RAY WALTON - 'ANGLING ADVENTURES' with ANDY LITTLE - SKY SPORTS - ROLLING MEAT - HAMPSHIRE AVON

Some have probably seen this one as well. Another oldie nearly 20 years ago. Ray Walton and Andy Little rolling meat for barbel and chub on the Hampshire Avon. Conditions did look perfect in summer, but it was very sunny and hot. Not easy that day as the barbel tucked themselves up under the weed and we generally struggled. We could see a lot of fish but they didn't always play ball. Taken from an old VHS cassette and the quality is lower definition and not that good....1995

[@paulmerritt7516]

Fantastic never seen this before, absolutely wonderful.

[@karlgale2485]

RAY I don't know if you remember me but you taught me on the royalty along with loads of other anglers on the river at that time. I was a young lad back then coming across some of these videos has been an unbelievable nostalgia moment 😂 just wanted to say thank you so much for the time and patience you gave me back to say I appreciate it would be a huge understatement!

[@fohlivesound2794]

I Directed and shot this series - what a blast from the past! This was one in a series of 10 programmes which were produced independently and the rights licenced to Sky Sports. They were magical days, some of the best times I ever had on location. We wanted to keep it directly aimed at the fishing community at large, but make it a celebration of friendship & the outdoors too. We used entirely commercial music tracks to create the mood - the title track was recorded by Sound On Sound's Dave Etheridge at his Herefordshire studio. The editing was done in Birmingham. Crew that day were Andy on sound (specialist skill - he could bring forth herds of cows at any moment with his uncanny repertoire of 'moos') - and James on camera assist (James now runs his own successful production company for whom I work fairly regularly). I lost touch with Andy Little, sadly. I had such respect for the man - there were no set-up shots or previously caught fish convenient for the camera, we stayed until we got what we needed, warts and all. He cost us days of location shooting!! Good times. Thanks Ray, for the nostalgia.

[@Straightshooterx71x]

Sounds great , love the outdoors, I bet theres a lot to filming the fishing.

[@andyrandall289]

amazing , love this comment :)

[@karlgale2485]

And just wondering if you have contact information for the bailiff of the time back then kevin would love to reach out to him and give a huge thanks as once again the time and effort you all gave me as a young lad means more to me than I can say.

[@karlgale2485]

Sorry dave not kevin. 😂

[@simonpaynter5027]

Awesome Well done Great stuff Great catch Great video That's looks like fun That's awesome Love ya work

[@DavidRedfearn]

Two great anglers 👍

[@deathfromabove592]

andy little. legend

[@stewartevans9753]

Not John Wilson 😊

[@shine9680]

where can i get a rod and reel like that?

[@rollingpinboy]

Hi Saith..The Rod is a Bruce and Walker 'Hexagraph', No1 Black finish, 1lb test curve, deluxe version. They are still made today by Bruce and Walker although a name change to Avon and in brown/gold colour'. The Reel is called a 'Rolling Pin' and is still available today in a Mk2 black version thru Masterline stockists. Both are quite expensive items.

[@shine9680]

Ray Walton thank you.

[@user-nl7vz4wt3t]

@@rollingpinboy just come across this fantastic episode of yours. Was wondering when using plastercine on the line, do you mould it around a stop knot, or float stop etc for grip? Cheers Ray

[@rollingpinboy]

​@@user-nl7vz4wt3t Hi Jay...i don't mould it around anything, i just dig it in with my thumb. the shape of it doesn't matter as it imitates the look of a piece of gravel. Sometimes i add a bit of fine sand to dense the weight of the plastercine which also helps it to grip the braided mainline. Underarm or gentle side casting (not overhead or back) usually keeps the plastercine in position. The point is that it is designed to slip down or off the line when snagged or if a fish goes into a snag when hooked. The weight or anything attached to the line is the main causal problem of snagging. The plastercine will snag, but will slip down and/or pull off under pressure leaving you playing a fish direct to the hook....Hope this helps.

[@ashleypickering34]

@@rollingpinboy hi ray does rolling meat suit flooded conditions I'm trying it at the minute but I just can't seem to get the feel for it. Also I've just bought a rolling pin but I'm suffering with terrible line twist any tricks to sort this out. Thanks