What this dude did back in the day to commit to catching big carp is unbelievable! There was little to no money in it like today, he did it because he loved it. Think he worked the roads during the close season and pretty much lived on the bank the rest of the year. One of the real hero’s of real carp fishing. I’m so glad he’s doing well and back on the bank.
A huge pat on the back for team korda to help Ritchie get back to where he loves, good luck with your recovery man, I'm also 3 years sober we do recover one day at a time ❤
I had a weekend at ND a few weeks ago, Ritchie allowed me to use his bike, he looked after my dog in the meantime, he shared a few nuggets of advice, he took time out to clean the toilet block, he met me the next day and took time out to speak to my grandkids, this man is a great man, it was an honour to spend time with him
Back in the 80s on the clone valley chucking the 3 rd rod about we used to call it the “rover” rod , Ritchie is a complete legend, I have many a funny story with Ritchie he inspired so many anglers to really take to another level, he was so far ahead of the game , I’m so happy that he’s back doing what he loves , a lot of the heads in the valley and Staines burnt themselves out drinking and spliffing as some of these low level stock pits were absolutely nails and boredom brought going down the barge the norm and unfortunately a lot of us got addiction problems from it , Hutchy another legend maylin all absolutely amazing anglers , so so pleased Richie is back and massive respect to the people that have been helping Richie. , Richie you are a legend mate !!
The man the Legend Ritchie Mcdonald An angler who inspired me from many years ago!! So glad he is keeping himself well. And big respect for dedicating the episode to Chris Ball another truly inspirational angler with his history of carp fishing from the early days to present RIP 🙏
A true legend.. recovery is a long journey and you need that back up around you which sounds like u have a lot of people havin your back.. good luck and keep up the hard work 💪
Only found your vids a few days ago and I can say hand on heart, I love your content and the socials are awesome. Much appreciate all your doing mate. Top carping. And best of luck going forward. 👍🎣💪
The guy put the effort in back in the day and transformed how we saw big carp fishing. He might have lost the way for a bit, but he has fully earned the respect that the Korda guys and others are giving him, and it's great to see him being looked after. And to think some of this can be linked back to a stunning common from a scruffy lake in Colchester. Well done Damien for supporting our elder statesmen.
Come on lads (and lasses), if everyone who commented on here gave a little we can ensure Joe keeps things on UA-cam. Thanks for the great content Joe, always a pleasure watching your films, far more real than a lot of what is out there (all very samey samey and over produced). My only sub from now on. Keep up the good work mate.
Oi Oi ! Superb show Joe, nice to see the old boy beating his demons & still out there doing it. Can’t believe that swim on The Mere gets left alone, used to be my favourite, Tall Tree ? Cheers mate 🍺👍🏻
Nice one Darren, not sure what that swims called to be honest… it’s the one with the island out to the left on the last section. Thanks for your support mate 🙏
Agreed 100%. Pop a few quid in guys. Keep actual hard work from non biased channels in the main stream. If you don’t then we will just end up with Carpology bollox and ad after ad. This is one of the only independent channels left on YT. Good work Joe.
Nice one joe wicked content just shows you mate those that no mate will no its exspirence and patience lovely to watch Ritchie he a mush never stops a true carp angler not many like him around anymore lovely man well done Joe awsome content.
Subscribed & donated! What an inspirational piece of content! I met Danny Fairbrass and couple of others at lost village festival but no sign of Ritchie!!❤
You know what sitting here watching the legend that is Richy McDonald is bringing back so many memories of seeing him back in the day at gunsburry park apart from he hasn't had one by hand if you know you know. Now back to this epic video. Big respect Cee-Jay 🎣🎣🎣🎣
Hmm, thats interesting. I'm wondering now about just who it was that I ran into as a kid in Gunnersbury! I met Ritchie many times in Hounslow Angling and , of course, the society shows. He put me onto some great flavours and was a real character in the shop. Great to see him back and well done to Korda and all others that have made this happen.
