My first session of February 2022, back down Southbourne looking for a ray (again! lol)! Whilst there I ran through a little bit of watercraft and a couple of casting tips!
Really enjoy your videos Tom, the watercraft bit at the start was brilliant. Most you tube videos lack any technical content at all so I really appreciate any pieces about tackle, rigs, materials, dimensions, baiting up and your thoughts behind it, it sets your videos apart. Thanks.
Hi Tom love your videos, learn something new every time. Last Saturday it was rubbish weather and very choppy. Managed to get one small sole, one whitting and two small eye rays. One 12 pounds and the second one 14. Pb for me what a fight
Awesome video mate. Really appreciate the watercraft talk, please do some more at different venues if you can. Fast becoming my favourite fishing channel. Keep up the great work
Excellent vid, love your enthusiasm, could do with someone like your self sat along the beach from me once in while would make for a very enjoyable session, well done on the small eye very nice fish, tight lines
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 Yep Genuinely enjoy all of your vids cos they are very informative and easy to watch. Great stuff. By the way, the mullet spinner rigs i got from you worked great on the one opportunity i got to use them. Unfortunately no mullet. Loads of bass though. Insane. I caught maybe a dozen bass around 1lb to 1.5lb in the hour i had before i went looking for giltheads at another venue. Great fun. Will be trying for the mullet again though this year. Cheers and all the Best . Tony
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 Ha ha, with that time driving you should walk.! ! as loading/unloading car would take more time As you were showing OTG casting method, could I please enquire what bait holding device you use for keeping hook in place prior to casting and do you think they would be ok on shingle beaches, as a lot of where I live (East Devon) is shingle Many thanks in advance of a reply Go Steady
I have never seen Southbourne at low water but understood the location of the bar and gulley. Your description and filming have just confirmed for me what I thought was beneath the water and for that I am very greatful. Congratulations on the small eye. 🎣👍🏻 Is the collective known as “a fever”. Do you consider the turn through low to be the ray “time” at Southbourne?
It was certainly good to see it at such a low low! I saw fever too, quite like that. From low for about an hour is definitely a productive time, then about two hours before high up to high, just after the main "push" eases.
Great video just started sea fishing after seventy years fishing love your instruction and enthusiasm question where can I get one of your bait trays and stand.. Thanks keep those videos coming Nick
Hi Nick, I'm glad you liked the video and I hope you're enjoying your venture into sea fishing, we (myself and the guys in the shop) love giving out free advice to those who'll listen, so don't be afraid to call us anytime at the shop. We do sell the bait station and tripod in the shop, I have a large delivery due this coming week.
Well done Tom on the Small Eyed Ray. Seems like fish that I used to regard as summer species in my time in the UK are now being caught in winter. Currently targeting Gurnard here in NZ 😊
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 I have a question for you.... what do you think about a bar rig with the cascade swivel clipped in to the imp, the small sprung loaded swivel up top replaced by a Gemini Rotter with the hook clipped in there. In other words, the end of the trace from cascade swivel down to hook clips on the bar the other way round. Why would I do this? Because we use hardback crabs here for hounds. The hook goes in through the back, with a circle hook above it and one set of legs are bound to the trace with bait elastic. The other set of legs flap freely below the crab. It's far more aerodynamic facing backwards, hence the reason for wanting to reverse how it's held on the bar. Thoughts? (Or fits of laughter!!)
