Nash Tackle Off The Hook Podcast - S2 Episode 33 - Alfie Russell
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2021
- Joining host Hassan this week is an angler who even at a young age has put London urban big carp fishing on the map with a host of incredibley special captures under his belt, it's none other the Alfie Russell.
Alfie is an extremely talented angler who has a passion for fishing in the hustle and bustle of London city searching for the “unknown” special carp that inhabit its waterways. Alfie talks about his childhood and how he learnt his craft under the guidance of his dad and uncle.
Alfie talks about his time with Nash Tackle, which was his first break in the fishing industry at the age of just 13. From his early appearances on the Nash Tackle DVD’s to filming Urban Banx 9 with Alan Blair. He talks through his love for urban fishing and how he is thankful for his time with Nash before he moved onto work with ESP more recently. Alfie also talks about the nature of the London urban big carp scene and how due to respect for his fellow anglers, he keeps locations unnamed as he talks about them in the rest of the podcast.
Alfie talks through his campaign on “The Park” which was the place that elevated his standing in the carp community where he managed to capture both a 40lb+ common and a 40lb+ mirror from the venue. As if this wasn’t impressive enough at the time, he was only a teenager and there was no previous record of capture for both these fish.
Next it was onto “The Forest” where Alfie pitted his skills in pursuit of a huge mirror in a silty old lake. Changing tactics, prebaiting and observing he quarry all led to him ending his time on the venue with his target which was another 40lb+ fish in his arms.
In more recent times Alfie talks about the capture of an epic looking canal 30lb+ linear. The stretch in question is certainly not for the feint hearted with a few scary episodes with the locals and more than one or two considerations in terms of his own personal safety whilst out fishing the canal. Alfie talks through his approach in terms of rigs and baiting and hints to a future video about his campaign on here to be released by ESP.
Finally, Alfie shares an insight into him, his struggles with anxiety, his love for his family and his ambitions and hopes for the future as he launches a hookbait rolling business. He also covers his love for other species namely perch and barbel proving that he’s an incredible all-round angler with truly a wise old fishing head on his young shoulders. There’s one thing for sure there’s more than a few gems of wisdom that will have you thinking about targeting your own urban uncaught carp.
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Really decent podcast. Old head on young shoulders here & nice to hear someone talking in a proper accent too 👍🏻 tight lines Alf
Cant beat perch fishing. I have had them to 4lb 2oz on the GUC yrs ago. Really liked fishing for them. Just got some swing tops to get back at it up north this yr. Always liked Alfie's style of fishing.
Simply brilliant... enjoying every minute of it...Alfie is one of my heroes , when I was deciding to come back to carp fishing again...well done!!!
What a lad! Well done Alfie 👏👏
I really enjoyed this, thank you.
Very useful..thanks..❤
Amazing well done 👏
Great listen guys! :)
Quality podcast as always gents 👍go on the boy 💎🎣
This lad is worth the watch ✅🔥
Well done guys
Great podcast 👏👌👍
Legend in the makeing
Legend 🙌
love it
Good one ✌
Good luck to you young man. Send the old tractor builder a pot of ya hook baits when your up and running.
My brother 💙🎣
I have a barbel in my pond eats off the top with the koi
Boys got mega talent👍👍
Top lad 👍👊
What strech of the river Lee holds some carp mate?
Need to get him back on #legend
What a guy he is
My mrs just said “Hassan love the hair shame about the massive nose 👃” 🙄😂😂😂
Alfie is mega. Could listen to him all day.
Hearing these two talk about perch (and gudgeon!) fishing was so good. It's a shame Nash have completely cut ties with anything that isn't carp fishing. Looking at the numbers on the old crucian, tench and barbel videos Nash put out, it's interesting because they did good numbers so there's clearly some sort of market.
I understand Nash make carp fishing products and need to sell product to survive, and they use the excellent videos they produce as commercials for said product. But I'd feel a lot more connection and investment to the brand if they were to put out the odd non-carp video to show us that it's not all about the money and there's still some love in the sport.
Nice lad
Top geeza
He talk about people ruining spots what about the red mirror bait that out for a video
Alf should write a book
11:12 for the start
Get on sonning Alfie big bit of water that 😉
Dont skip leg day
Sad thing about carp fishing especially some of the new breed that has come into the sport in recent years. they want to catch off of other people's back there's no respect in fishing. and they don't give a damn too many selfish anglers out there who want to ruin what you prepped up. and they love littering seen it too often. I've done a lot of urban fishing when I lived in London on the Thames tidal non-tidal Park Lakes more than a decade ago. I've had people looking for me even people pretending they know me through friends of mine to get information all sorts people travelling miles up and down the river looking for me wanting to know where I am fishing from cos I had some big hits. one particular spot was being finished by Noddy's using 12-lb line trying to cost 90 yards with PVA bag with 4oz leads with no shot leaders and they were constantly cracking off with there maggots in there PVA bags that would land on people's boats police turned up with the Threat that the area could get shut down and a lot of these were just littering the place not just with their lines but with rubbish on towpaths riverbanks Park Lakes you name it etc. good podcast keep it real and keep it secret it's the best way. What people don't know can't get ruined
I do like young Alfie.. no denying he's sharp but... made a name for himself publicising his captures from London waters then has a little moan about how there's other anglers poking about now.. you can't have ya cake and eat it Alfie boy.
He talks about untouched waters within London. He’s the clown that posts it all over social media 🤣. Kid needs to give his head a shake
🙄 don't be bitter Jeff, just go catch them!
This "kid" is not a clown. You however....
Never trust a bloke that where’s thong flip flops 🩴 got too be someone better too interview the guests
Comes across with a bad attitude to other anglers, doesn’t like people fishing where he fishes lol buy your own lake then, not going to sell much bait to other people when you’re against anglers