Yes it's my second comment but I know how hard life has been for this legend . And to see him talk about his rocky road it makes me proud to have met him and know his family and one of my best mates Lee Mcdonald for Feltham. Massive respect to you joe and all the korda lads . Big love Cee-Jay 💚🎣🎣🎣
I love that Danny has taken it on himself to look after Ritchie, with people like Ritchie there would be no modern day carp angling. Ps love your films Joe!
Mega my friend as always great content (you have to pay on other platforms for content like this) ... Ritchie is the man, great stuff loved every min of it ... xx
Just got back from our yearly Intercorps army carp championships at Norton. Ritchie popped round to say hello, and we had a good chat, especially feeding. It was a 48hr match, with 2hrs to go, nothing. I'd put a bag on the margins, with boilie catapulted around it. New PB, 31lb 6oz and our team came second. Thanks Ritchie, Joe and all at Norton Disney 🤙
Whats the best way to practice with a throwing stick? I bought one the other day, bloody useless at it. If you have seen the bouncing bomb, wasnt far off that lol. I fed every bit of the lake an the field behind apart from where i was actually trying to get the sods.
hey mate im over sixty and catching 100 plus cats on my own, my knees are knickered and it hurts to but im still aving it, i cannot stop myself as i love camping out and a good session over a few days, thanks for your effort and take care, i am just developing a zimmer frame buzzbar set up
will do many thanks, ill do it to i die, my grandad taught me to fish from the age of 4, i just love the camping and the nature, ps fantastic video@@CarpAngle
Is it a 'Runs Water' ? Or are there any 40's / 50's in it ? We are not acquainted with the water ? It looks like it should be a lovely mature water in a few years. How old is it ? CC.
I bet if you’d have weighed that 29lb mirror properly for Ritchie it would have been a 30 I’m going to drop him a weighing bar In soon. I’ve got one that screws onto a storm pole or landing net pole so he won’t have to lift them up anymore
Yes, most people say it’s not the correct way to hold the scales but I’ve seen tests done ( on UA-cam) with a variety of scales and generally it was making no difference . To me it’s another old wives tale that’s backed up by people who have never experimented to prove or disprove it !!
@slobguts I've spent a couple of hours looking at different videos and forums and they all say don't hold scales by the body the videos show false readings also ,but he's Richie Mcdonald he can do what he wants 😊 legend
@joe keep that message going with the one off details as I for one am happy to contribute a few quid. I do like what you produce in the content so try to keep it free as when you don't you'll lose followers. What happened to Leon?
What this dude did back in the day to commit to catching big carp is unbelievable! There was little to no money in it like today, he did it because he loved it. Think he worked the roads during the close season and pretty much lived on the bank the rest of the year. One of the real hero’s of real carp fishing. I’m so glad he’s doing well and back on the bank.
A huge pat on the back for team korda to help Ritchie get back to where he loves, good luck with your recovery man, I'm also 3 years sober we do recover one day at a time ❤
Well done Spencer 🙏
I had a weekend at ND a few weeks ago, Ritchie allowed me to use his bike, he looked after my dog in the meantime, he shared a few nuggets of advice, he took time out to clean the toilet block, he met me the next day and took time out to speak to my grandkids, this man is a great man, it was an honour to spend time with him
Awesome, what a guy 💪
Back in the 80s on the clone valley chucking the 3 rd rod about we used to call it the “rover” rod , Ritchie is a complete legend, I have many a funny story with Ritchie he inspired so many anglers to really take to another level, he was so far ahead of the game , I’m so happy that he’s back doing what he loves , a lot of the heads in the valley and Staines burnt themselves out drinking and spliffing as some of these low level stock pits were absolutely nails and boredom brought going down the barge the norm and unfortunately a lot of us got addiction problems from it , Hutchy another legend maylin all absolutely amazing anglers , so so pleased Richie is back and massive respect to the people that have been helping Richie. , Richie you are a legend mate !!
I was one of those burn outs. I got better. Back fishing for a long time now. In my 70s and same enthusiasm without the grog!
