Watched to the end as usual. I wouldn’t have thought water that shallow would hold fish, so yet again I’ve learned something from your video. Thank you!
Great video! You pulled heaps of fish from a tiny stream I wouldn’t have held any trout at all. Although some of the fish were just a little bigger than the lures we use to fish for trout here in NZ :). I’ve recently bought an ultra light and I’ll be using your techniques. Love the short casts, the quick bail arm closure, and the speed of the retrieve.
Great little vid and a lovely way to spend an evening. To avoid handling the fish I use a pair of pliers to pinch the shank of the hook and then just shake them off. Minimal interference with the obliging little trouties !
Yes the barbs are crushed off a lot of my little spinners also as you can see in my other videos. This one was more than likely a new spinner just out of the packet, fairly sure I had the barbs crushed, maybe there was a little bit of a the barb left from the crush but mostly it was off from what I can remember, this is an old video.
I keep the 5cm rapalas for the lake they are too expensive to break on the river with these small trout 😂🤝 they are great tho, and the 5cm salmo minnows!
Another class video Senan, I watch most of your videos to the end. The wild brown trout videos are the best 👌 some I've watched a few times 🤣. Fishing for trout on rivers with ultra light gear is my favourite, size 2 silver mepps with blue dots are my go to. Keep these videos coming, there great inspiration 👏
@@senanstanleyfishing I'm hoping to get out on to the River Aire on Monday, near Leeds, can't wait. Thanks for uploading such great videos, keep 'em coming mate.
Savage Gear also make the best spinners IMHO. They are called ‘Rotex’ spinners and spin with the slightest retrieve and have great shine. Bit more expensive than the Mepps though.
@dmp2000uk I think they are absolutely crap, quality wise, Mepps are in their own league across Europe Canada America and even Australia. The savage gear spinners are very poor in my opinion, just a cheap mass produced product, don’t spin half as well as a Mepps.
Senan great video went out for the day on my local river in Co Down, then home to see this new video 🎉, obviously conditions where good in most of Ireland then yesterday. The mepps never fail, I’ve really took to Abu Garcia reflex spinner only draw back it’s 7g but all size of trout seem to hit it. 16 inch to 6 inch trout on it yesterday. Great colour selection tho
@@senanstanleyfishing can be sort of a problem in the runs/swims where I have to up my retrieve speed, might be a bigger issues again when the water levels drop. something I came across by chance when I lost all my size 1’s on trees 😂 was the only spinner I had left in the box, has worked so well, you should try if your ever need something a bit heavier , great videos keep them coming 💪🏻💪🏻
Can you do a video in the next couple of weeks about fishing the mayfly from the boat? My first season taking up the fly fishing so would appreciate any advice
I've been having an absolute blast catching a ton of trout on small rivers with mepps, inspired by your vids. I only use size 2 ones now though, i find you're less likely to end up with a fish with the three hooks stuck in its mouth, which can be annoying to deal with. Have caught lots of TINY trout on a size 2 though, doesnt seem to faze them 😂
Good stuff I’m glad you’ve been getting out 😄💪 once it’s working for you that’s the main thing, it’s funny I actually caught my biggest river trout a few years ago on the size 0 Mepps , tiny spinner, but the big trout wanted it!
Hi from wales Senan 👍🏻 big thank you for your vids mate, I love the simplicity of your style and setup. I’ve just reviewed my diawa ninja and am currently waiting on my SG4 to arrive in the post so you should be on commission!! If it’s not too much trouble would you able to do a video on your full setup showing everything from leader length, which knots you use on your swivels, size of swivels etc? As a complete novice there are few places you can go to get a start to finish guide from someone’s opinion you trust, most anglers assume you know the basics and skip over a lot of the stuff is beginners struggle with! I lost 4 comments yesterday because my braid to flouro knot wouldn’t hold up so maybe swivels is the way forward!
I will have to do a video on setting up the rod - it’s not too hard once you see it done once , the knots are all repetition, once you do them 5 times you will remember them your whole life ☺️🤝 it’s all simple bits tho easy to pick up, il try to do a simple video soon, wrecked this evening, just in off the lake, lots of sun!
