Float Fishing a Small Lake with Maggots

[@tommos16]

Bonus Uncle Graeme on a Wednesday, after a day's fishing in the exact same manner. What a treat!

[@chrisallen7956]

Same here, me and my lad went today but the rain never stopped😞

[@davidhoult4653]

Love this Graeme. Giving us some laughs with your down to earth humour. Better than watching ordinary TV . Keep it going . And you are enlightening us with your methods.👍👏🤝

[@thecamouflagedfisherman8081]

Cracking video Graeme as usual!! I love crucian!! They are beautiful fish!! Good luck anyone fishing this week! I hope you catch!! Tight lines and wet nets!!💯✌️🎣💥

[@diode86]

By watching all your videos, my results are getting really better. I'm advancing fast (i think). Thank you, sir. :)

[@brad-marc26]

Thanks graeme. Great video as allways and a whole hour long 👍🏻👌🏼😊. Tell mike that pigeons are decimating my friends swede plants. 😂

[@steveosborne9000]

What a cracking video Greame. 👍 Top Top man producing top quality videos.

[@georgecain8279]

You’re a hero, started fishing 6 weeks ago because I’m furloughed. Found your channel, watched 10s and 10s of your videos, picked up loads of tips. After a slow start over the first few trials, today I had 4 carp 10 lbs plus on the ledger, and scores of perch, bream, roach and Rudd on the float using corn, maggots and paste. Also visited my animal feed shop for ground bait. Thank you so much Graham, really you are inspirational!

[@TAFishing]

Sounds like you are getting the fish...pleased any tips are helping.

[@GLK-London]

I'm glad you censored the video as Mrs Totally Awesome walked towards you! You were obviously in big trouble:). Many years ago I fished those small lakes at Bury Hill. Nice fishery. Another great video Graeme, thank you

[@edstaart8548]

Great to see you help The misses out, saves a visit or 10 to therapist of some kind, your to kind . Great vid again,thanks Graeme .

[@raywhelan5974]

I actually left work early "sick" when I seen this notification of a mid week treat. No pun intended but totally awesome. 🤘🤘

[@SMASHFISHING]

Just get home with a Chinese and boom some good content to watch haha thanks graham 👍🔥

[@davidhoult4653]

A down to earth guy. Always good to watch. 👍👏

[@UKSpearo]

🤣🤣🤣 the squirrel story made me laugh so hard. You can get an adapter for the dovetail to picatinny rail. Hope your wife recovers quickly 🤞 Awesome video 😁👍

[@nigelmidwinter3269]

I love TA...I could watch Graeme's vid's all day!

[@k1active779]

Great vid I’m 14 and I go fishing with my dad he is in to his carp like a mad man but I kinda just come along use my rod and catch carp with him me and him switched rods one day I went to his swim he went to mine and we just left our rods so I went on his rod and I was lucky enough to hook a 23 pound carp deffo a day to remember for me love the vids keep it up ❤️

[@TAFishing]

Thats a good Carp.well done.

[@k1active779]

TA Fishing ❤️

[@Motorhawk2]

Hi. Have you thought of adding towels to your merchandise as it would be a good addition to someone's tackle box. By adding an eyelet or a very long cord to one edge people would be able to tie it around themselves or to things. Thank you for the videos I find them enjoyably educational and entertaining I look forward to the next one.

[@kevinjohnson2528]

Excellent bonus Unc! Couldn’t believe it was over, hour went so quick. Thanks

[@cliveeariss880]

Graeme oh those geese sorry mate could not stop laughing, they drive me nuts 😜, great video mate all the best..Clive.

[@TAFishing]

I hate them when night fishing,especially the two-tone one that sounds like he has swallowed a bottle of vinegar !!

[@cliveeariss880]

@@TAFishing you should put together some of your funny moments in one video, problem is I would be knackered after watching them, take care in this heat, come on rain.