Thanks Joe & Ritchie, one of my fav episodes. Great watch 🎣
Thank you mate 🙏
G.O.A.T would sit all day & listen to Richie 👍🏻. Thank you joe for making this masterpiece 👏🏼
Nice one Adam 🙏
Thanks Joe for another mega episode with Ritchie in . Great content, raw angling at its finest 👌
Nice one Chris 🙏🙏
Ritchie is a true legend and a true Gent and an insparation to all us old timers.
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I love Ritchie. Proper old school no nonsense bloke ❤
Legend 👊
The man the Legend Ritchie Mcdonald
An angler who inspired me from many years ago!!
So glad he is keeping himself well.
And big respect for dedicating the episode to Chris Ball another truly inspirational angler with his history of carp fishing from the early days to present RIP 🙏
Thanks Kerry 🙏
Thanks!
Cheers Philip 🙏
Richie looks so well and happy. well done Korda ❤
A true legend.. recovery is a long journey and you need that back up around you which sounds like u have a lot of people havin your back.. good luck and keep up the hard work 💪
Only found your vids a few days ago and I can say hand on heart, I love your content and the socials are awesome. Much appreciate all your doing mate. Top carping. And best of luck going forward. 👍🎣💪
Top stuff Joe, great to see Richie doing so well 👌 korda get a lot of stick from some people but what they have done for Richie is top class 🙏
Nice one Pete 🙏
Yes Joe, another mega episode mate. Already looking forward to the next one!! 👊🏻🐋🔥
Nice one Ric 🙏🙏
Never seen the old penny on the plate before. Great stuff from and great guy thanks for sharing that with us all 👍 top man.
Old school right there , would have made my day to see a fairy washing up liquid top as a bobbin …. Back in the day 😂
Nice one mate 🙏
Thanks
Cheers bro 🙏🙏
Another blinder, thanks Joe and the GOAT great stuff looked like proper good fun. Love all the stories in the clips at the end too
Cheers Peter 🙏
Cheers mate 🙏🙏
Great vlog Joe. Ritchie seems like a really nice bloke. God bless the people who have helped him.
Nice one Chris 🙏
Brilliant! What a legend
Jeeez, didnt expect that emotional end!
The guy put the effort in back in the day and transformed how we saw big carp fishing. He might have lost the way for a bit, but he has fully earned the respect that the Korda guys and others are giving him, and it's great to see him being looked after. And to think some of this can be linked back to a stunning common from a scruffy lake in Colchester. Well done Damien for supporting our elder statesmen.
Legend 👊
Come on lads (and lasses), if everyone who commented on here gave a little we can ensure Joe keeps things on UA-cam. Thanks for the great content Joe, always a pleasure watching your films, far more real than a lot of what is out there (all very samey samey and over produced). My only sub from now on. Keep up the good work mate.
Thanks for that
Oliver, much appreciated mate 🙏
Oi Oi ! Superb show Joe, nice to see the old boy beating his demons & still out there doing it. Can’t believe that swim on The Mere gets left alone, used to be my favourite, Tall Tree ? Cheers mate 🍺👍🏻
Nice one Darren, not sure what that swims called to be honest… it’s the one with the island out to the left on the last section. Thanks for your support mate 🙏
All the viewers put a quid or two in for this content
Agreed 100%. Pop a few quid in guys. Keep actual hard work from non biased channels in the main stream. If you don’t then we will just end up with Carpology bollox and ad after ad. This is one of the only independent channels left on YT. Good work Joe.
Agrreed.
Better than wasting it on a magic twig🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cheers Russell 🙏
Thanks Chris 🙏
If everyone put a quid in he'd have 28k a month which would change him and therefore ruin the content.
Nahh, keep him skint, keep it reel.
Nice one joe wicked content just shows you mate those that no mate will no its exspirence and patience lovely to watch Ritchie he a mush never stops a true carp angler not many like him around anymore lovely man well done Joe awsome content.
Top man cheers Mark 🙏🙏
What A legend and again A supervideo. Great work and good angling
Thanks mate 🙏
Best video I watched for a while enjoyed this…… boshhhh
Thanks for the great feedback mate 🙏
Thanks!
