Live MATCH Fishing - River AIRE Chapel Haddlesey - Northern River Masters

Another episode and another day match fishing in the Northern River Masters qualifiers, this week sees me fishing on the Leeds & District ASA section of the River Aire at Chapel Haddlesey.
The weather in the preceding week had been dull and overcast but, on match day this all changed with bright skies and blazing sun I felt that the best approach would be bolo fishing for roach on this deep river.
As ever you can't ignore the outside chance of catching bream and therefore feeder fishing for bream would also feature in my opening gambit.
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Until next time...
TIGHT LINES!

[@Zola57]

Fishing is tranquility. Total bliss m8.

[@robertmedzai8163]

Well done JOHN , I honestly think you did what you could and tried hard , keep it up mate.

[@martinsereika1298]

Great upload again buddy 👍🏻👍🏻

[@andycunnington6300]

Great vid and great that you spelt and pronounced haddlesey correctly! Most visitor's wrongly pronounce it addersley.. 🙉

[@karlrance7669]

love your vids john im a club angler myself and due to covid not venturing out further keep them coming thanks

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Glad you're enjoying them Karl and managing to do a bit yourself. I've got plenty more matches to go at this year then I might finally get a bit of pleasure fishing in and target some species.

[@FishingWithDamon]

Awesome video I appreciate learning from your videos everytime and that is what I enjoy the most as a very young angler and KZbinr so being able too learn something everytime is just amazing 👍

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

That's great to know that I'm able to pass on some of my knowledge and experiences to a younger generation.

[@JBW678]

Great vid pal. Unlucky on the result. Picture quality is pristine on the vids 👍🏻

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks John. The picture always looks great when there's a bit of sun out, action cams don't really like low light as the sensors are quite small in them👍

[@philwilkinson5480]

Unlucky John really hard going at times, some disappointing weights in some zones. Good luck in rest of qualifiers.🎣

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Yes Phil, I think I was drawn in a difficult area, just got to make the most of what you get though. I quite fancy going back for a pleasure session though, a couple more weeks and the roach should be shoaling up.

[@adamstoneangling3411]

Unlucky mate, very tricky fishing, you did well to get what you did, a few more skimmers and you’d be there

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Cheers mate, I just needed to stay on and fish into the dark🤣🔥

[@Yorkie83]

Well done pal, looked busy

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Cheers bud, 48 fished matey.

[@jodidewhirst1211]

hi john ,another fantastic vid , lovely day as well at least ,if needed i will buy you a cider or theakston bb . side note ,saw name trevor rhymer is that one of the rhymer brothers from leeds kid .andy rhymer is about 63 years old . stan in sunny california .

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

They do a lovely cider in the King's Arms at Beal...cold river it's called, me n JK stopped in for one after a hot practice session at Beal, but there was no point me heading back there this week. Sorry I don't know the gents in question but it probably is, most of the lads fishing have been around the circuit forever.

[@pmay222]

beautiful day...lovely looking river.. no ducks or boats.... looked a nice day out that.... i find this kinda match where ya gotta work for it MUCH more mentally stimulating than say just hanging F1's on elastic all day.. .. .. . why you no try feeder on your bolo line..? anyway nice enjoyable vid..

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

I didn't throw the feeder on the bolo line as it seemed quite weedy and I was using my 13ft rod, despite it maybe not looking like it on camera, the bolo line was much closer to me than the feeder and it would have been an awkward chuck with that long rod. I was really rushed in the morning so didn't have time to setup any extra rods. Glad you enjoyed it anyway and yes the day was lovely if not ideal fishing conditions.

[@jodidewhirst1211]

hi john , been in minnesota for a month caught a few bass , odd northern pike ,blue gill and a bow fish known also as a dogfish a pre historic fish .missing your fishing vids hope every thing is okay with you john . stan in sunny california.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Hi Stan, sorry meant to respond sooner, was just busy with work and getting this week's video edited. I posted an update, I was basically banned from filming on the A&C and was on there for a month of weekends practicing for the water Industry champs. We got 4th place team (out of 20) and the last trophy position so it paid off but we were well beat by the environment agency Yorkshire lads. It fished really hard and I didn't have a bite for the first 2hrs 45m but came good with 7 skimmers on the tip to secure some solid points. Anyway sounds like you had a nice trip to Minnesota. As for the bow fish, I once came face to face with one of those I think in Cancun Mexico. Went snorkeling and fell in the edge with my flippers on and there it was, sat in the seaweed staring right in my mask... I've never jumped out so quick .... absolute calamity trying to run in flippers,if only you'd seen me 🤣