[@davidhoult4653]

Love the vid. Great viewing and comments. 👏👍

[@feelinsupersonic1606]

Been nearly a year since I've been fishing and looking like it won't be any time soon . But videos like these get me through it in a weird kind of twisted way ha

[@jayswin2]

Why cant you go fishing now buddy? Everybody else is. Get out there and enjoy life. Dont listen to all the scare mongers

[@XfireWTF]

Great vids! Youre such a perfect personality for these kind of videos! Keep em coming! I keep liking em.

[@stephenwheeler7412]

Great video as normal Graeme. Breath of fresh air and keeping the good mood for us all going. 👍

[@danielfranklin9007]

It's either mice 'with a ladder' haha brilliant

[@Prostotakrybalka]

Good fishing ❤️ Like! my friend 👍

[@barkz2821]

Who would put a thumbs down on a TA video my guess is the fish have got youtube now 😂

[@robinberry306]

Thanks Graeme for another fabulous video I love the tips you give all us watchers of your vlogs Ps some of your rods and reals must be classed as vintage but they catch fish keep safe look forward to the next one.

[@imavileone7360]

Beautiful setting man.

[@hackstii6175]

Well lucky you! Smashing vid, I Wanted to get out today but Warwickshire weather said otherwise! 🌧 However I did have a cheeky day away Monday, bagged a few double figures on the sweetcorn and bread! Cheap days fishing often the best. Cheers M&G another great watch

[@stephenisom6089]

nice to see a man happy with his lot a rare thing these days..

[@OriginalMudSlinger]

great show nice to see you both having fun hope the beers great. the fly looks like a biter something blown over like the Chinese hornet the feather I have a feeling is from a red kite . I messaged a few weeks back about the metal detecting you said you had saw detectorist out in the fields and red kites was in the field sounded amazing . I am from the midlands and never saw a red kite in my life . got a chance to detect some farmland 10 mile from my home and I saw 50 I think they must of been red kites large bird of prey with a reddish brown forked tails circling the fields I have seen lots of birds of prey over the last 35 years metal detecting fields but never a red kite so strange to see one a few weeks after you mentioned them in your message GL&TA

[@andykjohnsonjohnson7622]

Nice video Graeme 👍🎣🎣. Awesome fix of the catapult and floats 😜. We got those Asian hornets , here in B.C. 🇨🇦. Be careful around them, it's like being bitten by a BULLET ANT 😖😖

[@finlaymorgan1405]

I forgot about this channel and now I've started watching it again and it's top notch

[@TAFishing]

Forgot about us ??? That's shocking !!....

[@oldninja1234]

Well done guy nice fishing keep up the good work and videos. Appreciate you for taking time out of your day to record edit and post videos. Also because of your videos and your amazing tips i was able to catch my fist commom carp and hope to catch more during my down time in quarantine. You guys are totally awesome. :)

[@TAFishing]

Congratulations on catching your first Common Carp! Glad the videos are helping

[@UTUBEFREAK1974]

Kneels in the duck shite, oh my days! 😂

[@stephenbuckham1812]

Really good video thanks you

[@JheoFaul66709]

Haha, im literally sat watching this video drinking old speckled hen. Local Brewery to me in Suffolk as well. Enjoy your beverage!

[@keithhaynes8079]

Left over chicken makes a lovely chicken and sweetcorn soup yummy.

[@adrianbadea1179]

My favourite is Bond lake... 👍 😎😀

[@stevied8855]

Hi Graeme, Really enjoy your Workshop footage. Inspirational. Steve in Fife.

[@TAFishing]

Hi Steve, If we get another lockdown there may be more !!

[@spikeypilot5653]

Graham fantastic show tonight got me back watching you but when back boatfishing your the king there ✌

[@TAFishing]

Might be out the weekend looking at the weather.

[@SD-rs6qn]

Love to see the notifications for TA fishing!

[@ianbigland4618]

Why dont you use Raptor oil, and is there a reason??

[@ctykckcktyvc7558]

I’m pretty sure that distilling the oil from the fish takes a lot of time and effort

[@Plute.De.Pescuit]

Congratulations I liked I watched with pleasure 🤗👍👍

[@jasonwaller7321]

Great relaxing TV, I am going on a nostalgia fishing trip soon, I do lure fishing now, but going back to the lake I started fishing on when I was 12, going to try for some tench!