@@senanstanleyfishing that would be great mate, for 99% of your subscribers it will probably be garbage but for a few of us it would be priceless 👍🏻 hope you had a good day on the lake, take it easy
hi just wondering what rivers you go to because me and my dad have been fishing in cahir,ardfinnan,clonmel and a few other places and havent caught a fish , we have been trying for almost 2 months and we have been using spinnerbaits,flies and spoons so we dont now were to go
Hi, the trout season is closed now for Ireland. But when the season opens again get out and keep trying. I don’t name any river locations on my channel. But I’m sure you’re fishing in the right places, you will figure them out with time. 💪💪
Just found your channel and subbed, 👍,, How would you compare these lures to the Abu Droppen,?? I've just returned to fishing after many years, and I've decided to go with the ultra light trout area style to begin with,, I'm a pensioner so funds are tight,, Great video,, thank you from West Yorkshire..
The usual reasons are: braid is thinner vs mono (for the same strength), so can cast further; also braid is less stretchy, so for some lure fishing you can feel bites better; though for trout spinning this wouldn't make a difference. The fluorocarbon is to reduce visibility of the line (same refractive index as water), it is also more abrasion resistant, so isn't damaged as much when it comes into contact with rocks/snags on the bottom.
Fleurocarbon has a good abrasive resistance to rocks, braid would get sliced straight off if it touched a sharp stone in the river while being used alone. Fleuro is also invisible underwater, vital for clear water trout fishing.
Cracking trout the colors are unreal .just aftr going tru the spinner box and found 3 mepps size 1 and mepps thunder bug size 0.Bud do u think it's batter useing swivel to leader .senan what size swivel u use on your leader line.i have sonik lite tec rod 1./8gm 1000 reel .ten lb braid and 7lb leader bud u think it's bit of havey. Cracking trout stream.srry abt spelling.
Don’t worry about the spelling man we’re fishermen not poets 😁🤝 ya that will work fine, the swivel to the braid and leader helps the spinner to spin better, I’d recommend using a small swivel! I don’t use the swivel if I’m using wobbler style lures tho.
@yep.ultralight braid to micro swivel to 50cm of 6lb fleurocarbon tied directly to spinner with no snap ☺️ is best for spinners. For wobblers, I attach the wobbler using a micro snap.
Awesome stuff Senan Love your vids also thanks for the pin last vid!!! EDIT: Funny thing is i was fishing in the river with a mepps with my friend yesterday!
Great video mate, really useful tips, nice 20 mins while the mrs is in the shops … In situations when you don’t have your waders mate, do you find it more difficult to keep on the move? Just I don’t have waders and somewhere as shallow 😢
@@senanstanleyfishing Have you tried switching to barbless singles though? There was a moment in this video 4:50 where one point of the treble was caught in the net and another in the fish. Not having the crush the barbs means the hooks last longer (don't rust where the barb was), and the point can penetrate more easily than with the crushed barb.
Grand session Sennen one day il have such a good day they bend the rod at half a pound great scrappers wild brownies learning alot from watching you atb david
I’ve tried those bluefox vibrax spinner last year, I actually gave them away that evening, absolutely hated them they didn’t spin half as good in the current. 😂 but im glad they are working for you man, that’s the main thing! 🤝💪 once they work ! 🐟
Can't see the point in spinning for tiny little trout. It can not be good for any river or for the trout for that matter. Small hungry trout will pull anything no skill needed. I would not class this as fishing just sad really.
You know what's sad, commenting on a fishing video telling the creator how sad it is to use the method of fishing they use in the video, especially when spinning for little trout in a small river or burn is an incredibly fun and a non harmful way to catch trout, and spinning actually does require some skill believe it or not, having to take account for water level, colour, temp, baitfish, and even the direction the fish are facing, rather then you making a rather insensitive comment on a good video beacuse your jealous that he catches more fish than you in a day on a method you probably don't know how to use without getting mad and swapping back to a worm
@Connorfish8ng I just ignored his comment as that person was probably having a bad day and used is 1 brain cell to type out that message before crying himself to sleep in the corner 😄👍
Pure wild fishing man. Really enjoyed watching it. Thats how i started as a young boy on the river with the little mepps spinners ❤😎👍👍
Thanks man, that’s the whole idea behind the river videos, everyone can relate to them 👌🎣😄
Still watching when you said! Only just started trout spinning in my local river. Usually a shore angler! Thanks for all the tips!
Watched to the end as usual. I wouldn’t have thought water that shallow would hold fish, so yet again I’ve learned something from your video. Thank you!
