Thank you Geoff it was a great weekend 👍👍

Tried not to turn this video into an advert but in the end "IT IS" promoting this charity and those who commit and support it is absolutely fine with me really good fun and really nice chaps to spend time with thank you Adam 👍👍

LOL... Dave is such a good angler unlike me, but we get on well and its always such good fun fishing with him

Thanks Stephen the chaps did themselves proud and it was a great weekend too.

Thank you Chris, was good fun and some great chaps to fish with, and to have the Dave back is even better.

@@MaffTUK certainly was pal

I remember sending the mugs out Steve, i think I was working in Liverpool when i sent yours over glad you still have it, many of them broke up so yours and mine i think are the only ones left 😁😁

@MaffTUK don't worry m8 I only use at home so fingers cross it will be for many years to come m8 hope to see ya soon on you tube m8 all the best and tight lines

Great comment, I know exactly what you mean, hence this short video, thank you for taking the time to comment. And I'm glad it helped. Regards matt.

Hi Steve, many comments have said also, that the joy of fishing is more important than the catching (well.......most of the time LOL) folk like you and me totally get that 100%, sadly its not the same for all of us and those whom miss the bloody point of it all LOL👌👌

Thank you Chris, this comment is greatly appreciated, thank you very much, kind regards Matt 👍👍

HI Kev, firstly is that you cooky?...... if not, well, STAB! I was one of those as well LOL I Think you might be referring to either 1. at the start or 2 the beeped out bit Tench or 3. you just dont fish and if that is the case that could well be you cooky. which ever it is, let me know please 😁😁

@@MaffTUK ha ha no it’s not Cooky it’s Blackpool sparky kev, should probably have made that clear 😂 But no I don’t fish mate an haven’t done for many years, I was just watching because I was thinking about our early morning group port sessions in the block many years ago and remembered you do KZbin videos so I thought I’d stop by and say hello

That swan would not leave me alone, If i had fed it up you would understand, but what i think is going on here is the chap who fished this peg before me, probably also blanked and fed the swan so he had something to do all day LOL 🤣🤣

A smile is a good thing so thank you for that, regards Matt 😁

Hi Chris yep gave it my best shot , never mind though mate, all part of the fun.... see you soon at the bloggers match 👍👍

Hello Chris, I cant do it any other way, thank you for recognising that, it is very important to me. kind regards Maff👍

Thanks again for your comments Steven always appreciated bud, regards Matt 👍😁

Well to be fair I did open the book for folk to comment about it and you have, thank you for your comment regards Matt

Hello Terrance worst cough me and the missus have ever had and I really mean that, what a bleeding nightmare. as for the fishing... of course, if you don't work for it you don't feel like you've earned it. 👍👍

Thank you Ben from one veteran to another I hope I can keep you entertained. Just in case your wondering how I knew you were called Ben, I checked your channel to see if you had any uploads to watch.👍😁

Hello there the trouble with a sloppy spod mix is if you put it in a bait boat its all gone by the time it gets to your bait and you have a nice cloudy trail all the way to your zig.... BUT you would know that wouldn't you so im suprised you asked to be honest. I wish you were there with me perhaps you could have put me right. but thanks for your positive comment

Hell again, I have on these rods Fox 12000 XC and I really like them, yep dont like to dump a lead if i don't need to. regards Matt

when I was watching the vid back after the upload i had a moment when i thought "OH F@+K" ive got the works Van in the shot i hope hes got permission to use it for fishing!!! then i noticed your name on the side ... Your Van....all is cool....panic over.... Nice to have met you Leigh, regards Matt

Whats a hook? LOL you are now sounding like the missus apparently she says all i do is go camping next to lakes and feed fish.... The trouble is Rooster shes bleeding right!!!

Thank you Dan 👍

YES YES YES that is soooo true Steve " I just Ran Out Of Time " Love your outlook and perception of it all, could not agree more. including the hops Steve. Regards Matt👍

Exactly 😅🍺… enjoy your fishing mate and look forward to the next blog. All the best

Could not agree more Darren, ... here we go Im going to rant now LOL.....the pressure on the tackle and bait companies to almost tell you, you will catch a fish every time with either this bait or that tackle really distracts from the initial point of being their in the first place which is to enjoy yourself and the art of fishing....... A lot of that comes from companies not being 100% straight with the general public. many companies take months to make an episode of a carp session with pre baiting and lake owners giving them permission to do what they want when the general public cant! which means the video ends with multiple fish on camera giving the false illusion of day ticket fishing. I try not to over edit videos as i like the rough and ready approach to videos (make it more real in my eyes) but inevitably you have to cut content out these and professional chaps can cut it perfectly making it look so easy and less cumbersome again giving false impressions "The camera lies all the time" Its a shame folk forget or don't realize they (We) are getting duped most of the time as we are part of a multi million pound cash cow. don't get me wrong quality gear is quality gear and most of the time worth paying for, its just how these companies can give folk an unreal real world illusion of how it really is. Fortunately though there are folk like you and me and when we go fishing we can sit back relax and enjoy the moment, The fish are a bonus the rest of the time it is good for the mind.Thank you...Matt.

@@MaffTUK Perfectly put...the key word being illusion in their content. I dread to think the loads that some guys must be pushing round now with the buncum that some firms push...ovens...bankside power shower...water pump etc etc ...all of which seems to detract from the whole experience ..they DONT get it...simply going through the motions for an instagram update. ...Keep up the excellent REAL content, I, along with thousands of others prefer it to the bullshit out there👏👏👌

The chaps who fish it regularly were telling me its like a completely different lake now. I will go back to this one. And get back on glovers again.

@@MaffTUK nice one I'm hoping to get back on there a little bit later in the year 👍

"Crack off fishing" Great name BTW don't know a carper whom hasn't had one! Moving onto your question about the Bivvi, this is a AVID HQ 2MAN it is five years old now and at the time was an excellent bivvie 5 years ago i paid £500.00 for it. I clearly still use it because of the space inside ..... however since buying this bivvi they have changed so much with vertical walls creating maximum space inside using a lesser footprint which meant i am now unable to recommend this bivvie despite me loving it all sounds a bit bazar i know but now there are much bigger better bivvies out there now for the same cash. im sorry i cant be any mre help than that. kind regartds MaFF

@@MaffTUK Cheers for the reply maff and your advice if your ever fishing bluebell or the Cambridgeshire area and need a blanking partner I’m more than happy to join you . Thanks mate 👍

Thank you Joe 👍😁

Ducks swans and coots soon realise that those boats contain free food and they were also following the boat out as well. As for the free bait boat cleaning service. They were very good at it. There were two families of coots left and right of the swim and they were fighting each other all the time for any scraps of food the fell out of the boat or I dropped. Normally not a problem but at 430 in the morning at first light they were a proper pain in the butt.lol👍

@@MaffTUK lol

Love it! I'm going to call the channel Camping next to fishing lakes. That way I can't go wrong...... unless I forget my bivvi 😆

@@MaffTUK 😂🤣👍🏼