[@cliveeariss880]

Oh mate any mote laughing I'm out of here, so so funny, but you are the man.

[@Jan007524]

Another great vid. Will look forward to results with trail camera. I think it's a wild rabbbit eating Mike's veg

[@brian1204]

That biting fly you showed looks like what we call a deer fly.

[@richkellow1535]

I would have to say that is a Red Kite Wing feather, Graeme, you are the same as me mate, most men would give an arm and a leg for my workshop, I repair and make anything, people even bring antique furniture to me for repair, and as long as it does not interfere with my beloved angling, I don't mind, I'll be 67 in a couple of months and after 52 years of hard graft I enjoy my relaxation on the riverbank and Southcote lock is my nearest venue.

[@TAFishing]

Another fellow furniture man ...welcome aboard..I still have trouble avoiding furniture when I walk through an antique shop or car boot...I guess 38 years in my furniture shops left their mark..Hard.but good times I now realise.

[@bikinglife1547]

I absolutely love your videos Graeme

[@dahutful]

The opning B roll segment was super nice, Graeme. PS put the pieces together then let the glue wick into them

[@reddeaddaily62]

Great video 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@chriselson7413]

Just finished a night shift and saw this pop up had to watch it sleep will have to wait 🤣

[@TheSudsy]

For waggler fishing, to help keep the drift to a minimum get your rod tip under the water after sinking your line, leave it there until you need to draw in or strike.

[@adrianbadea1179]

21:10 cast on the right side on the margin between the 2 trees.. I did catch plenty of carp on the float...last time.. That it's my favourite spot 👍😎

[@mrdjr6544]

That was one of the last beers I had before complete abstinence!

[@jf-sp1dk]

Great video as always bud

[@colinmiller8361]

Tend to agree with Mike, it's a black back gulls feather.

[@timgulson4760]

Graeme another greatly entertaining video. Regarding your fly and feather; the fly is one of the UK species of Snipe Fly and the feather looks like a fairly heavily abraded Red Kite primary feather, specifically a P6 feather i.e. the sixth feather in from the wing tip. Look forward to your continuing adventures :-)

[@TAFishing]

Thanks for the comment,I never heard of Snipe fly before.

[@RiverRat-2112]

You folks sure have some nice pay-lakes over there. :)

[@paulh6527]

Great channel I found you on here last week, I've just restarted fishing again after a 20yr break and joined a membership lake here in norfolk.. Your vids are awesome and totally got my passion back for it. Do you do all your own camera and editing.. Its top notch, brilliant... Thanks.

[@TAFishing]

Yes,I do it all on my own .

[@paulh6527]

@@TAFishing absolutely fantastic... As I said, I got the bug again, and really enjoy your videos, thanks

[@dodgsr2009]

Here's an idea for a playlist. Review different trailer boats on your channel. Wilson,sea hog, Orkney ect. For me buying an Orkney day angler I couldn't find a good review video anywhere. And I'm sure I'm not tge only man who likes to hear other peoples opinions on what I want to buy. Just a taught. Love the content. Especially the boat fishing

[@stoikes]

We've grown a patch with 'bee bombs' this year which is doing well with butterflies but its the lavender at the moment that is getting a LOT of honey bees. We've had two hornets in the garden but not massive, saw one the size of a Lancaster Bomber at Finch Farm on Sunday though so may be the invasion has begun! I didn't have any baits big enough to catch it unfortunately.

[@shanejenkinson5671]

Im not sure what country graeame is in but it can't be England over these last few week. Its done nothing but rain here in the Midlands.

