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The Reel
United Kingdom
Приєднався 13 кві 2022
The Reel is my VLOG series of my notable fishing trips, come along with me and my fly rod as I target Bass and Mullet on the UK South Coast and Pike from UK rivers, canals and still waters.
Dorset Stour Pike | River Pike Fishing | Fly Fishing For Pike
Getting out after the pike in Autumn and Winter can be a bit of a struggle between work and family life now that the days are getting shorter. In this video I manage to get out with my dad and my son Jack. We explored a new section of the Dorset Stour as well as some familiar areas.
I spent most of the day in Jack's shadow, making sure he was safe as it is a deep and fast river, but also letting him fish out a swim before me to give him the best chance of getting into a fish.
We did find a few, but we worked for it and walked a fair few miles. It's a fairly short and chilled one, hopefully I'll be able to get back out there soon. Tight lines and I'll see you in the next one!
I spent most of the day in Jack's shadow, making sure he was safe as it is a deep and fast river, but also letting him fish out a swim before me to give him the best chance of getting into a fish.
We did find a few, but we worked for it and walked a fair few miles. It's a fairly short and chilled one, hopefully I'll be able to get back out there soon. Tight lines and I'll see you in the next one!
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5 Tips For Fly Fishing For Bass | Sea Bass Fly Fishing | Saltwater Fly Fishing UK
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With my bass fishing slowing down considerably now that the days are getting shorter, I thought I'd share some tips to help accelerate your journey to having more success catching bass on a fly rod on the UK coast. Fly fishing for bass in the UK presents an interesting and rewarding challenge for any angler willing to put in the hours and groundwork. Bass are a stunning fish and larger specimen...
Pitsford Reservoir Pike Fly Fishing | Fly Fishing For Pike | Pike On The Fly
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As Autumn has well and truly fallen, me and my dad decided it was time to get out after some pike. Plans to visit a river were quickly put at bay after a heavy spell of rain, so we decided to revisit Pitsford Reservoir. After blanking there last year, the only knowledge we were prepared with was our understanding of the different bays and margins. Without spoiling too much, we had a much more s...
Orvis Saltwater Festival 2024 | Saltwater Fly Fishing UK
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I attended the 2024 Orvis Saltwater Festival and wanted to try and get across in a video a taste of what the experience is like. Now in it's fifth year, the Orvis Festival is a combination of Fly Fishing tuition, competition and social event based out of Hayling Island on the UK South Coast. With partner brands such as Yeti enhancing this experience, particularly this year with the addition of ...
Mullet On The Fly | Fly Fishing For Mullet | Saltwater Fly Fishing UK
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Fly fishing for mullet was what initially fascinated me about Saltwater Fly Fishing. It was back in 2013 when I was living very locally to an estuary that I first gave it serious thought. Fast forward to 2022 and I finally started putting the work in. Catching mullet on the fly is something that has grown massively in popularity, the challenge of even getting one to eat your fly and their hard,...
How To Tie A Clouser | Saltwater Fly Tying | Fly Fishing For Bass UK
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So as promised here is my second go to fly for bass in the UK and how to tie it. It's the Clouser Minnow, in the video I tie my variation on this classic fly that has caught me my biggest bass and several others while saltwater fly fishing on the UK South Coast. Materials: - Size 2 Saltwater Streamer Hook - Pearl flash - Crystal Flash - Grizzly Hackle Feathers - Bucktail (I use orange in the vi...
How To Tie A Gurgler Fly | Fly Fishing For Bass UK | Saltwater Fly Tying
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One of my go to flies for Bass on the UK South Coast is a gurgler. A very basic topwater pattern, easy to tie and it works really well when the bass are near the surface. Tie some up and get yourself a topwater smash! Materials: Hook - Size 2 Saltwater Streamer Hook Tail - White Marabou, Crystal Flash and Chartreuse Bucktail Upavon HD Foam or similar for back (about 3-4mm thick) Body - 5mm Frit...
Fly Fishing For Bass UK | Saltwater Fly Fishing | Bass On The Fly
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The fishing has been a bit slow the last few weeks. Bigger bass seem to be elusive for me and I have also been trying to catch mullet on the fly which, no surprise really, has also been proving difficult. I continue my search for a big bass, mainly on topwater flies in the hope of a huge smash from an equally huge fish. In this video it's a mixed bag of success and stubborn optimism as I contin...
