Pole Fishing for Roach on the Aire & Calder Canal

This week I return to the Aire & Calder canal at Pollington for a match fishing practice session.
The main plan of attack is to go pole fishing for roach however I also employ feeder fishing tactics at the start in search of a bonus bream.
Bait wise I plan to go caster fishing for roach however I take a selection of other baits including hemp and tares and Fjuka baits neons.
The Aire and Calder is deep canal fishing and the depths here are approximately 10ft in the channel. It can flow quite hard at times so feeding strategy is vitally important to get the best out of the peg.
Watch on to view my Aire & Calder canal fishing tactics, caster fishing for roach on the pole.
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Until next time...
TIGHT LINES!

[@simonchaddock3694]

Thanks for the advice john

[@Scottsalchemy]

Cracking session mate, up the Fjuka lol, nice bag of Roach that was

[@adrianfisher5906]

Well done John, one of those sessions i didn't want to end, really enjoyed it mate, cheers

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Oh that's really nice to know Adrian, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I often worry I make my videos too long, but I guess those who don't want to watch will just skip forward or switch off. I like to explain everything that happens in the day and getting them under an hour takes a lot of editing from several hours if footage. Thanks for watching and tight lines pal. 👍🎣

[@neilmurphy9926]

Your videos are dapper mate, all the graft behind the scenes as well as the fishing banging Jon👍

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Neil, I try my best mate 😉

[@kevinhanson9173]

Fantastic days fishing mate,on the day you can’t beat a bit of canal fishing 👍

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

It's great on there, really looking forward to match day and giving it my best.

[@keithknowles1700]

Good video John, really enjoyed that, will have to give it a go (very) soon.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Keith, glad you enjoyed it mate. Get yourself there but don't go this weekend it's matched out.

[@mikepattinson3285]

Nice video John. Love days like that.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Mike, it's lovely fishing, just perfect bites on the pole, so readable and mostly easy to hit, makes a welcome change after a hard year. 😀

[@philipmansell7639]

Great video John,nice stamp of roach

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks for watching Philip, tight lines pal 🎣

[@andy_plainvillelakeyorkbak2828]

Very nice vlog John thought the old red eyes we're extinct. Ha. Good weights and lovely autumn fish. 🎣👍

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

It's great to see them back Andy, it's absolutely teaming there, we fished it last December and had a great day then as well. I'll be speeding up on match day and making a few subtle changes to the approach.

[@JBW678]

Great vid mate. It was a good day, really enjoyed it. Looking forward to Sat.😊😊

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Me too mate. I was down yesterday and got some of those crocs out 😉

[@JBW678]

Yeah saw the pics. Quality pal! 👍🏻

[@stevesc1548]

Another good watch mate cheers 👍

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks for watching Steve, you're welcome bud. 👍

[@davidwood2613]

Well Good old Rod smashed it with 12lb + any pike he caught. Gotta be one of your best productive episodes John mate.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

He smashed us up mate 🤣

[@gloriajakeman1763]

what a venue john, enjoyable day and great vid. stick with caster, you wont be far away. good luck.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Gloria, I'll be making a few changes for match day but I intend to stick with the caster.

[@pnico3775]

That's better John you know the fish are there you've got every chance in the match just have a bit more belief you'll be fine. It's worth taking the time to practice you had a lovely net of roach good luck on the match John .

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Nico, I'll be going for it on match day, some good anglers in the club so it won't be easy as they'll all be upping their game but it's nice just to catch a lovely net of roach. 👍

[@riverfossfishing]

Nice one, good to see some roach coming out. One of the best fish!

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Ewan, I love catching bags of roach at this time of year. Hope this helps your subs count a bit, 😉👍

[@riverfossfishing]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel that's great massive thanks!

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

@@riverfossfishing you're welcome bud. 👍

[@alycidon12]

John...Another great vid pal...you made em have it this sesh mate!!!!!!!! cracking day splodging Keep em coming tight lines IAN

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Ian. Still haven't been on the Wharfe yet this year, hopefully will in the next couple of weeks or so. 🎣👍

[@alycidon12]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel John you must make time to visit 1 of the better waters in UK, wish i knew when you were going and would make trip from Sheffield just to shake your hand pal

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

@@alycidon12 ah that's really nice Ian, thanks. Don't know when it will be myself yet, but it's fairly local to me. I must dig out some of my old photos of when I used to fish there quite a bit in my 20s.

[@derekbatey1501]

Enjoyable watch, good nets of fish, well done John

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Derek, hoping to double my weight this weekend.

[@derekbatey1501]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel Going to the same place?? Good luck

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

@@derekbatey1501Bandits match there on Saturday.

