Journey through the UK's CLEAREST River! (…until it wasn’t)

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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • Join me as I fish for a variety of species that live in one of the UK's healthiest rivers, known for it's water clarity - only, upon arriving, it seems that may not be the case at all...
    Big thanks to my brother Stephen for helping me film this one, and to ‪@The_ginger_fisherman‬ for putting me on the fish!! You guys are the best :)
    Follow me on Instagram: / tomwilshawuk
    All music licensed and supplied by The Music Bed.
    © Tom Wilshaw 2024, All Rights Reserved.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 104

  • @jamesb9070
    @jamesb9070 Місяць тому +1

    The quality of these videos are brilliant. Well done and thank you

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      Thank you for watching! :)

  • @fishwithcarl
    @fishwithcarl Місяць тому +6

    17:29 !!! You’ve given the game away now! Off to the River Swale next week 🎉👌👌👌

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      Cat’s out the bag now 👀

    • @BenjaminScott-ep4xo
      @BenjaminScott-ep4xo Місяць тому

      Hehe I saw that to

    • @benjames9364
      @benjames9364 Місяць тому +1

      We all know the ginger fishermans local haunt isn't the Swale. Nice try though 😉

    • @benjames9364
      @benjames9364 Місяць тому

      ​@@BenjaminScott-ep4xohe isn't fishing the Swale 😉 I think it was a trick to throw people off the scent

    • @fishwithcarl
      @fishwithcarl Місяць тому

      @@benjames9364 ah yeah, the lack of a Yorkshire accent is a dead giveaway 😂

  • @jonnyseller
    @jonnyseller Місяць тому

    Lovely video. Great watch

  • @TurDyTurt101
    @TurDyTurt101 27 днів тому

    hands down my favourite fishing channel, well done 🙂

  • @jakewilliamson
    @jakewilliamson Місяць тому +2

    you make a great fishing video tom, well done for persevering - that barbel was well worth it!

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      I was genuinely over the moon, tricky sessions are tough in the moment, but the reward is always so much sweeter - cheers Jake!

  • @metalbenderuk9791
    @metalbenderuk9791 Місяць тому

    Great video man, and well done on the perseverance!

  • @fishingtailfilms
    @fishingtailfilms 19 днів тому

    Excellent video Tom 👍

  • @LG_Fishing
    @LG_Fishing Місяць тому +2

    Fantastic video, keep them coming.

  • @FisherDMC5752
    @FisherDMC5752 Місяць тому +1

    Great video mate! Keep them coming.

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      Thanks so much 😁😁😁 I will!

  • @hasansegundo9959
    @hasansegundo9959 Місяць тому

    You definitely deserve more views and likes! Quality videos mate👍👍

  • @derry5039
    @derry5039 Місяць тому

    Great video, much easier and more accurate for bites to use a stick float when trotting on river than a regular waggler. Tight lines Tom!

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks Derry :) and yes!! A stick float really would have been the one on the river, I need to get myself practiced with that technique, and important one for the future!

  • @mikecampbell7421
    @mikecampbell7421 Місяць тому

    I really loved the shot of all the new crappy build housing in the flood plain !!!

  • @Manassa1917
    @Manassa1917 Місяць тому

    The idle is a beautiful clean river.
    River meden a small tributary of the idle also is as clean which too contains quality fish

  • @BenjaminScott-ep4xo
    @BenjaminScott-ep4xo Місяць тому +5

    I new that was gingers river as soon as I saw the arched bridge 😱😱😱

    • @samuelgarrod8327
      @samuelgarrod8327 Місяць тому +3

      It's nobodies river mate.

    • @BenjaminScott-ep4xo
      @BenjaminScott-ep4xo Місяць тому +2

      As in the one he fishes😁

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому +1

      Haha, it’s a legendary stretch of water!

    • @BenjaminScott-ep4xo
      @BenjaminScott-ep4xo Місяць тому +1

      @@tomwilshaw indeed. have you seen the one where he catches he pb perch from the swim next to that bridge?