It normally fishes much better, just needed more rain! Thanks pal
Love using Mepps spinners but I use the #2 anglia. Awesome video!! From Pennsylvania
Good fish stocks and good indication of water quality. Keep up the good work. Love the educational videos. Well done Senan 👏
Superb video, really inspiring. Thanks very much 👍
Watched it all bro. New to trout fishing & this was very informative, thank you
That was some serious action for one wading session well done man! Subbed 👍
Thank you, we haven’t had much rain this summer, so haven’t been able to fish this particular river since!
Great video! You pulled heaps of fish from a tiny stream I wouldn’t have held any trout at all. Although some of the fish were just a little bigger than the lures we use to fish for trout here in NZ :). I’ve recently bought an ultra light and I’ll be using your techniques. Love the short casts, the quick bail arm closure, and the speed of the retrieve.
Nice videos! Same equipment I use! You are dead on!
Thank you, it’s a fun way to fish!
Great little vid and a lovely way to spend an evening. To avoid handling the fish I use a pair of pliers to pinch the shank of the hook and then just shake them off. Minimal interference with the obliging little trouties !
Yes the barbs are crushed off a lot of my little spinners also as you can see in my other videos. This one was more than likely a new spinner just out of the packet, fairly sure I had the barbs crushed, maybe there was a little bit of a the barb left from the crush but mostly it was off from what I can remember, this is an old video.
I like to fish with 5 cm Rapala countdown but small spinners always deliver great video again Thanks Senan !!😀👍
I keep the 5cm rapalas for the lake they are too expensive to break on the river with these small trout 😂🤝 they are great tho, and the 5cm salmo minnows!
Another class video Senan, I watch most of your videos to the end. The wild brown trout videos are the best 👌 some I've watched a few times 🤣. Fishing for trout on rivers with ultra light gear is my favourite, size 2 silver mepps with blue dots are my go to. Keep these videos coming, there great inspiration 👏
Great stuff it’s very fun when you get the right water conditions 😄🤝 it’s just fun regardless! 😄
Nice wild fishing ,lovely to watch. John up in co. DERRY👍
Thanks John! Was a fun session ☺️🤝
Simple class fishing ,so enjoyable to watch.
Thanks pal !
Got to the end great fishing
Well senan class video,
What knot do you use to tie your lure to your snap and line to swivel
It’s a palomar knot for braid to swivel , and a 6 turn clinch knot for fleuro to spinner
Hey Senan love the videos there brilliant. Can i asl what camera you use for your videos quality and content is top
Still here and loving every minute. Thanks .
Ah great stuff, I enjoyed that session yesterday evening, the fish were so active!
@@senanstanleyfishing I'm hoping to get out on to the River Aire on Monday, near Leeds, can't wait. Thanks for uploading such great videos, keep 'em coming mate.
Great video, love it. Keep em coming.
Thank you 🙏
Love your video's. Savage gear makes some beautiful rods. And thise mepps... awesome.
Savage Gear also make the best spinners IMHO. They are called ‘Rotex’ spinners and spin with the slightest retrieve and have great shine. Bit more expensive than the Mepps though.
@dmp2000uk I absolutely hate savage gear spinners, Mepps are by far the best ever made, but it’s nice to hear different opinions 🙂👌
@@senanstanleyfishing What’s your objection to SG spinners ? Am I missing something ?
@dmp2000uk I think they are absolutely crap, quality wise, Mepps are in their own league across Europe Canada America and even Australia. The savage gear spinners are very poor in my opinion, just a cheap mass produced product, don’t spin half as well as a Mepps.
Great video Senan. Loads of honest tips.
Nice one 👌
Co. Derry and love the vids man keep up the good work
Nice one pal 👌
Senan great video went out for the day on my local river in Co Down, then home to see this new video 🎉, obviously conditions where good in most of Ireland then yesterday. The mepps never fail, I’ve really took to Abu Garcia reflex spinner only draw back it’s 7g but all size of trout seem to hit it. 16 inch to 6 inch trout on it yesterday. Great colour selection tho
Ah very good, thanks for checking out the videos man! Do you find your 7 gram lure sinks too fast for your river, or is it a deep enough stretch? 💪
@@senanstanleyfishing can be sort of a problem in the runs/swims where I have to up my retrieve speed, might be a bigger issues again when the water levels drop. something I came across by chance when I lost all my size 1’s on trees 😂 was the only spinner I had left in the box, has worked so well, you should try if your ever need something a bit heavier , great videos keep them coming 💪🏻💪🏻
Great video thanks for sharing, subscribed 👍🏻
Thanks for the sub!
