As some people have started to notice - yes, my rod is indeed broken at the top! It unfortunately snapped pre-recording, and I just had to work with what i had :) On another note, if you have any replacement suggestions (It was a Shakespeare Wild Series Walleye) I would surely take any! As much as I am here to hopefully provide useful and entertaining information, I am also here to learn from y’all as well. Hope y'all have a good one. Glad you're here!
All of my spinning and casting rods (15+) are Ugly Stick and I love them. Are they the best rod ever made? No, but they are affordable, catch fish like crazy, and they are tough. Ive never broken one and all my rods still look and work like they did when they were new. Tight lines!
Certain brands are better and worse at making fishing equipment. For example, Berkley is great at manufacturing lures but not so much fishing rods these days as I recently discovered with a brand new "Lightning Rod" medium pole. Shakespeare, from what my dad tells me, is also a cheapskate when it comes to rods as well, but I've never handled one so take that as you will. It's best to do some light research into what people say about brands and maybe read into some reviews of the products, although that's a lot of work given the saturation and variety of different types of rods and equipment from all sorts of brands from all sorts of time periods. In terms of repair, you can get a rod tip replacement kit, but the simplest and cheapest method that I took with mine is snipping off the broken portion with some wire cutters right to the edge of the ring then sandpaper down with extremely fine sandpaper the exposed graphite. You might want to make sure the inside of the top ring is smooth and not sharp because it could scrape away at your line. There won't be as much finesse with the action, but if you just need something to cast out it'll do the trick.
I recommend you look into the Berkley Lightning Rod. They’re sold in all different variations, I have the 5’6” light spinning rod, and it’s a wonderful balance of quality for a great price. A nice looking rod as well, the graphite is laid out in a cool pattern.
Well done! Here's some more ideas for you: History of nets (cast net, dip net, etc.) , history of baits (live and artificial), and techniques without poles (spearing, bow fishing, etc)
Excellent video Matthew! As a Tenkara enthusiast, it was interesting to see how the Western fly rod evolved on a similar path but then kept going. I really enjoyed this and am looking forward to future videos (and some fishing together).
Imagine what it would have been like to handline big cod up from the Grand Banks! I knew oldtimers who told me of handlining *Bluefish* on tarred cod line, wearing leather gloves with friction tape wrapped around the glove fingers; after catching a couple fish they'd have to wrap more tape on the fingers because the tarred codline cut right through it. Pound for pound, the bluefish is probably the hardest fighting fish in the ocean and I can't even imagine what it was like to handline them! They used an unpainted 16 oz diamond jig molded from lead, and they would scrape the lead with a knife periodically to make it shiny because it would start to turn grey and dull after immersion in salt water.
Very happy this was suggested to me! You’ve got a knack for telling stories, and I can tell you’re very passionate about fishing. Can’t wait to see this channel grow!
Fantastic video, Matthew! Very well produced, the information was digestible, and the delivery was super calming. Can't wait for more fishing history. Looking forward to following along as your channel grows!
While ice fishing in New England I watched an elderly Polish immigrant handlining perch through the ice with a coil of line wrapped loosely into his hand and a piece of broomstick maybe 2 feet long with a notch cut in the end to snag and hold the line as he jigged it up-and-down. He would retrieve the jig or a hooked fish and coil the loops of line off the notched stick neatly into his hand, surprisingly quickly. I had a standard short rod and reel for ice fishing with small jigs, and he said to me, "you fish funny"! 😉
Fascinating video. Perfect for the angling and history enthusiast alike. I immediately look for another video on your channel. Please do a video on the history of fishing lures and artificial baits. That would be a great watch 😁😁😁
@@AnglerArchives oh shoot I misheard then 🤣 still have incredible fishing opportunities in Iowa brotha! I’m out in Indiana, I still have great fishing but nothing like y’all out west. Sláinte!
"What a pleasure it will be to see the shining fishes captured by your crafty means and drawn out onto the land". Dame Juliana Berners, approximately *1496*! She was a prioress at the Sopwell Nunnery near St Albans, Hertfordshire, and wrote treatises on hunting, fishing, hawking, heraldry, and field sports. 150+ years later her writings would be an influence on "the Compleat Angler" by Izaak Walton.
I'm studying for a very difficult exam on Tuesday and was very stressed, until I stumbled upon this video. Now my nerves are calmed and I can study with a clear mind. Thank you, algorithm and author of this video. Subscribed.
Ok, I’m hooked. I have subscribed and hit the little bell icon so that I will be notified as soon as you post the next video. This was a fantastic and well presented history. Good job! Please excuse my pronunciation corrections. I hope they help. I mean only to educate.