[@AndrewLomax80]

thinking same myself mate, nothing but rain in Merseyside too

[@anthmurray1988]

Bury Hill is in Surrey mate. Sunnier down there. I’m from north east and last Sunny day was 26th June😢

[@wilfbm9067]

I'm from sussex and we've had lovley weather recently

[@fiskrond9212]

Graeme!.. to clean battery contacts use an old toothbrush and some vinegar... handtools as last resort as more likely to cause more damage.. ;-)

[@davidb.7093]

As always smashing content, your bad days fishing is my good one. Watch out on the runners just had the very first sign of black fly, don't think the wet weather is helping! Loved the additional content, though I still think Mike's problem is deer (when we had a couple of deer they leapt our six foot fence to escape). In other videos you have what I assume is a scarecrow peering over the fields at the back is there any history to this it looks great. Thanks as always for posting. As far as beer is concerned my favourite is Ruddles County when I can get it.

[@TAFishing]

Thanks for the comment. I had 3 ft deer fence put round my property and the fencing Dude told me they can clear 6 feet ....

[@paulmckernan7518]

Those little montages with the piano. Who's been chopping onions?

[@TAFishing]

I usually reach fore the Rock music,but thought I would use the more traditional "cry baby" music folder which some seem to like for fishing.

[@paulmckernan7518]

@@TAFishing fits perfectly!

[@andrepellati3063]

You have the patience of a monk not to throw rocks at those damn birds...lol.

[@martinbuck3094]

Washing up liquid makes the rubber slide on easier and then makes the rubber sticky. It's a trick I used when putting new grips on handlebars.

[@jacquelinemhanson4865]

Hello from Canada. I also follow Outdoors. Do you have white moths flying around your broccoli? If you do they will lay their eggs on the plant and the caterpillars or worms will eat your broccoli like crazy! These moths will do this to any cabbage type plant (cauliflour, Brussel sprouts, cabbage etc.) To stop them we always use a powder that you can buy at the gardening section of any store or at a gardening store. Hope that helps you. Happy angling!! Happy gardening.

[@TAFishing]

Hi Canada, I don't know about the moths,but Mike had trouble with Rabbits munching his vegetables.

[@jacquelinemhanson4865]

@@TAFishingok. Well if he tries to grow the broccoli next year, see if there aren't white moths with a little black spot on their wing. Then you have a moth problem. Oh yeah and look for green worms on the leaves too. Good luck!!

[@jacknorman8680]

Legend 💪

[@squirrel7t7]

Caty elastic expands and softens in warm water then contracts and shrinks when they cool down. Thinner ones are a nightmare without soaking

[@Leonf123]

Interesting this i never knew this will have to try for my Rangemaster caty cause it is a nightmare 😂

[@books.reviews.pelhamhardim9758]

Excellent

[@willproctor7301]

I thought you'd have just used the quick change float adapter on the broken crystal :), but then I'd have nothing to watch. Thank you Graeme :)

[@c.h.fieldsports9876]

Feather looks similar to an osprey, 👍

[@thehares2]

im proud of myself...get this...i tied a size 20 spade hook for the fist time in about 30 years..i could just about see it..

[@robshaw3655]

Old dogs and new tricks....try the rubber float stops you slide onto the line one or 2 either side of the float. Makes life so much easier when plumbing the death as they just slide on the line without damaging. even use a small link swivel to make changing floats easy.

[@felgate11]

Nick an old Emery Board off the wife - Great for cleaning contacts!! Might not have to Solder.

[@danielmccrory3532]

That ryobi fishing rod is really cool

[@tomspotley5733]

Yes!

[@richardbrooks3569]

I was thinking that you could put that float back together with shrink tubing. (electrical)

[@chrisallen7956]

Bit of hairspray on the catapult then slide the rubber on. When the alcohol in the hairspray evaporates the rubber will be on tight

[@HanworthHomebrew]

You need to try the hens tooth from Moreland ... bottle conditioned ale 👍

[@Freddyjnes]

you are great at the disgorger, not quite got the hang of it yet

[@Ukprepper1994]

Keep your line really nice and tight mate and just a thread it down until you feel the hook, a little push and a wiggle and it will be right out, I stand on the line to keep it tight if On my own

[@Freddyjnes]

feather looks like it could be from a heron

[@richardbrooks3569]

I use a Dremel tool with a wire wheel to clean battery contacts. If you don't own one, get one. You can do so much more with one.