  • @letsgofishing_amhi
    @letsgofishing_amhi Місяць тому

    Great video Tom 👏

  • @samuelbrucemartin
    @samuelbrucemartin Місяць тому +2

    if you want to see a really clear river catch a train down to the chalk streams down in Hampshire!!

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      That's something I'm dying to do!! I really want to catch a big grayling at some point :-)

    • @BenjaminScott-ep4xo
      @BenjaminScott-ep4xo Місяць тому

      the lambourn is kinda messed up right now i think😑

  • @joshharpin9567
    @joshharpin9567 Місяць тому

    Different gravy Tom 🎣👍🏻

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks Josh :) I try really hard to make these the best that I can, feels like a huge win when I read comments like yours!

    • @joshharpin9567
      @joshharpin9567 Місяць тому

      @@tomwilshaw editing is incredible and the way you tell a story is brilliant absolutely love watching your videos and those who you edit for :) 🎣

  • @DemonMonkeyBoy
    @DemonMonkeyBoy Місяць тому +9

    Is that a custom Fish With Carl rod? Sure I saw the logo on the blank and butt cap 👀

  • @JrzOutdoors
    @JrzOutdoors Місяць тому

    Good stuff, come on over to Washington state, there's some awesome fishing here

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому +1

      One day!

    • @JrzOutdoors
      @JrzOutdoors Місяць тому

      @tomwilshaw if you do, let me know, I'll show you around

  • @MartynsAnglingAdventures
    @MartynsAnglingAdventures Місяць тому

    Awesome edit!

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      Cheers Martyn 😁 appreciate it mate!

  • @isaacbell.
    @isaacbell. Місяць тому

    Haha your bro “mu mu meeee?!😮”. Class film too bro

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому +1

      That bit made me laugh so much in the edit 😂 thanks dude

    • @isaacbell.
      @isaacbell. Місяць тому

      @@tomwilshaw love it haha!

  • @AaronsAnglingJourney
    @AaronsAnglingJourney Місяць тому

    Brill mate

  • @SkiSummer
    @SkiSummer Місяць тому

    Wow the EA doing something, that makes a change.

  • @michaelclark9916
    @michaelclark9916 Місяць тому

    Great vid mate

  • @ontcarpn
    @ontcarpn Місяць тому

    First!!! Love your videos man! Keep them coming 👌🍻

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому +1

      Haha, thanks so much mate!!!! I'll do my best!! Glad you enjoy them :)

  • @fishingwithoscarandgavin1547
    @fishingwithoscarandgavin1547 18 годин тому

    Is nobody talking about his @fishing with carl rod

  • @DannyFR30
    @DannyFR30 Місяць тому +2

    Trust them to clean the cleanest river 😂

  • @johnathonandrew8952
    @johnathonandrew8952 Місяць тому

    A little late to the party on this one Tom but once again top work

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      Cheers Johnathon! Only went live late last night haha, not late at all!

  • @matheobelanger6617
    @matheobelanger6617 Місяць тому

    great video btw very cool images and a great story!
    do you guys know what was the machine that past in the river?

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      Thanks so much!! and I'm not fully sure to be honest, it was there to cut back the weed, it kind of floated, but also had caterpillar tracks.... a really strange device!

  • @SavageRob_
    @SavageRob_ Місяць тому

    Let's goooooooo!

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      😁😁😁😁😁😁

  • @JamesParsons-go4nu
    @JamesParsons-go4nu Місяць тому

    what rod do you use could u put a link please. Great vid as usual

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      I used a couple of rods in this video :) some I actually can't talk about yet, but the main shorter rod I used for float and lure fishing was a korum light lure rod

  • @benscarping2941
    @benscarping2941 Місяць тому

    I fish this river myself, and have had the same issue with them cutting the weed and it completely ruins the fishing, not sure why they do it as it doesn’t really benefit the river to cut the weed. On a good day though the river produces class fish, I’ve had double figure barbel and perch to 2lb plus as well as 5lb chub

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      It didn’t really make much sense to me either, especially considering that at the time the fish hadn’t spawned yet. It’s a wicked bit of water :) I do hope to be back to try and win one of those bigger barbel!