As a kid in the late 60's we caught "snapper blues", juvenile Bluefish about 8 to 10" long, with a 10 foot tapered bamboo rod, a piece of monofilament about the same length, a bobber, a hook, and some minnows. No reel!
The old timers tell me that they remember when the rods went from wood to fiberglass. I guess it was a revolution in fishing as the feel and sensitivity improved remarkably. They would also told me of what a revolution monofilament was. I was watching the 'Andy Griffith' show from 65 and Opie got a glass rod. So they must have had some then already. Good video...fishing history is seldom mentioned.
Great video! I've just recently gotten really into fishing, so the algorithm is throwing lots of fishing content my way. Video quality and format was great, couldn't believe how small of a channel this is, but then saw this is only the 2nd video lol. Thank you for the awesome video! I'm subscribed for more!
absolutely going angling tomorrow!! I think it would be fun if you went into the history/specifics/fishing strategies for popular species (Bass, Trout, Pike, ect)
Thank you! You know, I was thinking about doing that for this video, but it just didn't pan out. Perhaps in a more in-depth video about a specific rod in the future!
I truly enjoy the people who collect specific lures, maybe you can do a history or rundown of a companies lures. Rapala has some of the prettiest lures imo
Amazing video! I can’t believe that at one point Shakespeare was the face of fishing innovation and desirability. Although it seems the quality of their rods and reels hasn’t changed much since then 😂.
Good stuff man! Keep it up and you'll give Tom Rosenbauer a run for his money for the title of most relaxing youtube fisherman, lol. Looks like there's lots of videos to be made along a similar vein as this one. Reels, lures, flies, line, history of fishing in pop culture, conservation history, fishing tourism, list goes on
Great video, although through the 70s/80s, there have been further developments beyond what we see stateside. In Europe, the advent of carbon fibre technology led to the earliest form of ringless, fixed-line rods being essentially reinvented. Nowadays, there are 16 metre/52ft pole of multiple sections with elastic running through the top sections. The line is attached to the elastic to buffer the fish's runs. If you're not familiar, check it out. It revolutionised competitive (match) fishing across Europe and is a super fun way to catch!
You should do a video on how " zero hour bomb company" became zebco. Pretty cool history on how a "tinkerer" made their first reel. It is said that the president was sent one of these reels and the secret sevice submerged it in water because the company name said zero hour bomb company and soon after it was changed to zebco.
Nice mini documentary sir! Well presented! …but the broken rod was bugging me…i struggled to pay attention to the content with that staring me in the face at the end lol
As some people have started to notice - yes, my rod is indeed broken at the top!
It unfortunately snapped pre-recording, and I just had to work with what i had :)
On another note, if you have any replacement suggestions (It was a Shakespeare Wild Series Walleye) I would surely take any! As much as I am here to hopefully provide useful and entertaining information, I am also here to learn from y’all as well.
Hope y'all have a good one. Glad you're here!
All of my spinning and casting rods (15+) are Ugly Stick and I love them. Are they the best rod ever made? No, but they are affordable, catch fish like crazy, and they are tough. Ive never broken one and all my rods still look and work like they did when they were new. Tight lines!
@@jamescooper2618 Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll take a look at those for sure.
Is it the rod tip that's broken? I was at my Walmart shopping for pole holders and saw some broken rod tip replacement kit. Hope that helps
Certain brands are better and worse at making fishing equipment. For example, Berkley is great at manufacturing lures but not so much fishing rods these days as I recently discovered with a brand new "Lightning Rod" medium pole. Shakespeare, from what my dad tells me, is also a cheapskate when it comes to rods as well, but I've never handled one so take that as you will. It's best to do some light research into what people say about brands and maybe read into some reviews of the products, although that's a lot of work given the saturation and variety of different types of rods and equipment from all sorts of brands from all sorts of time periods.
In terms of repair, you can get a rod tip replacement kit, but the simplest and cheapest method that I took with mine is snipping off the broken portion with some wire cutters right to the edge of the ring then sandpaper down with extremely fine sandpaper the exposed graphite. You might want to make sure the inside of the top ring is smooth and not sharp because it could scrape away at your line. There won't be as much finesse with the action, but if you just need something to cast out it'll do the trick.
I recommend you look into the Berkley Lightning Rod. They’re sold in all different variations, I have the 5’6” light spinning rod, and it’s a wonderful balance of quality for a great price. A nice looking rod as well, the graphite is laid out in a cool pattern.
Finally, something worth learning
That broken rod tip was bothering me lol awesome video
You make great content. Keep delivering more, I cannot wait until your next video already. Thanks for sharing brotha'.