[@jamesross3902]

I was Thinking use a Dremel when I was watching they are great bits of kit dunno how I managed without one especially with diamond cutting wheel

[@jack0f.c143]

What is the best ground bait for types of fish like Perch,Bream,Tench,Rudd and even carp

[@lukechumbley4246]

Look through some of the older TAF videos, there's a few dedicated to exactly that subject.

[@Freddyjnes]

graeme likes to use bailey's no.1 horse feed and bran mixed together

[@thedrifterr]

It can be worse, when you look around and think wheres me rod gone

[@michaelpegrum9201]

Are you threading the maggots on the hook like you would lug or rag worm as I've not seen that before? I'm just a beginner. Also whats the benefit of an enclosed reel?. Love the show you got me into fishing 🎣

[@TAFishing]

Closed face reels are sometimes a bit faster when match fishing..I think that's how they originated.

[@the_smiling_blobfish3682]

maggots have a little bit of skin that is kinda like a tail, the best way to hook a maggot is through that, it keeps them wriggling and alive (so long as they don't drown)

[@PenDragonsPig]

Why the closed faced reel? I came into a bunch of them (live in US) including 2 or 3 rather modern models. Ive kinda paired them with a couple of nice take down rods but haven’t in the slightest been temped to use them. Using them seems like a step backwards for no reason.

[@danmalone7819]

Graeme, THat green handle knife you had on the bench is the exact one I had when I was younger. Surival kit in the handle, sharpening stone on back of sheath?? How old it must be??

[@danskitchengardenallotment8286]

Hi mate good video I guarantee you that it is pigeons taking the tops of the broccoli they taken all the time at the allotment they are a pain in the bum

[@clivebrooker1]

Have you asked Bury Hill Fisheries why they have banned method feeders? I was about to apply to join when I found this ban in their Carp rules, I enjoy method fishing as it keeps me busy which I like but if method fishing harms the fish in some way I’d like to know so that I can rethink my tactics. I do of course fish a running method feeder up against a quick link bead stop which I think is even safer than a lead clip and would be happy to change the hook length to whatever the fishery recommends but this blanket ban puzzles me. Regards, Clive.

[@michaelcooper9493]

Graeme did you notice the fly shucks in the margins they looked like canis that could explain the lack of silver fish. Had many a day spoiled by a hatching.

[@pholloway999]

Lucky the perch didn’t bolt the maggots down .. particularly the late strikes .. seems to depend on the day but I had 3 in row with different baits that necked the maggots then 1 & 2 prawns

[@northernninjarunner5506]

Graeme why didn’t you use a bit of the rubber tubing from the catapult on the float?

[@OriginalMudSlinger]

one of my friends died 3 times after touching a soldering iron at work once when he tapped it to see if it was hot and twice in the ambulance on his way to a royal never touch any of the metal if it has fault it will kill you lucky for my friend someone who worked for st johns ambulance was working with him and managed to start him back up

[@jaymac1694]

Lucky man, most people don’t get away from gods fishing line

[@anthmurray1988]

Need to feed 4mm pellet with 4mm or 6mm expander pellet on hook for crucians. I’ve had 6lb on rod and reel doing that Graeme.

[@blshootingshow4561]

Hi graeme just got into trout fishing and i dont know if you do it but what bait do you recommend there only small fish though

[@garytruefitt6995]

Casters are lethal for trout. I fished a Welsh river with maggots and caught my first grayling, I had a few casters from a previous session left over, gave them a try and caught my first trout..... A great day

[@yvonfem]

How can you watch 2 floats at once are you crosseyed

[@mackenzilewis]

thx

[@handendaer]

some uses dish washing fluids to put on tires etc on bikes/mc, but i wouldnt recomend cus if getting whet the tire can slip. but rubbing alcohol u can use, it vaporizes. and for harder rubber, warming it up from any heat source, degrees can mage a huge difference. well, maybe some tips that could come in handy someday for somebody. cheers