@@iangraham1505 you might have to play around with it a bit, not sure a standard cascade will work with an Imp (maybe an O ring would work instead?), but worth a try for sure. I love tinkering with rigs and seeing what's possible. Please let me know how you get on with it.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 the answer was snell a small hook (with point and barb cut off) to the trace where the cascade swivel would have been. This hook faces back up the trace and clips into the imp. The hook with the crab clips into the Rotter which replaces the top swivel on the bar. Doesn't cast quite as well but gets out far enough 😊 The bar itself looks quite normal apart from the top swivel being replaced with the gemini rotter
“I can cast far enough to catch fish..I get by” 😂 oh our English modesty…. Brilliant informative video, especially the start. If when going on holiday and it’s a big IF.. I try to arrange the start of the break to coincide with a neap tide so I can check location. Then I can fish the rest of the time with some knowledge of venue. Doesn’t always work but worth trying in a unknown location Sorry no tips on how to get this past the wife🤷🏻♂️ Keep the vids coming Tom👍
Brilliant explanation of the otg cast however may be worth considering putting the lead under the rod rather then at right angles to the tip . That gives you instant compression and you can really slow the cast down with the power coming in late as the rod is already compressed
That only works with stiff tip rods or ones you want to brake plz don't cast like with the lead under the tip it's like pendulum casting and hitting the lead on the inside
@@01devilboy I have never seen one damaged in 30 years of coaching at national and international level the secret is to build the cast rather that thrash it from the start thus it’s technique over brute strength which is the key to beach casting. It’s all about making the rod work
@@castyourlead fair enough boss can only got off experience and what I been told by over people I would never dream of using somthing like a colmic with the lead under the rod that tip would not cope with that angle but each to there own bud 👍
Please keep doing these matey .... they really are a very good watch ... hope to pop in soon but am going home to Philippines in early March and don't have car ... often but will try to come in and top up on a few bits ... thinking of doing a " brit fishing in the phillipines" thingy so might be asking you to like and subscribe lol ... cheers again
Ooooh, that's a tough one. So many to choose from. I love the two Eclisseos for lighter fishing, the Nebula and Syria both cast a 175 so brilliantly but with nice tips still. The Nuvolo is such an immense allrounder. The Stella chucks a 7 or 8oz better than any other conti I've tried. I just can't pick one!
nice video, having been a field caster i wouldnt say paul kerry is a big guy, in fact he was tall and skinny last time i saw him and i saw him cast over 260 yrds, i would go as far to say most casters were of slim build but a few of the back casters were bigger, of course that was in the 80s, you seem to have a decent light there, not that i need one but what sort is it please
You don't need size to be a field caster, that wasn't what I meant. I do wonder how those guys would have got on with some of these super stiff long modern tournament rods though? My headlight is a Petzl Ultra. Most reliable light I've owned to date.
These vlogs are so bad for me , no1 my daughter looked at me and said each morning she gets up if it's a westery we r going shopping lol lol I won't forgive you for making that public knowledge lol lol lol , no2 I really hope they weren't my bar rigs you were using I'm sure Toby said he'll hide them up and send them lol , brilliant vlog Tom lots of great things in one vlog , I can see when I come down in April and walk out with a bagful of stuff I'll be in so much trouble with the family , your vlogs should come with a government health warning ⚠️..... jules 👍 🙂 oh ps I think it's called a fever of Ray's but don't put any money on that Tom lol 👍👍
Ha ha! Love it. No, your bars are safe and sound. They're in a box ready, the glued bodies are done just setting over night. Will get it all posted Monday morning 😁
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 lol lol thank you Tom , please don't stamp Christchurch Angling Centre on the box because I might just get away with this order without them finding out , could you put Trainers or something on the box lol lol , anyway I'll let you get on thank you in advance for the rigs , and the vlogs 🙂👍
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 just received my rigs , thank you Tom and Toby and Mrs Boss , superb Rigs and superb service , please could I ask some advice sorry Tom , I'm starting back after a long time I have 2 old zziplex rods a pro am match and a lm2500 , I'm a off the ground caster I can't pendulum and I was wondering could you recommend a continental rod 100 g to 200g 14ft upto £300 any advice would be really appreciated... kind regards jules 👍
Hi matey. Glad the rigs arrived ok and you're happy with them. Mrs Boss likes her new moniker! The rods you have are both very good rods, but if you feel you're not getting the best out of them with your current ability, or simply not enjoying them, then maybe see if you can have a play with a "conti" rod, see if you like them. I've never looked back that's for sure! If you're ever local to us I'd be happy to take you out onto the beach to try a few.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 thank you so much that means alot , I'm down In August for a week , I'll phone you in advance Tom ty m8 , if I catch some Ray's ...if.... lol on the bars I'll send you some pictures , I'm after a stinger this year got to get over a 40lber ..... can't wait to come and see you all in fingers crossed April to say hello , keep the great vlogs coming you are an inspiration ty .... jules 👍👍
Great vid, makes us chuckle the waffling arguments with yourself glad I’m not the only one who does it 🤣keep em coming sir 👍👍👍
Ha ha, I'm terrible. I'll have full on conversations with myself on the beach sometimes, when I'm not singing to myself that is! 🤣🤣
Really enjoy your videos Tom, the watercraft bit at the start was brilliant. Most you tube videos lack any technical content at all so I really appreciate any pieces about tackle, rigs, materials, dimensions, baiting up and your thoughts behind it, it sets your videos apart. Thanks.