Thank you very much! Glad you’re here :)
Ditto!
I'm a die hard bass angler, I am also a history buff but it's not too easy to find information on historical fishing info
I agree. The research was definitely challenging, but very rewarding as well!
Well done! Here's some more ideas for you: History of nets (cast net, dip net, etc.) , history of baits (live and artificial), and techniques without poles (spearing, bow fishing, etc)
Thank you! Those are some great topic ideas, will definitely keep those in mind!!
Great job on your video? Super informative. subscribed
Thank you! I appreciate it very much!
Excellent video Matthew! As a Tenkara enthusiast, it was interesting to see how the Western fly rod evolved on a similar path but then kept going. I really enjoyed this and am looking forward to future videos (and some fishing together).
Thank ya! Appreciate the feedback. Gotta hit up MacBride soon!
Imagine what it would have been like to handline big cod up from the Grand Banks! I knew oldtimers who told me of handlining *Bluefish* on tarred cod line, wearing leather gloves with friction tape wrapped around the glove fingers; after catching a couple fish they'd have to wrap more tape on the fingers because the tarred codline cut right through it. Pound for pound, the bluefish is probably the hardest fighting fish in the ocean and I can't even imagine what it was like to handline them! They used an unpainted 16 oz diamond jig molded from lead, and they would scrape the lead with a knife periodically to make it shiny because it would start to turn grey and dull after immersion in salt water.
When the video ended I clicked out of full screen and saw that you only have 250 subscribers?! This channel is criminally underrated!
Haha, thank you! This is only my first video, so I'm very happy with the progress so far :)
Feeling Super Angler'd up after watching this vid! All my AnglerHeads sound off in the chat!!
Feeling super angler’d up!!!!!
Oh it's on...
Wanna fish? Skoden!!
Outstanding video!! It is so well done and just flawless bro! Give me moooooore!
Thanks bradymon!
I met this dude on Fortnite back in 2019 and now he’s making absolute bangers on UA-cam, I’m a proud Angler today 🥹
Heck yeah buddy! Glad you’re here :)
It’s always the Fortnite bros who come back too fishing and love it instead and sometimes regret spending so much bucks
Good. Better to spend time outdoors than be couped up in your bedroom playing video games.
@@deej9367 alright calm down, I actually make a comfortable amount playing video games today as a job 😂😂
i feel like you've got something with real potential here. good stuff, keep it up
Thank you, I appreciate that!!
Juat happened to get your video on my recommended. Good to see a fellow iowa boy! Tight lines friend
Very happy this was suggested to me! You’ve got a knack for telling stories, and I can tell you’re very passionate about fishing. Can’t wait to see this channel grow!
Thank you, that means so much! Glad you’re here
Cracking video mate, great work! Looking forward to the next one :)
Thank you so much, glad you’re here!
I think your channel will succeed. I don’t know how it got into my algorithm but I subbed. There’s tons of fishing history to cover! It’s a rich past.
Thank you, glad you're here!
There's for sure a ton to cover. Anything in specific you'd be interested in learning about?
Great Video! Next one you should end with reeling in a fish. Just a thought. Looking forward to future installments 👍
Thank you! Yeah, hopefully I’ll have better luck with the catching part next recording :)
Loved this! I watch so many fishing channels for various reasons but I also love history and you combined both flawlessly. Keep up the great work!
Your composition and color is amazing. Love the aspect ratio and depth of field. You have an eye for cinematography.
Thank you! Appreciate the feedback :)
What an awesome job on the video Matthew... Keep up the good job..I will be looking forward to every video you are making!!!
Thank you so much, I appreciate it! Glad you’re here
Great content as well as great concept for content this can truly take off keep em coming
I appreciate that very much, thank you!
I'd definitely like to see a deep dive into different lures and baits! Great video!
Fantastic video, Matthew! Very well produced, the information was digestible, and the delivery was super calming. Can't wait for more fishing history. Looking forward to following along as your channel grows!
Thank you very much, I appreciate it!!
Well done I liked this a lot. Thanks for the little history lesson
Thank you, I appreciate that very much!
While ice fishing in New England I watched an elderly Polish immigrant handlining perch through the ice with a coil of line wrapped loosely into his hand and a piece of broomstick maybe 2 feet long with a notch cut in the end to snag and hold the line as he jigged it up-and-down. He would retrieve the jig or a hooked fish and coil the loops of line off the notched stick neatly into his hand, surprisingly quickly. I had a standard short rod and reel for ice fishing with small jigs, and he said to me, "you fish funny"! 😉
I really enjoyed this. Lately, I've become more interested on the history of my favorite pastime. Great job Matthew.
