The Fishing Gurus Podcast

[@geoffreystockton7639]

Thank you this podcast brought back memories of matches and places I fished in the 70s,also big Jim Todd at Coombe Abbey throwing ground bait out of sight,don’t know if he is still alive,thanks for the memories I’m 78 now but listening to Wayne was like being back there

[@lythitan222]

Your connection with nature is truly admirable. 🌿

[@dannyhale7449]

Really enjoyed this, brilliant insight into the Trent from one of the best to fish the river 👍

[@garychalk1192]

Love all the podcasts, but this is my favourite, well done chaps.

[@andrewlimbert3833]

Great watch as ever Guru, what a life in fishing this gent has had so far and still having. No cattys brown and white groundbait maggots two rods easy back in the day..😊

[@kevhood2509]

Brilliant podcast. Mention of the John Dean wire stem stick floats. Had a few And fished them on the Wear at Chester le street. Amazing memories from Mr Swinscoe

[@markglossop2580]

Wow this brought back a lot of memories. John Powell from the Rotherham Raiders was my uncle and I travelled a lot with him 👍

[@ChrisJackson-tv2rj]

Brilliant. What a guy. And a pleasure to watch on the bank. Thanks Matt, Toby and Guru for making this podcast. 🐳👍👏

[@davidclarke1429]

Fantastic that, brought back so many memories , fished in that era as a lad on the Welland , Witham ,Nene. Make a film Matt on the Welland or Witham , be top viewing mate.

[@pmdtdf]

Absolutely the best fishing podcast I've listened to. Superb.

[@iantomlinson4064]

Great podcast, Matt, Tobes and the man himself, great tales from the past.

[@colmcrean1738]

I was at that match that Wayne describes - England, Ireland, France, at Hoy's Meadows (River Bann), Portadown. Just as a teenage spectator. I think it was 1979. I hero-worshipped all those guys - Ivan Marks, Ian Heaps, Kevin Ashurst, Tommy Pickering, Denis White etc. I was also there the day before when they practiced on the Boathouse stretch, on the Saturday. I remember Ivan Marks balling it in, and catching really big roach, and swinging them in pole-to-hand, and he was only using 2.5lbs Maxima - "strong as your arm" he said. On the Saturday pm the French arrived to practice and the English all packed up immediately - they didn't want the French to see what they were doing. So the shock was all the greater when the French somehow managed to win on the Sunday. Ivan was pegged beside Michel Fougeat, who was then World Champion, and Ivan beat him comfortably (I think c. 90lbs to 70lbs or thereabouts). Ivan spent the whole match standing, and with a wader full of water as well. Everyone else was sitting on their baskets. Kevin Ashurst narrowly beat Sean Foy who was pegged next to him - I think Kevin had 99lbs or thereabouts. Denis White quietly went about winning it, with 131lbs I think - and I don't think anyone was behind him watching. But as Wayne describes, no-one could believe that the French had won without ever having fished the river before.

[@davewebb9003]

Brilliant podcast lads... Wayne is a legend of angling and probably doesn't get the recognition he deserves... The stories are fantastic "right only take one of these pills 😂 😂"... Hilarious 👀... Keep up the great work 👍

[@user-og2wr3bh8v]

That's the best one so far for me,

[@johnstead2584]

You can keep your hallowed river Test, give me the mighty Trent, where men were unknowingly immortalised, keep up the good work guru, another best one ever 🎣🎣

[@albertthorpe6721]

Well done John, great vid.Only ever fished oxford canal once and that was 1970 in a junior national fishing for sheffield and district.Got beat by next peg but did ok 4th in section. What i always remember, i saw the late great Billy Lane on Coventry bus giving out instructions and he still had a vivid cardigan/ jumper on ! I was 15 then my last match as a junior but remember it well.Good luck in all your up and coming matches ,I'm fishing in the over 50s open tomorrow at springvale but getting a little to old in that match as I'm 70 next may!! Still love my fishing and hardly sleep night before a match!!!! Cheers.