[@martinsereika1298]

Ive even moulded my groundbait around a pebble before to get it down in those depths at Beal and birkin.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Yes adding stones gravel or oyster shell is an option though something I only really employ when fishing bread. Molehill soil or Terre de Somme add real weight. Damp leam is a funny thing, it will add weight but break the groundbait up. Adding a bit of grey leam will help bind the groundbait but all of the above reduce the food content which is fine when the first frosts hit but as it was warm I wanted to make sure they had some feed.

[@Scottsoutdoorchannel]

Looked like a tough day mate, don't think you could've done any differently really....onto the next one.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Just grabbing a breakfast then on my way to Ripon for the draw 😉

[@martinsereika1298]

Hiya John when it's deep like that on the aire I noticed you said your groundbait was 50/50. Would you ever incorporate some damp leam or pv1 binder to get the bait down?.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Yes absolutely, but as there was little flow and the groundbait bound together well, I didn't feel the need for it on this occasion.

[@pnico3775]

A couple of descent fish would have made all the difference m8 I really feel for you just keep the faith your luck will change .

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Yeah, just can't seem to find those few extra ounces at the moment but at least I'm knocking on the door - it was a decent weight considering the weights either side of me for a few pegs each way, obviously a difficult area on the day.

[@briandonaghy9075]

It’s a great pity that the inside line for the whip didn’t produce. It looked the part for a few fish. But unlucky, be on time next match!!!😂

[@leafysfishing]

subbed 👍.. just gonna start fishing the aire myself. Do you know if there's any chub or trout or much else in the river section just out of leeds town.. I mean the stretch that goes from royal armouries to thwaite Mills? Any info welcome. Thanks ps.. how long is a match? All the best.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Definitely some chub and barbel down at Thwaite's. The town centre around the dark arches seems to be the hotspot for pretty much anything. Go on the river Aire Facebook group, facebook.com/groups/476067725803138/?ref=share

[@leafysfishing]

@@HOOKEDFishingChannel thanks 👍

[@redorwhitemag3565]

unlucky john another hour on feeder and you would of got the section pal great vids keep em cumin

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Thanks👍 Yes just needed one quality fish - not sure they were there though or the big ones weren't prepared to have a chew in the bright sunshine. 🤷‍♂️

[@clivecottingham2043]

Could have done with the bream coming a bit earlier John.Don’t think you could have got much more out of that peg.well done.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

You're right Clive, I think I did well to tempt some skimmers in, maybe if the day had been more overcast a bigger bream would have turned up for me. Thanks mate 👍

[@mikepattinson3285]

Unlucky John, hindsight is great but wasting time on float (bolo& whip) probably cost you. Considering camera problems another good video.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Yes probably but I honestly didn't think the feeder was going to fish that well given the conditions. I didn't give the whip long - 10 mins max, bolo, maybe an hour in total. I had a spell on the feeder where I couldn't hit the bites, so what do you do - try another method or make a change to the setup - tried another method then went back on the feeder and slightly reduced the hooklength - it was the trade between connecting with bites and maybe getting less bites by fishing so close to the feeder - decisions, decisions...if only we had a crystal ball 😉

[@mikepattinson3285]

John. Had a similar situation in our float only match on Sunday. Fishing a waggler at 40m missing bites on single & double maggot, pieces of worm so switched to 3 reds on a 16 and never missed anotner bite, finished up with 7lb7oz for second 1 ounce behind the winner.

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

Drives me mad when I start Catching perch here on the fens. It usually means the river has switched off for silvers.

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Yes it usually spells the death knell. I think the skimmers were starting to muscle them out but the bright conditions meant the wary bigger break were reluctant to feed, I bet if I’d stayed on into the evening they’d have turned up!

[@tonyrobinson3808]

another hard one eh

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

They're all hard Tony, fish don't like matches 😂

[@leahmay1011]

Many chub get caught from that section

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Really? There weren't any out in the match that day.

[@darrenbrewster3345]

Unlucky john

[@HOOKEDFishingChannel]

Maybe next time Darren 🤷‍♂️