Very enjoyable content that's for sure. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Can you do a video in the next couple of weeks about fishing the mayfly from the boat? My first season taking up the fly fishing so would appreciate any advice
Great video young man
Thanks Brian 👍
Do you have a vid of how u tie ur rigs mate?
I've been having an absolute blast catching a ton of trout on small rivers with mepps, inspired by your vids. I only use size 2 ones now though, i find you're less likely to end up with a fish with the three hooks stuck in its mouth, which can be annoying to deal with. Have caught lots of TINY trout on a size 2 though, doesnt seem to faze them 😂
Good stuff I’m glad you’ve been getting out 😄💪 once it’s working for you that’s the main thing, it’s funny I actually caught my biggest river trout a few years ago on the size 0 Mepps , tiny spinner, but the big trout wanted it!
@@senanstanleyfishing once i caught a salmon on a size zero in a river
Well lad just wondering how to fish trout in a small stream about 20 feet wide and 4 feet deep I live in kilkenny btw
Love this guys vids
Thank you
Watched it till the end
Legend 💪
Still watching and enjoying. Great video Senan.
Thanks for watching - I was going to crop out some of the footage , it gets repetitive after the first 10 fish 😄
Hi from wales Senan 👍🏻 big thank you for your vids mate, I love the simplicity of your style and setup. I’ve just reviewed my diawa ninja and am currently waiting on my SG4 to arrive in the post so you should be on commission!! If it’s not too much trouble would you able to do a video on your full setup showing everything from leader length, which knots you use on your swivels, size of swivels etc? As a complete novice there are few places you can go to get a start to finish guide from someone’s opinion you trust, most anglers assume you know the basics and skip over a lot of the stuff is beginners struggle with! I lost 4 comments yesterday because my braid to flouro knot wouldn’t hold up so maybe swivels is the way forward!
I will have to do a video on setting up the rod - it’s not too hard once you see it done once , the knots are all repetition, once you do them 5 times you will remember them your whole life ☺️🤝 it’s all simple bits tho easy to pick up, il try to do a simple video soon, wrecked this evening, just in off the lake, lots of sun!
@@senanstanleyfishing that would be great mate, for 99% of your subscribers it will probably be garbage but for a few of us it would be priceless 👍🏻 hope you had a good day on the lake, take it easy
Cracking video, what make of rod and reel😊
Daiwa ninja 1000 and sg4 ultra light game ☺️👍
hi just wondering what rivers you go to because me and my dad have been fishing in cahir,ardfinnan,clonmel and a few other places and havent caught a fish , we have been trying for almost 2 months and we have been using spinnerbaits,flies and spoons so we dont now were to go
Hi, the trout season is closed now for Ireland. But when the season opens again get out and keep trying. I don’t name any river locations on my channel. But I’m sure you’re fishing in the right places, you will figure them out with time. 💪💪
Good man Senan.
Class video.
Lewis
Thanks Lewis, this is my way of unwinding after a weeks work on a Friday 😁
Nice wild fishing💪
Thanks 👍
Good man, your TOP ROD
Thank you!
Does it matter what colour the dots are on the mepps
For me, it doesn’t make a difference 😄
Just found your channel and subbed, 👍,,
How would you compare these lures to the Abu Droppen,??
I've just returned to fishing after many years, and I've decided to go with the ultra light trout area style to begin with,, I'm a pensioner so funds are tight,,
Great video,, thank you from West Yorkshire..
Great content thanks for sharing
Hey thanks for watching I’m glad you enjoyed !
Where can I buy the net you use, great video 🙌🏻
I got that net off AliExpress actually!
Is their any specific reason why you use braid instead of ordinary fishing line and also the reason for your flurocarbon leader 👍
The usual reasons are: braid is thinner vs mono (for the same strength), so can cast further; also braid is less stretchy, so for some lure fishing you can feel bites better; though for trout spinning this wouldn't make a difference. The fluorocarbon is to reduce visibility of the line (same refractive index as water), it is also more abrasion resistant, so isn't damaged as much when it comes into contact with rocks/snags on the bottom.
Top class
Thank you!
Still here, and it's tirty tree up to now! :)
Could you make video like this but with wobblers?
I never sow many trout before .I wish I could fish a river like that. Could you tell what county's these river are in. I love to fish them some time .
