Fishing the tidal Dorset Stour

I took the cameras down to the tidal Dorset Stour this week in cold, but ideal in terms of colour and flow, conditions. I fished with a tiny 3.5 gram feeder, blended bread and flake on a size 10, getting the feeder to move through the swim, and after a slow start start contact a couple of good fish.
I go into this method in detail in my last roach book, Big Roach 2, which is available from calmproductions.com
Other gear: Team Daiwa 12ft quivertip rod, Shimano Stradic rear drag 2500 reel. Daiwa Sensor 4lb main line. Kamasan B611 size 10 hook.
The water is Ringwood DAA controlled with day tickets from local tackleshops.

[@terrycousins3015]

That’s the method I use on the Thames with success 👍

[@MarkWintleFishing]

It really is a cracking method. I've had some good catches on the Thames around Oxford using it, with roach to 1-8, silver bream over a pound, bream over 4lbs and chub to 5lbs. The Thames is better suited than the Stour in some ways as there seems to be less muck on the river bed than in the Stour. I'd get on the Thames more often but the distance has made it more difficult in recent years as it's a long old day.

[@blugroo]

Fished that very swim and had a Bream almost identical to that one on maggot and feeder a few weeks back- all went very quiet after two otters went through the swim

[@MarkWintleFishing]

There are a lot of bream throughout the lower Stour, anything from skimmers (not to be confused with silver bream) to fish over 8lbs.

[@Valeriun66]

Very interesting video Mark. I have tried a moving feeder like that a couple of times before on the Avon, with some success. Would you say that the method has any significant advantages over float fishing?

[@MarkWintleFishing]

In many cases floatfishing is better but there are times when this method will work in places where it's either very difficult to floatfish, the method offers feeding and presentation that is different to floatfishing, or conditions make it tricky (flow/depth/wind) etc. Just another string to your bow, so to speak.

[@maxinesmyth3183]

Hi Mark Great video this looks a very good method and obviously catches fish...can I just ask connecting the 8 inch of line to the hook length is that loop to loop or quick change swivel ?

[@MarkWintleFishing]

Loop to loop

[@a.michaelsen2389]

Fishing is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get (Forrest Gump)

[@MarkWintleFishing]

That area has produced many good match weights - I've won one match from that swim with a good catch of roach - I had my PB seatrout from that swim, and in the past I've also had lots of silver bream and some mullet. Certainly a swim for surprises - I also christened a new rod with a 6-4 chub from that spot - I was expecting dace!

[@brianreed1451]

was that Pony Fields Mark

[@MarkWintleFishing]

Opposite Bernard's Mead. Those bream are all the way from Quomps to Throop.