Bass On The Fly | Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | South Coast Bass Fishing
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Fishing this year has revolved mainly around my obsession for Saltwater Fly Fishing. It's on my doorstep, it's challenging and it's great fun. The fishing in this video really demonstrates that, I don't catch anything huge, but bass have a habit of taking you by surprise and nothing gets the adrenaline going more than a topwater smash! I get caught off guard in perfectly still conditions at daw...
Topwater fly fishing for bass | Saltwater Fly Fishing UK
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The bass season has been a great one so far, thinking back to this time just last year I hadn't caught a single fish but this year has been very different. A lot of that is down to me having more knowledge of my marks and experience than I did this time last year and I'm feeling like the hard work and blank sessions are paying off. In this video I continue my search for bass on the fly on the U...
Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | Bass on the Fly | UK South Coast Bass Fishing
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So I'm kicking off Season 2 of The Reel with my first couple of bass fly fishing sessions. With hopes of success at a new mark, the tides I could fish made my time there more reconaissance based and now I'm armed with some knowledge for when I can fish it on an appropriate tide. I came down with a pretty nasty cough the week after my first trip so had a couple of weeks hiatus before getting out...
Fly Fishing For Pike | UK Pike Fishing | Winter Pike On The Fly
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Hey guys, welcome back to the reel, first video of 2024 and it’s a bit of a lament of the Winter for me. I had grand plans of doing lots of pike fishing and well it didn’t quite work out that way. In November me and my Dad went up to Pitsford reservoir and the most exciting thing that happened that day was driving the boat through the tunnel. We fished hard in the hopes of big pike but whether ...
Pike Fly Fishing | Gear & Tackle For Fly Fishing For Pike
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Pike Fly Fishing | Gear & Tackle For Fly Fishing For Pike
Fly Fishing For Sea Bass | Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2023
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Fly Fishing For Sea Bass | Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2023
Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | Fly Fishing For Mullet | Mullet On The Fly
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Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | Fly Fishing For Mullet | Mullet On The Fly
Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | 3 Beginner Flies For Sea Bass | Fly Fishing For Sea Bass
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Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | 3 Beginner Flies For Sea Bass | Fly Fishing For Sea Bass
Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | Fly Fishing For Sea Bass | My First Bass On A Fly
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Saltwater Fly Fishing UK | Fly Fishing For Sea Bass | My First Bass On A Fly
Stillwater Fly Fishing UK | Farmoor Reservoir
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Stillwater Fly Fishing UK | Farmoor Reservoir
Big Pike On A Fly | Fly Fishing For Pike | Dorset Stour
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Big Pike On A Fly | Fly Fishing For Pike | Dorset Stour
Saltwater Fly Fishing on the UK South Coast | Fly Fishing for Bass and Mullet
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Saltwater Fly Fishing on the UK South Coast | Fly Fishing for Bass and Mullet
River Itchen - Urban Fly Fishing For Brown Trout
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River Itchen - Urban Fly Fishing For Brown Trout
Stillwater Fly Fishing UK - Farmoor Reservoir
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Stillwater Fly Fishing UK - Farmoor Reservoir
great video. what flies do you use for mullet? I have no luck now, bad days. I have to buy sripping basket, today fucking knots all time with rocks, and in the water were I could fish without stripping basket to many algs. fucking no windy day
is rydiculous go to the coast without basket now I know...
@@miguelramonquintanasanjose9071 to be honest the only fly ive hooked mullet on is a flexi worm, and the only one ive landed was on a bread fly. If you Google ‘Selectafly Mullet Flies’ they do a range of ones that have been proven to work 👍
Do you make your own pike flies or buy them And could you recommend some as I would love to try them Awesome vids
@@loganlander2906 I’ve made most of mine but have bought a couple off of people that tie. I based a lot of my ties on Paul Clydesdales stealth jig and silver baitfish, both of which are made commercially by fulling mill and about £6 each, if you don’t tie your own they’d be a good place to start 👍
@thereel7071 thank you i will hopefuly catch some decent sized pike on my next trip thanks again mate🙏
nice two basses. I have Cath 5 but all are babys. it has to be very fun if you fish a big one
@@miguelramonquintanasanjose9071 keep trying! I only caught small ones for a year but when it clicked the bigger ones are a lot of fun!