Thanks for the kind words 😀 glad you liked the video.
Great video again 👏 thanks for sharing top angling fairplay 🎣🎣👌👌
Thanks Leighton, glad you liked it.
Fairplay Tom excellent video again. Awesome presentation to!
Thanks Jack 😁
Hi Tom love your videos, learn something new every time. Last Saturday it was rubbish weather and very choppy. Managed to get one small sole, one whitting and two small eye rays. One 12 pounds and the second one 14. Pb for me what a fight
Awesome video mate. Really appreciate the watercraft talk, please do some more at different venues if you can. Fast becoming my favourite fishing channel. Keep up the great work
Thanks Chris. I really must find time to venture further afield.
Excellent vid, love your enthusiasm, could do with someone like your self sat along the beach from me once in while would make for a very enjoyable session, well done on the small eye very nice fish, tight lines
I am prone to singing whilst fishing, so you may want to reconsider 🤣
Another great video thank you for your efforts
Another great vid, top tips at the beginning were very informative but nice and concise. So how about a squint of small eyed lol
Oooh, I like that one! Clever.
Cannot wait to watch this tonight….
Cheers Matt, Heathfield.
Dogfish Galore on our last match…. 25 angles 170 dogfish.
I had six.
That's a lot of dogs!!!
Pink Beanie = Excellent Ray.... Have to get one of those. Greta video as always. Loads of info and thoroughly entertaining.
So glad I remembered it! Lol
Glad you liked the vid.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 Yep Genuinely enjoy all of your vids cos they are very informative and easy to watch. Great stuff. By the way, the mullet spinner rigs i got from you worked great on the one opportunity i got to use them. Unfortunately no mullet. Loads of bass though. Insane. I caught maybe a dozen bass around 1lb to 1.5lb in the hour i had before i went looking for giltheads at another venue. Great fun. Will be trying for the mullet again though this year. Cheers and all the Best . Tony
Great video as always looking forward to you catching some plaice.
Me too!!!
Thanks for a great vid, I am inspired to get out and give it a go. Cheers.
Glad I inspired you, makes the effort worth while.
Great vid Tom, good decision after a fair session. Happy wife, Happy life 👍🏻
That's a very true statement.
Enjoyable video, as usual, keep them coming, look forward to you fishing Chesil and The Channel
Go Steady
But that means driving more than 5 minutes from home... 😅😅
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428
Ha ha, with that time driving you should walk.! ! as loading/unloading car would take more time
As you were showing OTG casting method, could I please enquire what bait holding device you use for keeping hook in place prior to casting and do you think they would be ok on shingle beaches, as a lot of where I live (East Devon) is shingle
Many thanks in advance of a reply
Go Steady
Brings back memories
Your beaches now are slightly warmer than ours! 🤣
I have never seen Southbourne at low water but understood the location of the bar and gulley. Your description and filming have just confirmed for me what I thought was beneath the water and for that I am very greatful.
Congratulations on the small eye. 🎣👍🏻
Is the collective known as “a fever”.
Do you consider the turn through low to be the ray “time” at Southbourne?
It was certainly good to see it at such a low low!
I saw fever too, quite like that.
