Pocket Pen Rod Catches BIG Fish! (UL Session Gone Wrong)

Out fishing with a pocket pen rod you can buy for a few quid from ebay or amazon. I go out in search of some fish with ultra light lures on the river / creek. Nothing seemed to go right, but then the big fish decided to play ball!

[@phil3038]

That battle with the Barbel was epic, had my heart in my mouth when you noticed the line getting shredded, Had to fistpump the air when you finally had it on the bank, was well happy for you. Just to say my 14 year old son also is a big fan. Your videos help teach its skill and perseverance that catch fish, not exspensive tackle and overpriced baits. We have both emulated your tactics on the local streams , keeps mobile, uses tiny spinners and drop shooting to catch anything that swims. So much more fun than sitting behind bite alarms in a man made pond

[@Deathst4lker]

Superb session Chris ! I wish things went like that for me when I have a day filled with mishaps !! Love it ! 'Things work out for the best for those who make the best of the way things work out!'

[@cheza7061]

Amazing👏👏👏 I really did think the line or the rod would snap before you landed that barble. A fine bit of fishing, credit to you!!!🎣😎

[@rohzpopper4922]

Rod is good

[@clivedavies3]

That's what I like you use your experiance and knowledge and catch great fish without all the mod cons, keep up the good work.

[@BUSTERy]

Been stuck at the house this past month or so.(back pain issues) Been watching and living through your vids, thanks for doing what you do. You KZbin guys are stopping me from going too mental on pain meds! lol

[@kemalhussein6106]

I am not sure how i missed watching this totally brilliant video until now! I do feel like an even worse angler than before Chris so thanks for that because if you can catch Chub & Barbel on gear and bait like that jesus mate! What an amazing effort ...that's a Drennan Weekly Cup winner for me!!

[@paulbillingham4594]

Your smile says it all. Fishing need not be expensive or complicated. My wife has just bought me one of these rods and cant wait to use it. Have used a whip bought from Aliexpress for £6 and caught Rudd to 2 pounds as well as big perch and even a small Carp. I sit around a club water with blokes with thousands of pounds of gear and they don't seem to catch as much. Thank you for posting its a smashing video and nice to see the joy of Angling

This lake is incredible, your fishing was very good, with beautiful fish, CONGRATULATIONS you are a great fisherman. Hug!!!👍🎣😉

[@Casp986]

Love it! Forget about spending thousands on over priced super tackle, forget about over stocked commercial ponds and lakes,..keep it simple and have fun! Love the forgotten streams,rivers and canals! Subscribed!👍

[@lesbaty8919]

Brilliant, I don’t know how you do it but you do, well done and great video 👏👏👏👏👍👍

[@terrycousins3015]

Great video,love this sort of fishing on streams and small rivers.

[@jameshealey3425]

It's a good job you filmed this. Cos if anyone tried to tell me the story of this fishing session I'd laugh them out of the room. 🤣 Brilliant, thank you for sharing mate. 👍

[@cplatter38]

That was a great session! Let's see... what ELSE can go wrong! Way to persevere!!

[@johnloxley8705]

Crackin video.... even our lass laughed when ya reel fell off 😂😂... well done yet again buddy 🎣🎣👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@tangosettb]

A most extraordinary fishing video. Blackberry bait catching chunky chub and that barble at the end as the rod was falling apart was epic.

[@leegrant1800]

My wife has just said you are flying low

[@richvick]

Possibly the funniest fishing video I have ever watched 😂😂😂

[@nickmajor2547]

Mate. Not all Superheroes wear capes. You sir are frickin awesome 👏

[@Jakeos2]

The reel flying off killed me! Deffo had this happen far too many times! Thanks for making lockdown bearable!

[@csuzlimania9922]

Holy ..., Awesome video. Enjoyed every moment Thanks for sharing

[@r33ouch33]

Brilliant vid as always. Join us next week, when Chris catches a Sturgeon using a crab line 😄

[@nodiggity9472]

I caught a 12lb Conger on a Crab line, off Weston Super Mare Pier when I was a kid.