@@thereel7071 yes, but windy days are horrible in fly fishing. I have gone today to the beach and return home again . for me with wind around 20 km/h or more is really difficult to cast the fly
Great channel, I’ll definitely subscribe!
@@Michigananglingadventures thanks man 😊
Sick video! Just started my own channel 🔥
Great Post! My experience of chalkstreams is very limited (wrong end of the country!) so I find the water clarity a little daunting compared with my more familiar peaty, brawling streams! Good to know that pockets of free fishing like this still exist on iconic waters such as the Itchen. It's the opposite situation here, we've lots of recovering rivers with good improving stocks of wild trout and few fishing clubs taking advantage of the potential! All about carp.... Take care!
@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 I don’t fish it so much now as the amount of paddle boarders, dogs jumping in and wild swimmers in the Summer makes it nearly impossible. I’ve diverted a lot of my attention to saltwater with it being much more accessible for me but I would like to fish for trout and grayling more. Cheers 👍
A mi me funcionan muy bien las imitaciones de talitrus saltator.
@@tricoptero6419 La mosca que estaba usando no era muy diferente, pero era de color verde oliva.
Concise, helpful and inspiring! Great tuturial. I think i do all that apart from regular fishing! As im an hour from the nearest bass fishing. Are those flies bucktail? Look awesome 👌 😊
@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 thanks 😊 yes mostly bucktail, I do use white marabou sometimes as I have a fair bit of it and I find it hard to find white bucktail in stock at most places.
Hola, yo también he comenzado a pescar la lubina con caña de mosca pero no consigo lanzar muy lejos. Mi caña es de 9'6 pies para línea 7. Y la línea que estoy usando es una 7wf flotante cuya cabeza lanzadora mide 12metros y lleva el running line integrado. Creo que la longitud de la cabeza es excesiva o quizás la forma de esa cabeza no sea la adecuada para hacer lances largos y con cebos pesados. Un saludo
Hola, depende un poco del tamaño de tus moscas, pero una de 7w debería estar bien si hay poco viento. Una cabeza más corta en la línea ayudará, una línea como la Airflo 40+ podría ser una buena opción. ¡Líneas apretadas!
@@thereel7071 Ok muchas gracias.
Do enjoy your stuff mate
@@tomfirkins2489 thanks mate, appreciate the support 🙏
your flies seems very good. I capture today first seabass on fly. Really good luck, practically fist time I go fishing on fly and one fish. Was really a baby, on top water at the beginning of sea river entry. Very fun, and fly casting is really addictive also
@@miguelramonquintanasanjose9071 well done! It will give you the confidence that the fly works, keep at it and more fish will come 👍
Great video Dan. Was at the 2023 festival and hooked! I live at Warsash and note you've fished there, so any tips appreciated as I've yet to catch one above 10cm! Thanks
@@robmegginson2916 thank you 😊 Warsash is tricky, it’s close for me so I have fished there a fair bit. I often find I’ll turn up and it doesn’t seem like much is going on and other days there’s a few fish about. It’s a good venue but definitely not an easy one. Focus on areas with structure, there’s plenty there where the water enters the salt marshes and once you’ve covered a spot move on if nothing going on, keep trying as it’s just a matter of time and conditions/ tide aligning. Tight lines!
Belting bit of sport! well fished! I've tried to get footage of bass on fly for my channel but failed this year, then again I'm in Lancashire where the stocks aren't quite as dense as down south (my excuse anyway!) only just found your channel, keen to see more! subbed 👍👍👍👍👍👍 Ps I use the gurgler at night for sea trout, browns and chub
@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 thanks man 😊 I am very fortunate that the bass fishing is very accessible to me and a very viable target on the fly. What size hook are you using on gurglers for trout and chub? I might have to give that a go! I’ve managed to get out a video a month this year, trying really hard to stay consistent with that 👍
@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 ps subbed back 👍👍👍
About a size 8 medium shank. Doesn't always work but nice when it does! I've a small river a walk away from home with a good head of mostly small brownies, but there's a modest run of sea trout every summer. Gurgler is the best way to fish it at night in low water conditions as you just end up getting snagged on river bed debris with a sinking lure, unless there's a good flow, in which case there's some colour and it won't fish at night. I tried to do a couple of videos at night but I didn't really work 😂 Sub much appreciated!