  • @NicholasElder-w9l
    @NicholasElder-w9l Місяць тому

    The river test is the clearest river in the UK check out the chalk streams of Wiltshire and Hampshire. Far superior clearer water compaired to that river.

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      I'm most certainly checking out some chalk streams later in the season, I've always wanted to catch a big Greyling! The river I was fishing is usually a lot clearer than in this video, it just didn't work out for me haha

  • @silasestlander
    @silasestlander Місяць тому

    That red braid is so sexy man. Loved this video. Saved my friday night😄

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому +1

      Haha, I only bought it because it was the only one in the shop at the time, but now I feel it's a mainstay of the channel 😂 thanks man :)

  • @albiewilliams6830
    @albiewilliams6830 Місяць тому

    Great video tom and makes me laugh how the enviroment agency detroy all that natural habitat for so many species not just fish by getting rid of the weed but they cant do the jobs they need to do anyway great video and well done for persevering

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      Thanks Albie, and yes, it's pretty non-sensical, especially given that many coarse species have not yet spawned in the rivers! Maybe not the brightest move 🤦‍♂️

  • @averageguy8090
    @averageguy8090 Місяць тому

    Never walk downriver as the vibrations can scare the fish below you, always fish against the current as the vibrations will carry away from the fish you're looking for :)

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      That makes a lot of sense! Do you then cast upstream and try and keep the tension as the float comes back towards you? Always learning :)

  • @andk3423
    @andk3423 Місяць тому

    In my country, Indonesia, there are lots of fishing spots like this, but rubbish and factory waste make it unsafe to explore😅

    • @Roowfc705
      @Roowfc705 Місяць тому

      I'm sorry to hear that

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      That’s awful 🙁 is there any plans to stop that happening?

    • @andk3423
      @andk3423 Місяць тому

      @@tomwilshaw coldplay has helped by sending sophisticated equipment to clean dirty rivers and lakes but the government is instead using it as a way to make money haha

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      Jeez… Not good mate 🙁 such a short-sighted view, money’s great but it’s comes and goes, our planet? Once we ruin it, there’s not a whole lot we can do..

  • @benjames9364
    @benjames9364 Місяць тому +1

    I noticed you slipped in the name of a different river, the Swale. You and i know you aint fishing the Swale 😉 that isnt the ginger fishermans hunting ground. I can see through you deception 🤣

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      😂😂😂 shhhhh 👀

    • @MrTim207
      @MrTim207 Місяць тому

      I’ve worked out the exact location of this swim 👀 but even though it’s only 40 minutes from me, I’m not going to fish it as I’ve got plenty of quality river to go at locally. And I wouldn’t want the place hammered due to UA-cam exposure.

    • @petertomo95
      @petertomo95 Місяць тому

      Came here to say this, I'm very familiar with the area too

  • @johnstevens5042
    @johnstevens5042 Місяць тому

    🍺🍺🦈🍺🍺

  • @joeking57
    @joeking57 Місяць тому

    Great video but slightly weird how ur just copying everything thats been done already... No challenge

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому +1

      Catching any kind of a fish is a challenge for me 😂 but interesting comment, do you mean it's cause I want to a location a lot of people have gone to? Keen to know more, always want to make cool interesting videos 😁

  • @LG-RiverFishingUK
    @LG-RiverFishingUK Місяць тому

    Have u evet fished the river medlock? Now thats a very clear river no weed no nothing like that mate

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Місяць тому

      I haven’t! I’ll have to check it out :-)

    • @LG-RiverFishingUK
      @LG-RiverFishingUK Місяць тому

      @tomwilshaw I fish it daily you'll get an average of 20-30 trout on a session