! It really does not make sense in this day and age but it's the amount of people living now I think. We take so much water and modern farming methods on top along with sewage treatment plants with there overflows that just lately have been allowed to dump their overflow into the Rivers is really pushing our fish ,wildlife and fisheries/rivers to breaking point! I never thought I'd be someone who goes on about the environment but it's really getting bad and I'd hate to see it all disappear!!!

Awesome 👍😎👍

Such skill in casting with the centre pin, loved his fishing program, top angler,sadly missed

An absolute one off fisherman wasn't a species he couldn't catch I'll always remember you RIP

thank you for uploading that gem

In my eyes John Wilson is God.... If it was John waiting for me at the pearly gates I would be a happy dead man. RIP John...

An inspirational legend,his enthusiasm and simple techniques altered and improved the way I fish. John Wilson.

Man I miss j.w the programmes that he could have produced today with the cameras they have now, the collabs with some of the greats and money that's in fishing these days to make it all possible, it's such a shame r.i.p 🙏

Love ❤️ to Johns memories and hopefully future anglers that will bring his enthusiasm for fishing to everyone

miss him rip

Great man sadly missed RIP John 🎣

It's an art the way he casts the rod.

He will return after the battle of Armageddon, R.I.P. means Resurrection In Paradise, John 5:28,29. Alan Peck 🐎

DIDNT REALISE HE HAD PASSED AWAY 🤷DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST CLUMSIEST FISHERMAN LOL 😂 BROKE MANY A FISHING 🎣 ROD IN HIS PROGRAMS..

Gone but never forgotten RIP John Wilson the legend lives on.