Top man Cheers bro 🙏
Subscribed & donated! What an inspirational piece of content! I met Danny Fairbrass and couple of others at lost village festival but no sign of Ritchie!!❤
Top man cheers Jack, he was there for 3 days on the bounce apparently… fair play!
True legend, proper old school love the penny on the spool, biblical mate
Great film well worth spending a couple of quid to keep these films coming well done joe 😊
Thanks Paul 🙏
Class when he says don’t lose it mate😂😂😂
😂😂
Always quality. Can't wait for the next one! Yeeha 🫡
Cheers mate 🙏🙏
Thanks
Top man cheers Ross 🙏🙏
One word - Brilliant 👍🏻
Cheers Gary 🙏
You know what sitting here watching the legend that is Richy McDonald is bringing back so many memories of seeing him back in the day at gunsburry park apart from he hasn't had one by hand if you know you know. Now back to this epic video. Big respect Cee-Jay 🎣🎣🎣🎣
Hmm, thats interesting. I'm wondering now about just who it was that I ran into as a kid in Gunnersbury! I met Ritchie many times in Hounslow Angling and , of course, the society shows. He put me onto some great flavours and was a real character in the shop. Great to see him back and well done to Korda and all others that have made this happen.
Cheers bro 🙏
Yes it's my second comment but I know how hard life has been for this legend . And to see him talk about his rocky road it makes me proud to have met him and know his family and one of my best mates Lee Mcdonald for Feltham. Massive respect to you joe and all the korda lads . Big love Cee-Jay 💚🎣🎣🎣
Cheers mate 🙏🙏
All good stuff Joe. Great watching CA every time.
Nice one Trevor 🙏
Top vlog Joe super respect to Richie at his age and big up to yourself as soon as I can I will help the channel top work ❤
Thanks Ian 🙏
I love that Danny has taken it on himself to look after Ritchie, with people like Ritchie there would be no modern day carp angling.
Ps love your films Joe!
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Love watching this! One of the best episodes...are you going to do more challenges?
Cheers Sam, yes mate I often add a challenge Angle to the shows… been a fair few so far 🙏🙏
@CarpAngle awesome, do you think you'll do ones similar to what Mark pitchards does but with your own twist?
Mega my friend as always great content (you have to pay on other platforms for content like this) ... Ritchie is the man, great stuff loved every min of it ... xx
Thanks again Tommy 🙏🙏🙏
Havin a drink problem most ov my life. That end choked me up a bit.
Tearing up watching ya both talk together . Proper lads . Bless ya both and rest in peace Mr ball
Nice one mate 🙏
Top watch as usual mr morgen 🎣👌🏼😎
Cheers Lee 🙏
Another cracking video mate! Cant wait for the next one!!!
Cheers bro 🙏
@CarpAngle most welcome mate!
Top episode joe love the ritchie content keep up the good work
Thanks mate 🙏
Very enjoyable as ever, who have thought the legend that is RM didn't know how to use scales😂
Apparently it doesn’t make any difference!
Proper carp anglers 😎👍🏻 really enjoyed this guys thanks for the great watch
Thanks for the great feedback 🙏
All ways look forward to these . Well worth a £5 a month to keep joe going 👍👍👍
Top man thanks mate 🙏
Top top watch Joe. Thank you buddy and thank you Ritchie. Absolute legend.
Thanks Chris 🙏🙏
Just got back from our yearly Intercorps army carp championships at Norton. Ritchie popped round to say hello, and we had a good chat, especially feeding. It was a 48hr match, with 2hrs to go, nothing. I'd put a bag on the margins, with boilie catapulted around it. New PB, 31lb 6oz and our team came second. Thanks Ritchie, Joe and all at Norton Disney 🤙
Nice one Mick 🙏
Brilliant show again Joe. get Fairbrass on 1 of your shows or 1 of the fox boys. look forward to tomorows show🐟🎣
Thanks Adam 🙏🙏
Anagaliptic shock 🤣luv it zenon top geezer☺☺☺☺☺
Nice work guys!
Cheers mate 🙏
Ritchy is the dogs bollocks n cracks me up. Legend
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Whats the best way to practice with a throwing stick? I bought one the other day, bloody useless at it. If you have seen the bouncing bomb, wasnt far off that lol. I fed every bit of the lake an the field behind apart from where i was actually trying to get the sods.