Fascinating video. Perfect for the angling and history enthusiast alike. I immediately look for another video on your channel. Please do a video on the history of fishing lures and artificial baits. That would be a great watch 😁😁😁
Thank you so much, I appreciate this! I’ll keep those ideas in mind, those sound fun!
Well done! Great audio and video with a nice relaxed tempo! I'm looking forward to seeing what you put out next month. Keep up the good work! 👍
Hey, thank you! I appreciate it!
Oh yeah! I am so pleased that I just discovered such a phenomenal channel. I'm subscribed!
Thank you, glad you’re here!
Now I see you just started this. Keep it pushing fella, it's a great idea what you're doing. What can you put together about fly fishing
Thank you. Fly fishing is definitely on the list to cover!
Keep em coming dude excellent work.
Thank you!! Appreciate it, will do!
I always wondered about this. Liked… subscribed.
Thanks, glad you're here!
This is awesome, man. Great production quality. May god bless you and allow your channel to blow up!!
Thank you so much!
This episode brought my mind back to the Wm. H. Talbot Reel Co. Located in my home town of Nevada, MO. A friend of mine used to have one of his reels.
That's a really cool piece of history right there!
Very informative buddy
Awesome video man! Keep on making content, being in Minnesota you’ve got endless possibilities to explore with fishing 🤙🏽
Thank you, will do! Unfortunately just the fishing rod is from Minnesota haha, I’m actually based in Iowa! Absolutely love visiting there though :)
@@AnglerArchives oh shoot I misheard then 🤣 still have incredible fishing opportunities in Iowa brotha! I’m out in Indiana, I still have great fishing but nothing like y’all out west. Sláinte!
Awesome video man, instant sub for sure!
Thank you! Glad you're here.
"What a pleasure it will be to see the shining fishes captured by your crafty means and drawn out onto the land". Dame Juliana Berners, approximately *1496*! She was a prioress at the Sopwell Nunnery near St Albans, Hertfordshire, and wrote treatises on hunting, fishing, hawking, heraldry, and field sports. 150+ years later her writings would be an influence on "the Compleat Angler" by Izaak Walton.
Nice channel, nice story, nice narrations, and a nice guy here share interesting stuff!
Thank you, I appreciate that!
Keep them coming! Brilliant video, fair play. 👍
Can't wait to see where you bring this channel. Good luck to you from Ireland. 🍀🇮🇪 Subbed.
Wow, Ireland! Very cool. Appreciate the support, glad you're here!
I'm studying for a very difficult exam on Tuesday and was very stressed, until I stumbled upon this video. Now my nerves are calmed and I can study with a clear mind. Thank you, algorithm and author of this video. Subscribed.
I'm so glad to hear this video helped out. That's exactly what this channel is for!! Hope the exam went well :)
@@AnglerArchives many thanks, it went better than expected! Looking forward for more future content.
Ok, I’m hooked. I have subscribed and hit the little bell icon so that I will be notified as soon as you post the next video. This was a fantastic and well presented history. Good job! Please excuse my pronunciation corrections. I hope they help. I mean only to educate.
Incredible video, very informative! Thank you
Thank you very much, I appreciate that!
As a kid in the late 60's we caught "snapper blues", juvenile Bluefish about 8 to 10" long, with a 10 foot tapered bamboo rod, a piece of monofilament about the same length, a bobber, a hook, and some minnows. No reel!
this is really well done. you make good videos. subbed
Easiest subscribe you could have earned. Excellent production. Great information, wonderfully hosted.
Very nice job!
Good work!
Hey, thanks cmon!!
This was highly enjoyable - thanks for making this.
Absolutely, glad you enjoyed it!
Great Video my Friend tight lines
Amazing work!
Keep up with the great work! Maybe later on, you could replicate old fishing lures and hooks to see how they would fare out in today.
This deserves more thank 12k views. Great video!
Well thank you!
Fantastic video. Thank you. Subbed.
The old timers tell me that they remember when the rods went from wood to fiberglass. I guess it was a revolution in fishing as the feel and sensitivity improved remarkably. They would also told me of what a revolution monofilament was.
I was watching the 'Andy Griffith' show from 65 and Opie got a glass rod. So they must have had some then already.
Good video...fishing history is seldom mentioned.
Good luck young man, you are on the right path.
when I was a kid my first pole was a cane pole with the line tied on the tip.
I'm happy to have been born after the fishing reel was invented and before you guys caught all of the monsters.
Great video man!
Hahaha, thank you so much!