Just got a fly rod so looking at as many vids as possible and sea and flyfishing sounds great to me
@@marcs4563 it is good fun when it all comes together 😄
I like a lot your videos. greetings from Spain
@@miguelramonquintanasanjose9071 Oye, gracias, significa mucho. Hay mucha buena pesca en España, definitivamente ocupa un lugar destacado en mi lista de lugares en los que me gustaría pescar. líneas apretadas!
Good start for the season 👌🎣🐟
@@EUAngler cheers, better than last year already 😄
Great stuff mate . 👏
Cheers Dave 🙏
Never handle your rod at the shank use the cork and butt or you will break the rod
Well done that man!
Great video. Well done. 👍🐟🐟
@@tollesbury1 thanks man 😊
I need to get out and do this next year!
@@francisrobinson8361 I highly recommend it 👍
@@thereel7071 I’m 17, going to be 18, is there a different ticket price?
Ah just looked on the website
Wicked video ❤
@@rowanbailey4139 thanks man ☺️
Amazing vid Dan! As always top content 🙏🏻
@@powermanagement2619 🫡😉🥷
Brilliant mate . I’m heading out again this weekend lol .
@@davidwoods7121 😄 I wish I was, although the weather looks a bit iffy, tight lines mate!
Really nice video, summed it up very well, lets hope next year the Bass don't flee the harbour on Friday morning!
@@davidnaisby Thanks David ☺️ it’s going to be a couple of months earlier next year so the bass won’t be expecting us! 🥷
Great video of the event so glad you enjoyed the weekend
@@hamishhiddleston7032 thanks ☺️ it was really good, would happily do it all over again tomorrow 😄
Love the Bass, very nice. I keep wanting to give the Mullet a go on the fly, very encouraging, keep up the good videos.
@@sledgeflyfishing thanks man, appreciate it! Yeh give it a try, once you get one that’s it you have to keep trying 😄
Really helpful and a great, lucid video. Thank you!
@@millso17 no problem, thanks for watching ☺️
You tried the little surface poppers? Seen they work wonders for fish eating on the top and even making bigger fish angry to bite aswell with the water been so calm
@@Dynomique Hey, yeh I have moved on quite a bit since this video was posted, I’ve caught a fair few bass this year on surface flies and it is amazing fun, particularly when they really smash the surface!
@@thereel7071 it's my favorite type of fishing on the surface watching them take the poppers or dry flies, it's amazing fun. I'm currently beetle and realistic fly surface fishing at the moment and it's awesome, been on 4 fishing trips and caught fish on every trip, I normally lure fish but I don't know if I'll ever want to ever return to it as fly fishing is doing a better job of it ATM 🤣
@@Dynomique the finesse and sometimes more natural bait imitations can definitely have the edge over other methods 👍
great vid mate, do you float fish or use lures as well or only fly fish?
@@UnderwaterFishFilms thanks mate 😁 I pretty much just fly fish these days, it’s a weird addiction 😄 I used to lure fish for pike and perch predominantly but now if I can use a fly I will, it’s kind of the end to end process of tying the fly and catching on it but also fighting fish on a fly rod is also a bit different, I love it 😄
@@thereel7071 yep i heard getting a fish on the flyrod is magical! i have to buy one and try it out myself, looknig forward to future vids from you mate, all the best
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Awesome vid Lewis keep up the good work! 👍🏻
@@powermanagement2619 😂
Thanks for the content Lewis. What was the tide state when you caught your Bass?
@@mathewvickery9925 No worries, Lewis was the guy I fished with about half way through the video 😄 it was pretty much slack water at low tide 👍
@@thereel7071 Thanks Lewis. I need to spend more time in those kind of harbour marks; they look perfect for the fly or light lure tactics. Have you tried Christchurch harbour at all? it's alive with mullet.