[@derekbatey1501]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel Tight lines mate , nice looking venue

[@stephenbell8815]

Good catch sir, nice work. A&C can be so hit and miss.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Stephen, hope you get back there soon and have a bagful next time 👍🎣

[@neilmurphy9926]

The cannel at the bottom of the lane I live on has shoals of bream and big roach chub ,grand Union in knowle Solihull,great video btw👍keep em comming

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Neil. Grand Union sounds good, I've never fished that one, bit of a trek for me but who knows we may end up fishing the WICAC there one year.

[@neilmurphy9926]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel I had 26lb of bream just before the bridge just before knowle locks all on pellet 👍

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

That's a nice days fishing by anyone's standards. Well done. 👍🎣

[@anthonyfelstead6505]

Is that a new pole John good video mate

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

No mate it's a few years old now, Daiwa ZR5. The match winner C5 is probably equivalent to it now.

[@anthonylong6403]

Excellent video and production, thanks very much.. Did you get back to the venue for a pike session and if so how did you fare? Would love to see you deliver a pike session on one of our Yorkshire canals!

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks Anthony, I did get back and the video will be out on Monday. If you go on the community tab on my channel page, there's a picture of me with one of the pike I caught.

[@anthonylong6403]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel Thanks very much John. Beautifully marked fish! Subscribed!

[@jorvikangler]

Always seems to be plenty of roach down there. Once saw somebody take 10lb of roach, below the bridge, on stick float and sweetcorn.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

It flows a lot harder on the narrows below the bridge. Stick float would no doubt work well there though I'd probably use the bolo.

[@jorvikangler]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel It's about 2/3 the width there. He said it was better than feeder for those, like him, that don't pole fish.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Yes I think they like the bait wafted up in front of their noses, hence although I was holding back I was letting the current lift the bait in the flow below the olivette and that was the reason I raised the olivette up later in the day to allow it to rise a little more when the fish came up in the water.

[@MarkBagger]

Great vid mate, just wanted to know what reel you were using on the tip please. Cheers and keep up the good work 👍

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

It's an old Shimano Exage 2500, you can't buy then now but its been a quality reel. If I had to buy another now it'd be the Shimano Stradic GTM...I have one in the 3000 version, effectively the same thing just in white, you can get them in 2500 body size.

[@MarkBagger]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel Thanks for reply I will have a look. Reason I asked is because I'm a bit old school but not too much lol. I do prefer a rear drag mate. 👍

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

I like rear drag as well and both the Exage and Stradic have the 'fighting drag' lever which allows quick adjustments, they're the perfect design. Modern feeder reeks have much bigger spools but even in my 3000 with my 12ft rod I can throw a feeder 60m. I rarely go that far unless fishing a reservoir and then I'll use my viper fd850. I prefer compact reels as I think they balance with modern super light rods better.

[@richardwalker4220]

Great video mate! Knowing u got a match coming up on the same canal do u think u cud of hit 10lb in weight if u had done certain things different?

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Yes quite easily. I took a fair bit of time out from fishing as well so probably lost a good hour in the day chatting and going back to the van. I know what I'll be doing differently. Wait for the match coverage video. I'm aiming for 15+ lb

[@richardwalker4220]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel Game on fella!

[@essexphoenix]

With the boats being there would it be worth trying punch ? Would have thought with the temp drop and with water getting clearer

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

I'm fairly certain you'd catch on it, only downsides I see being that as it's white, it makes the prey fish more visible to the pike which are everywhere so they may be more spooky, it's not a great bait for keeping on the hook in deep water and it removes the chance of catching any bonus perch.

[@stegee1]

can you get day tickets for that stretch or is it club water?

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Yes you can, all info can be found here: www.bacjcccanalfishing.co.uk/

[@simonchaddock3694]

What pole do you use mate is it a daiwaz4

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Hi Simon it's a Daiwa ZR5

[@simonchaddock3694]

Is it a nice pole im thinking of getting a new one the matrix ones look good

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

It's brilliant mate, honestly I've tried the top end ones and there's very little difference particularly up to 13m. I have picked up a couple of complete ZR5s for spares for around £300 each, you can't buy a section for that for some poles. Daiwa guarantee spares for at least 5 years and then you can get hold of them well beyond that. The ZR5 is actually lighter than an Airity. I won't entertain any other pole manufacturer than Daiwa now as spares support for other brand poles is usually poor. The new Daiwa Matchwinner C5 would be my choice if I was buying new...value for money.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Most welcome Simon

[@danielwatson3239]

Why 11mts when you catch at 7 or on stick float you baffle your self