Well done fun video man. Keep it up
Thank you! Will do.
absolutely love the intro music.
such an excellent video, well done!
Thank you so much, appreciate it!
Great video! I've just recently gotten really into fishing, so the algorithm is throwing lots of fishing content my way. Video quality and format was great, couldn't believe how small of a channel this is, but then saw this is only the 2nd video lol. Thank you for the awesome video! I'm subscribed for more!
Hey, thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it, glad you’re here :)
G. Loomis upped the graphite rod making game. I think it was something that caught his curiosity in the Vietnam war.
Interesting! I'll definitely have to do a more in-depth video at some point of how graphite rods came to be. Thanks for the info!
Top quality history channel! Amazing work sir.
absolutely going angling tomorrow!! I think it would be fun if you went into the history/specifics/fishing strategies for popular species (Bass, Trout, Pike, ect)
Glad to hear! Those ideas sounds great, I’ll keep those in mind!
Awesome vids man. Please keep it up. Definitely subbing.
I loved this video! I had the thought of how it was done back in the day, and here it was! Can you please try a build an old rod and try fish it!
Thank you! You know, I was thinking about doing that for this video, but it just didn't pan out. Perhaps in a more in-depth video about a specific rod in the future!
Great video! Thanks very much.
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Great video young man! 🫡
Thank you!
I really enjoyed your video!
I have the flu and I had to miss 2 fishing trips!
So your video really cheered me up.
Glad to hear this video helped a little. Hope you feel better soon buddy!
This definitely gave me a new appreciation for my fishing gear. Great video pal 👍🏼👍🏼
New sub👍🏻 I hope this works out for you man, keep up the good work!
Great informative video, definitely subscribed
Thank you! Glad you're here.
Great video, it’s hard to find information on fishing history. Subbed
Thank you! Glad you’re here
Good video. Thanks.
Thanks you, I appreciate that!
Fantastic video production
Thank you, I appreciate that!
I truly enjoy the people who collect specific lures, maybe you can do a history or rundown of a companies lures. Rapala has some of the prettiest lures imo
That's a great idea, thank you!
enjoyed the vid look forward to more content
Thanks, glad you're here!
Awesome work! Thanks for
Thank you for creating this video.
Amazing video! Liked and subscribed
Thank you! Glad you're here
Great job on your video😉
Youre about to blow up bro keep it up
Thank you, will do!
Great video!
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Amazing video! I can’t believe that at one point Shakespeare was the face of fishing innovation and desirability. Although it seems the quality of their rods and reels hasn’t changed much since then 😂.
Thank you so much! And yes, I found that interesting as well!
Best video to come up on my recommended today hell yea
Thank you!! Glad you’re here
Awesome video , i learned alot
Thank you, glad to hear it!
Good stuff man! Keep it up and you'll give Tom Rosenbauer a run for his money for the title of most relaxing youtube fisherman, lol.
Looks like there's lots of videos to be made along a similar vein as this one. Reels, lures, flies, line, history of fishing in pop culture, conservation history, fishing tourism, list goes on
Haha, that’s a tall task right there!
It’s a rich history for sure, appreciate the comment!!
Do not stop making vids, trust the process I can rly see you blowing up and eventually sponsored🎣
Thanks you, I really appreciate that!
Great video, although through the 70s/80s, there have been further developments beyond what we see stateside. In Europe, the advent of carbon fibre technology led to the earliest form of ringless, fixed-line rods being essentially reinvented. Nowadays, there are 16 metre/52ft pole of multiple sections with elastic running through the top sections. The line is attached to the elastic to buffer the fish's runs. If you're not familiar, check it out. It revolutionised competitive (match) fishing across Europe and is a super fun way to catch!
You should do a video on how " zero hour bomb company" became zebco. Pretty cool history on how a "tinkerer" made their first reel. It is said that the president was sent one of these reels and the secret sevice submerged it in water because the company name said zero hour bomb company and soon after it was changed to zebco.
Had to subscribe my dude! Love fortnite and love bass fishing!
Thank you!!
the roman guy at 2:09 gives you an idea of how anglers' nets evolved
Muito bom ganhou mais um inscrito, Um abraço de Dourados MS Brazil.
Banger!
Dang, I've been pondering about this for the past few weeks while fishing and now I know. Thanks.
What's the name of that song at the end?? It's great
Nice mini documentary sir! Well presented! …but the broken rod was bugging me…i struggled to pay attention to the content with that staring me in the face at the end lol
Had to come up with a way to get the line further away because all the fish within 6 feet had already been caught 😅
Exactly! 😉
History of lures, boats, nets, bait, techniques, etc. There's a lot to cover!
For sure!