[@mickbrooks8114]

Wow blast from the past Colin Perry Mansfield angling tackle shop wow

[@KarlJohansen-m3f]

How I haven't watched this before I don't know, one of my fathers mates steff johansen spent many days on the trent with Wayne,Don slaymaker, Frank barlow to name a few brilliant podcast

[@rogerjames6956]

Love what you are doing,not just fishing,Life,thank you.

[@darenrose9143]

Cracking podcast! Wayne mentioned Terry Doorman and Pete Warren. Both anglers members of a syndicate lake where I fish. On a Wednesday match there you can always guarantee Terry turning up an hour late and still manages to frame! Nice chaps as well

[@connorclark5289]

Brilliant one of nottinghams finest

[@bobastill8538]

What a legend originall Trent man Notts born & bread loved it great memmories

[@evoa3halo354]

U could go to the local library and get angling knowledge from many angling authors; to say there was no way of learning to fish is untrue ; that’s how I got the basics as a young angler in the 60”s …..I also came from a none fishing family , just as keen now to get out

[@ianstewart6668]

Whicked once again Chaps (that giggle Matt, this ain’t a job to you is it ? Your there livin it aren’t ya?) brilliant to listen too Wayne’s stories 😂

[@alanhoughton9961]

Great podcast,top Angler and great match organiser too

[@paulsedgwick3195]

Fascinating watch once again really enjoyed this. Thank you to everyone involved ❤

[@johnharrison8839]

Brilliant podcast with me old mate Swinno and if you want some 90340's I've still got some 22's !! and see you on the bank when the river starts , especially on the upper as there seems to be more chubs now !!..All the best Funeral

[@stevescott9027]

What a brilliant podcast with wayne swinsco brought back alot of memories of fishing the river welland in the same matches as wayne and met him a few times during the welland championship I never managed to win it but did have a 2nd 3rd £ 4th

[@johnbean9834]

Sat behind you and watched you win Newark Advertiser August 1979. Waggler 11lb odd l think. Great!

[@cmmtechnician1592]

True Master of the riverbank

[@davidlittle6600]

That was brilliant !!

[@stevenroe4649]

Absolutely brilliant that, one of my original hereos. Got those videos and the book with Don. Was lucky enough to fish a few of those festivals in Holland, and been back to there digs after the pub with Billy and pat etc. Surreal as hell but,never laughed so much in my life.

[@pauljennings4978]

Absolute legend

[@rudigrest4013]

excellent pod cast great fishing stories - just had my prostate biopsy today - and like wayne had no symptons great to here prostate cancer being talked about

[@duncanhayes8310]

Brilliant watch.

[@MarkWintleFishing]

Feeders, catapults and throwing sticks weren't allowed in NFA match rules until 1972 although all had been in use previously. Block-end feeders originated on the Thames in the 60s, hair curlers were used for groundbait feeders. I tried to track down Jim Todd when writing my book about Ivan Marks and the Likely Lads but had no luck. At the time Edgar Purnell thought Jim was alive but had had no contact for years. Jim was a AAA junior shot putt champion. Dave Downes was using redworms in groundbait in the 70s on the Huntspill. Brilliant podcast.

[@stirz36]

Absolute brilliant pod cast from a old Nottingham lad. Brought back so many memories....i.e. coach trips with the R.O.F. club and Long Eaton Victoria. Thanks Wayne and the team. 🙏👍

[@MarkSmith-jt1yj]

Great watch Wayne's a legend, proper good mate 😁

[@johnsmith-px1sr]

this is the old reminiscing stuff i absolutely love...well done matt...keep e'm coming👍....3:06:01....trory i think

[@ianstewart6668]

What a tale, Wayne. I don’t know if I laughed more at the tale or Matt laughing FS 😅

[@richardminter7451]

I’m surprised to hear Wayne say that feeders came along in the 80’s. I remember using a feeder as a schoolboy in the mid 60’s here in Norfolk.

[@Aitch1964]

Enjoyed that, what a legend 👍 Jim Baxter would be good Matt 👍

[@stephenbingham1808]

I loved fishing the trent in the 80s 90s I know exactly what he is talking about

[@FISHINGMINTY]

A KZbin vlog series fishing old popular match venues is a good idea. There’s a few canals / pegs mentioned in Ivan Marks autobiography that would give a few venues to use.