From low for about an hour is definitely a productive time, then about two hours before high up to high, just after the main "push" eases.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 thank you, I appreciate the detail. I’ll certainly be down to fish that area soon, might even see you down there. 🎣👍🏻
Another Oscar winning performance nice one
Who's Oscar? Is he a fan of mine too?
The east / West and high / low pressure thing is I think also applicable on our coast - east Anglia
Good to know. I'm guessing it's applicable most places.
Great video just started sea fishing after seventy years fishing love your instruction and enthusiasm question where can I get one of your bait trays and stand.. Thanks keep those videos coming Nick
Hi Nick, I'm glad you liked the video and I hope you're enjoying your venture into sea fishing, we (myself and the guys in the shop) love giving out free advice to those who'll listen, so don't be afraid to call us anytime at the shop. We do sell the bait station and tripod in the shop, I have a large delivery due this coming week.
Well done Tom on the Small Eyed Ray. Seems like fish that I used to regard as summer species in my time in the UK are now being caught in winter. Currently targeting Gurnard here in NZ 😊
We have more rays than ever before. I love gurnard too, but I suspect yours are bigger?
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 I have a question for you.... what do you think about a bar rig with the cascade swivel clipped in to the imp, the small sprung loaded swivel up top replaced by a Gemini Rotter with the hook clipped in there. In other words, the end of the trace from cascade swivel down to hook clips on the bar the other way round. Why would I do this? Because we use hardback crabs here for hounds. The hook goes in through the back, with a circle hook above it and one set of legs are bound to the trace with bait elastic. The other set of legs flap freely below the crab. It's far more aerodynamic facing backwards, hence the reason for wanting to reverse how it's held on the bar. Thoughts? (Or fits of laughter!!)
@@iangraham1505 you might have to play around with it a bit, not sure a standard cascade will work with an Imp (maybe an O ring would work instead?), but worth a try for sure. I love tinkering with rigs and seeing what's possible. Please let me know how you get on with it.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 thanks Tom - the O ring is a good idea. I'll make one up and let you know how it goes.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 the answer was snell a small hook (with point and barb cut off) to the trace where the cascade swivel would have been. This hook faces back up the trace and clips into the imp. The hook with the crab clips into the Rotter which replaces the top swivel on the bar. Doesn't cast quite as well but gets out far enough 😊 The bar itself looks quite normal apart from the top swivel being replaced with the gemini rotter
Nice one Tom, the wife's ears pricked up at the "fishing or divorce" section.....
🤣🤣🤣 not my dulcet tones this time then?
🤣🤣🤣🤣 not this time lol 😆
Good vid and interesting info! Quick question, why do fish bite more when the pressure is lower?!
I honestly don't know the answer to that. I've heard many weird and wonderful theories, but never a factual scientific answer. Sorry.
“I can cast far enough to catch fish..I get by” 😂 oh our English modesty….
Brilliant informative video, especially the start.
If when going on holiday and it’s a big IF.. I try to arrange the start of the break to coincide with a neap tide so I can check location. Then I can fish the rest of the time with some knowledge of venue. Doesn’t always work but worth trying in a unknown location
Sorry no tips on how to get this past the wife🤷🏻♂️
Keep the vids coming Tom👍
Getting things past the wife is the hardest part of fishing.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 🤫
2 years later and I have just noticed I said Neap instead of spring🤦🏻♂️…
To be fair I fish neaps and springs here! Doesn't bother me either way, we're pretty lucky like that.
According to the power of the Internet a group of rays is called a fever. Where I fish its called a miracle or a myth 🤣🤣🤣
Ha ha, love that.
Brilliant explanation of the otg cast however may be worth considering putting the lead under the rod rather then at right angles to the tip . That gives you instant compression and you can really slow the cast down with the power coming in late as the rod is already compressed
That is another way for sure, was never a fan of that style of cast myself though. However, you were always a better casting instructor than me!
That only works with stiff tip rods or ones you want to brake plz don't cast like with the lead under the tip it's like pendulum casting and hitting the lead on the inside
Second that could damage these special rods.