[@robbo6677]

@@nodiggity9472 that's so cool!!

[@hanzelman1963]

Great catch, and what a awesome drill, good job mate 👍👍

[@nicomeier8098]

I love you caught those fish using natural bait, i.e. things that fall in the water regularly so the fish are used to eating them. Love your vids, pls keep it up!

[@tiziocaio1670]

Wow, wonderful fish complimnts from Italy!

[@chriswarby1001]

Fantastic video natural baits are my favourite and hand dig those worms awesome 👌

[@user-nl7vz4wt3t]

Brilliant Chris. I was cringing for most of it but glad that barbel got landed. Why not (with normal rod set up) just turn up on the bank and forage for baits and do a show! That would be brilliant!😉👍

[@claudedevries8642]

Agree with that 100%

[@ColbyG97]

Mate them rods are brilliant me and my dad take them everywhere even caught barbel on it

[@fraserwood8327]

We’re do u buy them

[@Tin_Town]

@@fraserwood8327 eBay or amazon

[@adriancartwright3294]

Chris totally unreal bud, just goes to show it's the angler and his skills that catch the fish and not ££££ of gear he uses. Keep em coming 👍🎣

[@jamesrussel1133]

Spot on Adrian. I can’t do that little jig flicking technique, that’s what gets so many bites, not the gear!!

[@Vissenbijdewaterkant]

Great video and great drill of the barbel!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cliveeariss880]

Wow increcible, fantastic job mate, well done loved this, hey nearly spilt my coffee, tight lines.

[@joshtarrant1898]

The ginger fisherman shows you ways of fishing you’ve never seen before, I can’t even catch a barbel on pro setups, this guy has weak split line a weak ass pen rod the fkin reel is falling off 😂 and he catches a barbel 😂 the content in this video is just immense

[@dantecarp]

Dito yo

[@tommylee8064]

The waters you fish ain’t no good then bruva

[@rohzpopper4922]

Reel is to big. There'll foot broken.

[@DbaldetToShuffle]

Actually not that hard to get barbel on lures in such waters. Around April to May I get them regularly on small hardbaits and softplastics in my river. Sometimes even sight casting.

[@weeevilswine]

It’s definitely all about the waters you have near you

[@nani100605]

Now is the best time to catch sea trout and salmon. The season is not long over, and you are fishing for barbel and chub. Nice film.

[@ecklestone8736]

I love your video's 👍🏻👍🏻 Very nice👍🏻👍🏻

[@carpscan]

Very enjoyable, proper fishing

[@mistermoonster]

I think I actually stopped breathing while you were playing that barbel. 😂

[@stevej1818]

That chalk stream looks amazing

[@petercalthorpe7966]

Great video Chris and the fish were awesome, the sound was awful half way through , dump the Crocs .😂😂😂😂😂😂. Stay safe mate all the best from Downunder 👍

[@yorkshirecoastadventures1657]

Just bought one of these,at a carboot sale,along with two other mini rods for £6. Thanks for the inspiration and finding out on my behalf that the reel seat doesnt fit a regular reel. I think the two other rods are for Ice fishing but no idea what they would be doing at Lebberston carboot.

[@blkfshrtv4926]

That is an awesome spot. The waters here are similar to where you are. I think I may try a fly and see how it does.

[@KreachaOfficial]

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[@want2dropout]

Absolutely brilliant Chris. Goes to show you don't need to be a tackle tart to have fun and catch fish. Whatever next ?

[@emmabown9751]

Tackle tart! 🤣🤣

[@GOLD-TOOTH-ANGLER]

What a legend ...... proper bear grills fishing awesome 👏

[@chaiyoteegroup]

This place looks so refreshing and those water soo clear.

[@jamesdoyle3885]

Never thought berries were so irrisistable to the chub. Then a great barbel on the pen rod testing you to the limits. I was buzzing watching this lol

[@sovaine]

Fking hilarious when that reel went straight in, great video as usual though 😊.

[@iangibson8997]

An essential piece of kit for those emergency repairs and lash ups - a roll of PVC adhesive tape. Weighs nothing and takes up no space.

