***CARP FISHING TV *** The Challenge Episode 17 "Back In The Day"
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- In this episode of the Challenge Mark has to use end tackle, baits and rigs he would have used in the late 80's/early 90's when he first started carp fishing. Would the primitive tackle halt his progress in episode 17 or will he achieve his first pass in over 9 months.
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Des Taylor and SBS Baits were amazing
Truly epic I quit carping around 1990 and have only just started again the young uns have it easy!!!
The challenge should be on mainstream t.v ........ its that good, every episode
4 Classic 1990's tackle items missing 'The Shakespeare green cushion top tackle box' 'The Red plastic disgorger behind the ear' 'The Strawberry boilie - gob stopper style' & 'The cutting edge black hair rig tie machine'
Had to stop watching & comment! Im in tears here, the bed chair was the very first bedchair i owned, identical! The ol back breaker deluxe 😂 bringing back funny memories, brilliant
It is nice that you follow your passion Mark!
These two are the perfect duo mark is a great angler he embodies the sport that old vintage stuff gear and the countless funny moments but still obvious lifelong passion love to fish with these noddys
Great video , good laughs and a great venue. MP for England
This brought back some memories for sure! I couldn't afford a bedchair so had to rough it on the ground with a bright blue sleeping bag waking up with slugs on my face :D good times!
Cuttle mill was a big part of my carp fishing in the middle 80's and early 90's some of my best memories...great video
Awesome challenge and on a awesome lake stooped in history..i remember des tayler doing the vid on that swim..great vid/vlog made my evening
Very entertaining video. Great fishing and nice to see you back in the day.
Great video... Back in the early 90's I travelled there from Norwich and slept in the barn at night....Happy days 😉
Absolutely brilliant. Caught my first carp at Cuttle Mill was about 4lb and I was 11 in 1985 with my Grandad. I recall a photo being taken and I was wearing some horrendous double denim outfit. I really think you should have grown a mullet for full old school effect.
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very good Mark and Harry this is how we used to fish, i think you have proven that we don't need to over complicate things, and you don't need thousands of pounds worth of tackle. Harry should have got you a blue sun lounger though and a standard 50 inch brolly with sides probably the best challenge yet well done guys.
Still have those bit alarms 😅 don't get to fish as much as I use to as I moved away from the UK but heading back soon and gunna break out all the gear and get out on a local lake I haunted every day of the week in school summer holiday. Can't wait, great to see videos like this gives me hope the older gear is still producing 🤣
And I had a Bob Church waist coat ! Happy memories.x
Well that has been one of the best things I have seen for a while, present company accepted. Took me back years to that time stripped Argos sunloungers and dodgy sleeping bags. On a rainy Sunday that has proper cheered me up, and just reinforces that you don't need all this stuff we have today, although it makes thinks easier. Proper carping and you can see how much it meant by your faces coupled with an iconic water.
#carpyhillariousmemories.
Fantastic vid love the laughter you put into what you do the bed and sleeping bag were so funny. I remember my bivvy went over the top of a brolly big heavy canvas thing warm but you had to contend with the brolly pole right in the middle. Have watched three of theses challenges so far enjoyed all of them pity we can't have something like this on TV look what it did for mr Wilson !
My Dad still uses that exact pod now! Amazing bit of kit that!
Mk1 swingers too! And I still have them mini microns from when I used to fish as a kid!
Brilliant episode lads great pass mate, nice to see you can actually catch carp hahaha, also goes to show we don't need all these mad complicated rigs right place and any rig will do
This was delightful. Amazing fish and the best fishing duo i know.
Absolutely brilliant.
that is really goiging back in time also for mi as a started carp fishing
awesome challenge! probably my favourite one yet, really entertaining! The parrot comment got me the most lol
Another great video and a great lake which might not be much longer once hs2 goest straight throught it
As always very entertaining. Winning both the challenge & beating Harry in the the unofficial match you must be happy Mark.....& that bed chair🤣🤣
Brilliant episode! But should have been made to carry all the kit in one go!!!
Great fishing mark and a great trip down memory lane.
Brought back some memories guys thanks,but i started with heron alarms and a canvas overwrap,good times ☺
Most enjoyable.