Only one way… keep practicing, try and keep the stick roughly between two o’clock and ten o’clock if that makes sense, short sharp flick!
@@CarpAngle good advice. Just tried the short sharp flick. Lot better.
Love this vid Joe good stuff
Cheers mate 🙏
Ritchie is such a inspiration, respects to him for always doing a bit of cam work also
100% legend 💪
hey mate im over sixty and catching 100 plus cats on my own, my knees are knickered and it hurts to but im still aving it, i cannot stop myself as i love camping out and a good session over a few days, thanks for your effort and take care, i am just developing a zimmer frame buzzbar set up
That’s awesome, keep up the great work Dave 👊
will do many thanks, ill do it to i die, my grandad taught me to fish from the age of 4, i just love the camping and the nature, ps fantastic video@@CarpAngle
Richie what a character 😍
Wide gapes Richie u need 👌glad your doing great mate 👍
Is it a 'Runs Water' ?
Or are there any 40's / 50's in it ?
We are not acquainted with the water ?
It looks like it should be a lovely mature water in a few years.
How old is it ?
CC.
Only been open a couple of years I think. There’s 40’s on the complex and a variety of waters with different levels of hardness.
Brilliant video mate
Top man cheers Jon 🙏
DISCLAIMER: Actions portrayed in this film not recommended for people the age of 60 and older.
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Another great Watch ❤
Nice one Tommy 🙏
What a legend he needs his own channel,old school geezer haha !
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Id like to see Ritchie do i revisted series . Where he fishes his fav 6 carp waters from his past .
Some people are just born to carp fish, & heres one of them👍❤
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It's nice to see someone turn their life around thanks to fishing.
Great stuff
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Legend ……. Enough said
I bet if you’d have weighed that 29lb mirror properly for Ritchie it would have been a 30
I’m going to drop him a weighing bar In soon. I’ve got one that screws onto a storm pole or landing net pole so he won’t have to lift them up anymore
Excellent
Thank you 🙏
Legend.
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I’d love to do a session with Richie
Whats the score on holding the scales like that to weigh a fish? Heard conflicting answers 🤷🏼♂️
Yes, most people say it’s not the correct way to hold the scales but I’ve seen tests done ( on UA-cam) with a variety of scales and generally it was making no difference . To me it’s another old wives tale that’s backed up by people who have never experimented to prove or disprove it !!
@slobguts cannot find any videos that test the correct way to hold ,have you got a link
@slobguts I've spent a couple of hours looking at different videos and forums and they all say don't hold scales by the body the videos show false readings also ,but he's Richie Mcdonald he can do what he wants 😊 legend
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@@CarpAngle ua-cam.com/users/shortsquSi7jmD3QA?si=hlRSa-3Ocsl6N6dl
Smoothy smoothy is the one hes dead right
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Blindin!
Cheers Iain 🙏
@joe keep that message going with the one off details as I for one am happy to contribute a few quid.
I do like what you produce in the content so try to keep it free as when you don't you'll lose followers. What happened to Leon?
I coudnt tell ya m8
Couldn’t tell ya what? 😂
I coudnt tell ya if i was still paying it or not bruv
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LEGGEND
Joe are you still receiving my money monthly m8
Hi Lee, I’ll have to check mate.. is it through PayPal? Thanks for your support bro 🙏
And no worries joe your a sound fella
NICE
RITCHIE LOOKS SWELL
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Thanks
Thanks mate 🙏🙏
True legend, proper old school love the penny on the spool, biblical mate
Thanks
Wicked as always mate
Top man cheers Kyle 🙏🙏
Thanks
Thank you Simon 🙏🙏🙏
True legend, proper old school love the penny on the spool, biblical mate
Thanks
Big thanks Matthew 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks
Cheers mate 🙏
True legend, proper old school love the penny on the spool, biblical mate
Thanks
Top man cheers Chris 🙏
Thanks
Thank you Simon 🙏
Thanks
Thanks Steve 🙏
Thanks