[@teckelshuntingandgoldfinch108]

Carry on fishing 😂 Top class video

[@PoodooDdoo4U]

Cool video even though I could only understand half the audio. Was fun watching the fish being caught. I bought a few higher end pen rods to work into my camping packs. Been fishing for almost 30 years and the potential of those pen rods, with the right line, and a couple upgraded reels on two of them, is absolutely astounding. I'm impressed every time I use them. Biggest I cought on a pen rod so far is a Striper Bass about 7.3lbs. so much fun.

[@nickgraney2119]

Another good session, bet your glad you didn't give up at the first hurdle Chris, your perseverance paid off in the end. Good video, shame the sound quality wasn't up to your usual, loves the foraging for baits near the end, that would make a great session in itself for another time. P.s. when the next forgotten pond session???

[@MrTim207]

Impressive stuff mate

[@russtatt]

All credit to you for experimenting Chris. Well done mate.

[@tonyashton780]

Cracking session given the Heath Robinson kit!, the boy done good!!!, quick cheap fix Chris get an old inner tube cut two pieces off that will go around reel seat and rod get two small jubilee clips put them over tighten em up don't go mad, snip off any excess couple of turns of electricians tape, job done rod and reel ready and together. Really enjoyed this one buddy. Any loose fixings on rod drop of superglue. Take care. Tony

[@dannyboy7386]

I doubt he packed inner tube, electrical tape and jubilee clips mate lol

[@tonyashton780]

@@dannyboy7386 lol for when he gets home!

[@Bootsangler]

Great Catch !

[@simoncromwellagar4777]

I have 2 pen rods, I've caught pike to 4 - 6lb on them, some perch as well using small lime green lures.

[@chrisclark4100]

Literally SCREAMING at you to tie that reel on all video

[@jonah1820]

From the reviews of these I thought even a neon tetra could break the rod but if you could pick up the fish that you did then they can’t be bad

[@lukelee309]

Bravo my friend Bravo very well done

[@indiana146]

Great play

[@philbradley4278]

Well done lovely Barble

[@user-uc2df6pp7t]

Cool river Bro!))))

[@JungleOldSkooler]

If I saw a man with crocs, wet shorts with broken zipper, digging holes to catch worms and then stick them into his pockets, with cheap pen rod with "modified" reel to fit... I would have questions.

[@MindCatcherFishing]

That was well and truelly amazing !! Awesome barbel on such a joke of a rod , Who says you need top tackle to catch big fish .

[@MrStylemed]

Well done!

[@gilfchef1]

Mate, that was mint! Take a bow Son! :)

[@tinker5349]

Good days fishing, I should make another fishing video on my next trip. Tight lines lol

[@fishypie]

i was fishing the severn last week for 4 days camping, crap just bits and eels at night, stourport

[@seniorelzappo9919]

always keep gaffa tape in the truck ..

[@ajeetkanda8410]

Very happy with this rod. Throws a 3 or 4 ounce sinker and rig easily for my surf perch fishing

[@PatrickWhitaker-ls2cs]

Note to Chris, Pack some cable ties, they fix anything. Fantastic result tho' top marks

[@pgruszewski]

Against all odds... That looked like fun, still.

[@Flow_State1991]

Great catch. Its days like this that keeps us going.

[@joncampbell3641]

Well done! Overcoming adversity. And you’ll never forget that barbel!

[@bobby6517]

New subscriber great vid

[@Casp986]

Are these the Aluminium pen rods? Also what length did you buy? Thanks for the great videos,love them!!

[@jayhow997]

100 yards of line in your hand and you couldn't spare 3ft to lash the reel to the rod 😜

[@albiewilliams6830]

Cracking video and just a thought maybe you should of used some line to tie the reel on

[@rohzpopper4922]

I taped all my reels with electrical tape to prevent movements. Some are permanent lock with heat shrink handle

[@rinuscoetzee3918]

You must go pike fishing with it! But really awesome video!

[@ceesvanderschoot9799]

Lol I,ve caught 9 Seabass with a broken rod handle so had too hand reel them in , the fishing went so well that I rufused too stop !!!!