Great bday present,the challenge!!
Well in Mark congrats on smashing the challenge & my favourite one by far. It brought back so many memories for an old school 90's carper. Thanks to Harry and the voters too, great entertainment lads 😉
I had a look in my rig tieing box and found some multistrand and some silkworm, and some of the hooks that came out of the bag.
I had them bite alarms! Awesome
Those sleeping bags are still issued to British forces, they are warm weather bags though, issued for use in places like Kenya and the jungle or when sleeping inside. Quality video again, brilliant 👍🏼👍🏼
Watched this twice now lol loving it👍👍👍 keep them coming well done👏
Lovely video was funny that bed chair 😂.. keep up the good work guys can’t wait for the next one!
Really enjoyed that, fished there myself in the eighties didn't know it was still going. Day only, two rods and long queues at the gate, guy by the name of Tony owned it. I still have the predecessor to that pod the Fox Compact still use it occasionally on platforms.
One of my fav episodes for sure :-) Thanks!
So funny lads best challenge to date. Joe and alpaca had me crying
2 pitchers uploads in 2 days, can't go wrong!!!
To be honest.. in my opinion this is the best episode of "the challenge" I love them all but this one is really cool!! "Back to the roots". Congratulations guys, good work!!
Cracking episode!! that moment when your current 2018 main line maxima appears in a 1990 remake video :-) #Oldskool
Loved this challenge brought back so many memory
Wow man i still got me old mini microns and still use me original jrc bedchair and mk1 trakker bivvy i miss the old days of carping
I see the rat problem was finally dealt with! the bank would move during the day when I was there in the 90's! Was nice to catch a pair of 20's from the same peg though :D
absolutely Brilliant ! I too started in the late 80's and the cuttle mill Des Taylor bought it flooding back!! (must be a simillar age...43yrs)
always look forward to you videos blogs etc ...great stuff as always...and tutti fruttie doing there thing 👍
best one so far, because it brings so many memories back. itv sign them up..............plz
I remember those alarms, bought back some memories watching this. Loved it
Nice one Mark as always, hope the lakes going well and you have cleaned that van out!
Great episode chaps, shame you didn't use period correct rods/reels to match the rod pod and terminal tackle arrangement.
Some lol comedy moments.
Look forward to the next one.
cheers
Used to love fishing The Mill...great video guys!
Great 👏👌👍🎣
Love these videos. You seem to really enjoy your fishing and it’s great to see a carp angler not taking himself so seriously !
Great vid, just goes to show Des Taylor knew a good swim when he saw one!
Seriously though leads on to the following clear conclusion: there have been no significant advances in carp tackle and techniques for 25 years.
Ok make it 20 then you take in the grange (first widely used "active" bait? - red fishmeals where already around 25yrs ago) and the hinged stiif rig. Game over carp fishing was optimised 20 years ago!
Fantastic as always thanks guys 😂
That tackle really takes me back . The mini microns , I drooled over them too when I was 16 the £20 or whatever seemed like a fortune to me lol . The rifs were simple but worked and the double figure carp were massive in my eyes back then , I remember catching the biggest in my local lake on rigs like that back then " LUMPY AT 20lb 4oz lol . Them were the days ;-P
Having not a good day, but this made me laugh so much.Keep it going boys nice one.😂😂😂
Great episode, I've still got des' cuttle mill video lying round somewhere👍 i still use an original kjb pod and monkey climbers from 1990 and my tackle box still contains some of the bits that came out of that plastic bag😂😂😂
Another great video. Does show how easy these pond venues often are though
They can be easy but equally very hard as the fish are so pressured. As Mark said in the video he got the timing spot on. If you look at the catch reports from there at the moment it is not throwing up nearly as many fish as it did on Mark's session.
Think that's the best one yet mark how about I just book a tutorial just for the banter and laughs you two have got to be the funniest ppl in fishing the tree tangle got me well done please keep them coming
Great watch and shows some of the old gear and methods still work nice one guys
awesome episode better than anything out there. fantastic work
Awesome as always 👍🏼
Quality mate as always love it
Wie immer, extrem cooles Video 😍 besonders die Weste und die Liege waren toll 😂
I remember getting out of the bed chair to hit a run and it tipping at the head end the good old days lol
Drennan super specialist Size 6 tied to 10lb maxima with a knotless knot.