@@01devilboy I have never seen one damaged in 30 years of coaching at national and international level the secret is to build the cast rather that thrash it from the start thus it’s technique over brute strength which is the key to beach casting. It’s all about making the rod work
@@castyourlead fair enough boss can only got off experience and what I been told by over people I would never dream of using somthing like a colmic with the lead under the rod that tip would not cope with that angle but each to there own bud 👍
Please keep doing these matey .... they really are a very good watch ... hope to pop in soon but am going home to Philippines in early March and don't have car ... often but will try to come in and top up on a few bits ... thinking of doing a " brit fishing in the phillipines" thingy so might be asking you to like and subscribe lol ... cheers again
Would love to see that. I'll definitely be watching...
Great vid again💪🏽just got myself my first veret well impressed what’s ur fav veret Tom might be getting a nuvolo 9 soon to lol
Ooooh, that's a tough one. So many to choose from. I love the two Eclisseos for lighter fishing, the Nebula and Syria both cast a 175 so brilliantly but with nice tips still. The Nuvolo is such an immense allrounder. The Stella chucks a 7 or 8oz better than any other conti I've tried. I just can't pick one!
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 eclisseo is the one I got 😊 is there much difference between the nuvolo and the supernova
nice video, having been a field caster i wouldnt say paul kerry is a big guy, in fact he was tall and skinny last time i saw him and i saw him cast over 260 yrds, i would go as far to say most casters were of slim build but a few of the back casters were bigger, of course that was in the 80s, you seem to have a decent light there, not that i need one but what sort is it please
You don't need size to be a field caster, that wasn't what I meant. I do wonder how those guys would have got on with some of these super stiff long modern tournament rods though?
My headlight is a Petzl Ultra. Most reliable light I've owned to date.
In answer to your question one pouting great video will call in next week
One pouting is better than no pouting 😀
True still going back to try again with what I learnt in the shop and tonight thank you again
@@nicklegg1331 good luck
Rays
That's just the plural surely...? 😅
These vlogs are so bad for me , no1 my daughter looked at me and said each morning she gets up if it's a westery we r going shopping lol lol I won't forgive you for making that public knowledge lol lol lol , no2 I really hope they weren't my bar rigs you were using I'm sure Toby said he'll hide them up and send them lol , brilliant vlog Tom lots of great things in one vlog ,
I can see when I come down in April and walk out with a bagful of stuff I'll be in so much trouble with the family , your vlogs should come with a government health warning ⚠️..... jules 👍 🙂 oh ps I think it's called a fever of Ray's but don't put any money on that Tom lol 👍👍
Ha ha! Love it.
No, your bars are safe and sound. They're in a box ready, the glued bodies are done just setting over night. Will get it all posted Monday morning 😁
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 lol lol thank you Tom , please don't stamp Christchurch Angling Centre on the box because I might just get away with this order without them finding out , could you put Trainers or something on the box lol lol , anyway I'll let you get on thank you in advance for the rigs , and the vlogs 🙂👍
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 just received my rigs , thank you Tom and Toby and Mrs Boss , superb Rigs and superb service , please could I ask some advice sorry Tom , I'm starting back after a long time I have 2 old zziplex rods a pro am match and a lm2500 , I'm a off the ground caster I can't pendulum and I was wondering could you recommend a continental rod 100 g to 200g 14ft upto £300 any advice would be really appreciated... kind regards jules 👍
Hi matey. Glad the rigs arrived ok and you're happy with them. Mrs Boss likes her new moniker!
The rods you have are both very good rods, but if you feel you're not getting the best out of them with your current ability, or simply not enjoying them, then maybe see if you can have a play with a "conti" rod, see if you like them. I've never looked back that's for sure! If you're ever local to us I'd be happy to take you out onto the beach to try a few.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 thank you so much that means alot , I'm down In August for a week , I'll phone you in advance Tom ty m8 , if I catch some Ray's ...if.... lol on the bars I'll send you some pictures , I'm after a stinger this year got to get over a 40lber ..... can't wait to come and see you all in fingers crossed April to say hello , keep the great vlogs coming you are an inspiration ty .... jules 👍👍