[@matthieuthibaudeau2685]

wow this barble is just freakin amazing wtf

[@Rhodietoo]

Mine came with a rubbish multipyer reel which doesn't cast, so will be buying a better mini reel when I next visit the tackle shop.

[@fishinmalarkey9830]

Love the dedicated butchery on the poor abu. Quality mate Keep it up, my heart was in my throat when you hooked that barble! Edit... I always carry a small roll of gorilla tape with me. Believe it or not, once my penn 525 multi came off my kompressor beach caster cos the coasters snapped. Bit G tape, boom landing double figure rays and the reel was more solid than before. Sorry had to share that useless bit of info 😅

[@andythomson1011]

Awesome simply awesome.

[@kotwica-wedkarstwospinning4773]

I from poland and i dont understand anything bat i like your chanel

[@armageddonit1884]

I have one of these myself and I was thinking how the hell did he get his reel to fit the rod? I cut the sides down.. it fell off, I Cable tied it on, the cable ties slipped.. it fell off. After loosing my patience with it I went back to the original crappy reel. I used a tiny ledger setup. I caught perch, bream and a jack pike. Anything on these rods feels like a monster. Great fun!

[@wilmawife]

I have a couple of baitcaster combo pen rods and have had bass to 4lb

[@jasmijnariel]

How many times did you watched that broken zipper? 🤣😬

[@wallyjumblatt]

That river has to be one of the most productive in England.

[@whatnow3134]

Should of tied the reel on with some fishing line. Still a banging vid showing all the paid anglers up. Well done pal

[@carpmma5132]

I bought a 30 quid telescopic rod and reel and had carp in the doubles on it surprisingly strong

[@scottscott9831]

Chris, have you already done a video of the jigfly

[@jamesarcher8512]

To keep your reel on use 2 jubilee clips works great just make sure you have a Screwdriver with you lol

[@jimmydeanbiddle9138]

Well that's sold me that rod catching a barbell

[@harrihiltunen3126]

good fish ultra light fishing....

[@harley419]

Well done

[@niteshade295]

I Got Two Of Those Rods For The Grand Kids And I Had To Use Zip Ties For The Rods They Are Good Fun To Kill A Couple Of Hours When I'm Board Don't Pull them Too Far Out And You're Fine LOL We Are Like Big Kids Sometimes

[@Ikigaifishing]

Hey! Great vídeo!! I want to try micro fishing where can I get micro lures like that

[@CraigRobinson1979]

AGM

[@Stan535d]

Man U catch more fish in 28mins than me for last 2 yrs gj mate

[@jasmijnariel]

Haha my record in the wild is 128fishes in 6hours 🤣

[@hazzardoutdoors]

Don't suppose you have any videos on how to make micro fly jigs?

[@dantecarp]

Good one g nuts x

[@Get_H00ked7]

"Not a bad fish for this tiny little pen rod" proceeds to land a barbel on it

[@jamesrussel1133]

I was splitting my sides laughing. Brilliant improvisation to catch some stunning fish. I hope you do your own washing though because blackberries and worms straight in the pocket sound like a recipe for divorce!! I had fun with one of those things too. I was actually trying to catch carp on one. You do need a tiny reel stem to fit inside the collars on the reel set. I think I hand to secure my reel with masking tape. But yeah the eyes are unlined, just chromed metal and you can’t get much use before they act like line cutters. Shame because the actual glass fibre in the rod is quite tough and you can apply some force with it as you found out with the barbel. Not much point in a dirt cheap rod if it trashes metres of line every time you use it. I somehow managed to land a carp on mine before one of the reel collars split, I could hardly land it for laughing so much. You should have tried the original reel. It’s like it’s made from jelly, everything bends, the reel stem, the body. At any second the bail arm could jump pop off. That adds to the excitement. But it is kinda a single use thing. You will have to show us how you tie those little jig lures, they worked great. With all the Otters about it’s nice to see you can still rove, fish light and catch from open waters and hidden unfenced ponds. Love it.