@@mathewvickery9925 I’ve not tried. Christchurch yet, I’ve heard the same though and it is on my list of areas to fish, the mullet there are supposed to be more obliging to take a fly as well 👍
@@thereel7071 Yes definitely worth a visit when I'm bass fishing I see loads of them. I'm sure if I tried fishing for them they would probably disappear instantly.
Awesome! Inspiring to start mullet fishing
@@Spleen4Sale it can be hard work but the rewards are worth it 👍
Quality footage / lovely Bass to finish the session
@@leeroberts1860 cheers mate 😊
What sort of flies would you use for the mullet great vid
@@seanfitzpatrick3227 thanks mate 👍 Lewis’ fish, the 3 I lost and the bass all took a red flexi worm. There are a whole range of flies that will work though, most of them created by Colin Macleod. I’m in no way affiliated with them, but if you google Selectafly, their website sells a good range of mullet flies. The only thing I would say is that if you are confident tying your own it’s worth it as you can use stronger hooks. I was advised to use PTFE coated carp hooks as they stay sharper and resist saltwater corrosion thanks to the coating. Once I’ve had a bit more success with the mullet I’ll probably do a video on rods, leaders and flies etc. 👍
@@thereel7071 I tie a lot of my own flies for the trout here in Ireland the like the flexi worms.. thank you for the information there a big body of water that comes through my town over here and I’ve tried everything for them had some luck on a brown buzzer but sadly lost the fish hopefully now I can finally get one thank you
@@seanfitzpatrick3227 no worries, if you search ‘mullet on the fly’ on UA-cam, Fly Fishing Londoner has done a couple of good videos on the static method, one with a guy called Josh who came up with it, well worth a watch 👍
Is that Poole harbar
@@KennethWare-bn9vr no all the marks I fish are in Hampshire/ West Sussex
Well done !! Good video enjoyed 🔥💯
@@EUAngler thanks man, appreciate it 😊
Was Lewis letting the flies drift that made the difference? Also, can you show the set up of the indicator, leader set up etc. regards, Joe
@@MrJoebailey the flies were fished static on the bottom, not in deep water at all. The mullet pick the flies up off the mud and then the indicator slides away, if there is some flow the flies should roll along the bottom but the fish seem more inclined to pick them up in very shallow water where there is little flow. Leader wise, I have a 12lb tapered leader cut down to an 8ft butt section. Then I attach about 6ft of 10lb fluoro and tie a dropper for a bung indicator where the butt section and tippet meet, then another dropper about 3ft from the point fly. So it should look like 8ft butt section/ indicator/ 3ft 10lb tippet/ dropper/ 3ft 10lb tippet/ point fly totalling around 14ft. I had the bass fishing the same method and set up 👍 tight lines!
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Fantastic bass! Careful playing fish not 'on the reel', sometimes if a big fish turns and dives and you are applying drag to the fish using your fingers, the line can quickly dry because of the friction and 'jam' in your fingers and the fish might break the line. Talking from bitter experience.
@@justinphillips7392 must admit I avoid getting fish on the reel as I often lose fish while trying to reel in the line but appreciate what you’re saying, I often have too much line out for the distance I need to cast so winding that in once I’m casting to the ‘zone’ would probably help. Thanks for the tip 👍
@@thereel7071 yes you are right it's a faff, especially if the fish hits close in. I'm usually worrying about the spare line getting trapped around something if the fish takes line also. If a big bass hits your lure and takes line you have no choice but to use your fingers to control the run.... but if I think I'm going to be playing it for more than a couple of minutes, then I want it on the reel asap
Boom!! Well done. The big PB mullet next👍🐟
@@tollesbury1 thanks mate, fingers crossed 🤞
we have mullets and they jump like crazy at time i think they are hard lip muttlets and only eat like grass weeds, they come in during high tide and back out when low tide... trying to see what fly style this picky mullets we have will bite .. some are big maybe up to 4 to 6 pounds they school in groups and some solo
@@thatonebeone worth trying a flexi worm, they might be eating small shrimps and things that live in the weeds, here they almost dig in muddy banks to eat small shrimps