Weights were acrap lead melted into a 17mm socket, with wire from a coat hanger and a swivel pushed in as the lead set hard. Used to set 2 float stops around 10 inches apart with the weight in the middle as my "shocker " rig.
Bait would consist of tesco value bread and sweetcorn put in the blender with vanilla and coconut flavours from the home baking section.
Never doubted it back then and it caught no end of carp but now ...........
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Well I've been brainwashed 🤣🤣
Best episode for a long time! Superb! Bringin' tuitti baaack...
Great video! Just shows what can be done without all the gear we have today, still love it though :-)
Great stuff guys.
Really enjoyed this one, reminded me of my own venture into fishing in the mid 90s
Really enjoyed that 👍🎣🎣🐳
Great video once again guys, good to see you on one of our local midlands waters,...
I love how your bites are always so quick and your so carm lol..
Well done guys, entertaining as always. :-)
Hi Mark, i love your vids and i'd love to throw a challenge at you. Down here in Australia carp are plentiful but there is almost no one fishing for them, so to see you doing so well with gear I can buy is an awesome show!
Harry, if you really want to annoy him let me know I think i could frustrate him amazingly, also, your camera work is brilliant not only is the content great but you put together a beautiful piece of work, congrats to you both!
Still have my Gardner Pro Pod, mk1 Swingers & Delkims 👌
Love these ...Well done Mr Pritchers,and look forward to the next one.cheers to you both .love Mikey.
Am after some good real for my Nash 6ft what reale art good rel
Love the new into lads big ups
Great video mark/harry, I have been looking for my mojo lately and the vids you two make do really help me wanting to get on the bank again! great stuff
I love the challenge. ❤
As always comedy gold and some tips chucked in for good measure.
Love watching these challenges, keep em coming. 👍🏼
Excellent episode! One of the best ones. Keep up the good work!
Great video enjoyed the light hearted approach guys, plus the bonus of a pass keep up the good work you both put into these, Know a wait for your monthly blog to see whats going on at your lakes ups & downs.
Smashed the challenge mark..well in
he's been busy working at his lake over the winter
Fox International Carp Fishing I was wondering why the video wasn’t uploaded in a while, I check your channel every time to see if it’s on, my favourite thing to watch while am fishing waiting for bbbbebebebebbbbbbbbbbbbbb fish!
This was wonderful from beginning to end! Loved the new way you guys are setting up the challenges, loved the slow mo cinematography with the captures, I love how you did the old school vibe although I have to say I have a bed chair similar to the one Mark just could NOT sleep on and I do ok with it, and I'm no small man. 😉 It was an awesome episode and the alpaca muse, oh good heavens! That was glorious! Well done boys on a great episode!
Awesome vid
Fantastic challenge guys and great fishing Mark. Just shows that with all the new rigs andcewuipment sometimes it doesn't matter what you. Carp fishing has come a long way in the last 20 years or so but the old ways with modern technology can still be the best.
Absolutely fantastic filming and editing, great catches and very nice microns, I want a set!
Honey Yucatan boilies and a sun lounger nicked from the shed. That's 90s carp fishing for me
Loved the vid, I still own that rodpod with the first yellow printed SX alarms on it. Brilliant times
Love it. Top quality as usual.
Used to be awesome on Cuttle back in the day, had my first 20 and 30 from there some 29 years ago, what a great watch and for nostalgia purposes, enjoyed !! we could tell you a story about Des on the pontoon, but that would be a bit naughty lol, Richworth baits was king and it was two rods back then only, dawn till dusk
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Brilliant alarms love how can change colours 🥰 I got Sonik gizmo them are annoying because can see any light at day time 😞😞😞
How carp fishing used to be well done Mark 😀
that was all kinds ov good ;)
Currently I’m collecting camolite gear and I’m extremely envy of you’re setup
Awesome episode guys!! Loved it!! Greetings from holland!!