Thank you, sorry I never name locations. 😄👍
Why do you use the fluorocarbon leader and not just tie straight to the braid
Fleurocarbon has a good abrasive resistance to rocks, braid would get sliced straight off if it touched a sharp stone in the river while being used alone. Fleuro is also invisible underwater, vital for clear water trout fishing.
Hello senan why do u have to wet ur hand before touching the fish
They have a slime coat that protects them from bacteria, if you wipe it off with dry hands they will die after release
Cracking trout the colors are unreal .just aftr going tru the spinner box and found 3 mepps size 1 and mepps thunder bug size 0.Bud do u think it's batter useing swivel to leader .senan what size swivel u use on your leader line.i have sonik lite tec rod 1./8gm 1000 reel .ten lb braid and 7lb leader bud u think it's bit of havey. Cracking trout stream.srry abt spelling.
Don’t worry about the spelling man we’re fishermen not poets 😁🤝 ya that will work fine, the swivel to the braid and leader helps the spinner to spin better, I’d recommend using a small swivel! I don’t use the swivel if I’m using wobbler style lures tho.
@@senanstanleyfishing cheers for heads up senan.
Snap swivel at the lure or you're attaching your leader with a swivel? Using a short leader? @@senanstanleyfishing
@yep.ultralight braid to micro swivel to 50cm of 6lb fleurocarbon tied directly to spinner with no snap ☺️ is best for spinners. For wobblers, I attach the wobbler using a micro snap.
“They’re never fully in the current; they’re always just outside it.” 15:25
I don’t know what I was trying to say, but I hope it makes sense 😂👍🎣
What river is it lad
Some jab senan
Thanks man
Great to see the river levels dropping, I enjoyed all the video.
The river was perfect here, finally the flood dropped down 🤝☺️
Awesome stuff Senan Love your vids also thanks for the pin last vid!!! EDIT: Funny thing is i was fishing in the river with a mepps with my friend yesterday!
Ah very good them little Mepps are very hard to beat 😄🤝
Great video mate, really useful tips, nice 20 mins while the mrs is in the shops … In situations when you don’t have your waders mate, do you find it more difficult to keep on the move? Just I don’t have waders and somewhere as shallow 😢
ive lost count of the trout ive got on comets nothing will ever come close to them, i cut the trebles off thou
I crush the trebles, they always fall out in the net without having to touch the trout 🤝
@@senanstanleyfishing Have you tried switching to barbless singles though? There was a moment in this video 4:50 where one point of the treble was caught in the net and another in the fish. Not having the crush the barbs means the hooks last longer (don't rust where the barb was), and the point can penetrate more easily than with the crushed barb.
Ye lad still watching kid
Great 💪💪💪
I am . Great evening Pal
Waheyyy fair play man 🙂 p.s I slipped and fell into the shallows of the river just after that clip, only wet my arm thankfully 😂👍
Grand session Sennen one day il have such a good day they bend the rod at half a pound great scrappers wild brownies learning alot from watching you atb david
These little lads are great fun for sure, the hit is the best, regardless of their size 😄🤝👌
In terms of lures mate, I’d advise you get a bluefox minnow super vibrax no2, they are cracking!
I’ve tried those bluefox vibrax spinner last year, I actually gave them away that evening, absolutely hated them they didn’t spin half as good in the current. 😂 but im glad they are working for you man, that’s the main thing! 🤝💪 once they work ! 🐟
Can't see the point in spinning for tiny little trout. It can not be good for any river or for the trout for that matter. Small hungry trout will pull anything no skill needed. I would not class this as fishing just sad really.
You know what's sad, commenting on a fishing video telling the creator how sad it is to use the method of fishing they use in the video, especially when spinning for little trout in a small river or burn is an incredibly fun and a non harmful way to catch trout, and spinning actually does require some skill believe it or not, having to take account for water level, colour, temp, baitfish, and even the direction the fish are facing, rather then you making a rather insensitive comment on a good video beacuse your jealous that he catches more fish than you in a day on a method you probably don't know how to use without getting mad and swapping back to a worm
@Connorfish8ng I just ignored his comment as that person was probably having a bad day and used is 1 brain cell to type out that message before crying himself to sleep in the corner 😄👍
Only just started ultra light trout fishing in the north craic is mighty cheers for the videos even through it’s costing me a fortune in new gear lol