[@graemeaitken1018]

2nd time watching this. Funny hearing about swingtips. I just mentioned last week that I was gonna dig out my old Daiwa leger rod and try it. I haven't used a swingtip in about 35 years.

[@phve2jh8]

Really enjoyed that. Thanks

[@I_BLEED_BLUE_LIONS]

i somehow watched 12 minutes of this while i was asleep

[@paulgregory7359]

Awesome Wayne and MATTY

[@AJRichards925]

Another fantastic episode. Will keep throwing the names Des Shipp and Alan Scotthorne for future episodes.

[@garypeet6938]

Loved this one Matt, some great stories❤🎣💪😂

[@rogerjames6956]

"Sold his soul for a bag of groundbait" Love it😂

[@FISHINGMINTY]

Bombhead reminds me of the song “Don’t Look Back” by Teenage Fanclub. 🎶 “I’d steal a car to drive you home” 🎶 😁

[@philipking6590]

He's wrong Lincolnshire in the Anglian region all lakes not connected to running water were open for fishing as long as I can remember. But what an angler great stories and remember in my youth fishing those big river matches on the Witham and many club matches on the Trent great listen 👍👏

[@MarkWintleFishing]

Yorkshire waters closed a fortnight early ie end of February hence the 1st June restart. Devon and Cornwall had no close season so living in Dorset we travelled to Exeter etc where we could fish stillwaters, the canal and the river Exe.

[@matthewwallington2552]

Mega watch 👍

[@andrewlakey9786]

Brilliant roy😂😂😂 Jill loves the ɓanter😊

[@user-og2wr3bh8v]

John Dean would be the man to interview.

[@simonmottram7066]

Legend

[@stephenhuskisson2230]

at one time you could fish in linclonshire at one time, in close season , we was in notts and use to drive every weekend

[@johnbean9834]

I used to fish with Paul Burroughs R I P and Bob Carr and a lot of Drinking!! Lol.

[@Bishoplabosa]

Hi hello thank you very good I have still got 2 swing tips

[@Bishoplabosa]

Just to let you know you can have the video copied and made into a DVD with all the information on it and the pictures

[@joewheeldon3009]

Get Andy Dare on your podcast,be a great guest

[@MarkWintleFishing]

Last big national in 71 on the Severn on weight was won by Leicester not BAA! Biggest national that year of 116 teams.

[@karlrance7669]

Trory

[@stevenflint5271]

yep said the same

[@deanstones6773]

Can you get dennis white on think that would be a good un

[@colmcrean1738]

I was at that match that Wayne describes - England, Ireland, France, at Hoy's Meadows (River Bann), Portadown. Just as a teenage spectator. I think it was 1979. I hero-worshipped all those guys - Ivan Marks, Ian Heaps, Kevin Ashurst, Tommy Pickering, Denis White etc. I was also there the day before when they practiced on the Boathouse stretch, on the Saturday. I remember Ivan Marks balling it in, and catching really big roach, and swinging them in pole-to-hand, and he was only using 2.5lbs Maxima - "strong as your arm" he said. On the Saturday pm the French arrived to practice and the English all packed up immediately - they didn't want the French to see what they were doing. So the shock was all the greater when the French somehow managed to win on the Sunday. Ivan was pegged beside Michel Fougeat, who was then World Champion, and Ivan beat him comfortably (I think c. 90lbs to 70lbs or thereabouts). Ivan spent the whole match standing, and with a wader full of water as well. Everyone else was sitting on their baskets. Kevin Ashurst narrowly beat Sean Foy who was pegged next to him - I think Kevin had 99lbs or thereabouts. Denis White quietly went about winning it, with 131lbs I think - and I don't think anyone was behind him watching. But as Wayne describes, no-one could believe that the French had won without ever having fished the river before.

[@colmcrean1738]

Sean Foy was a Portadown local and a brilliant angler - I hero-worshipped him too.