The Fishing Gurus Podcast

[@philgreen9050]

Bloody love these podcasts 🤩

[@TackleguruTV]

Thank you! 😍

[@roydavies5357]

Great to see Tom from his very first match win, and Chris greensides go on to be great anglers You both made it worth running a junior club

[@oldgamer1299]

What you boys bring our sport is unbelievable. I watch all of these Blogs, they make you realise how much passion, time and personal effort go into promoting our beloved sport. Thank you lads

[@TackleguruTV]

Our pleasure! Glad you are enjoying them! 😁

[@SteveGuy-y4s]

I remember young Tom when he came to do the press passes of Northern Angler at Garnett Dickinson Print top lad. Not changed, great ambassador of the sport. Entertaining pod cast, as usual. Thank you.

[@unionjakjakson]

Great podcast by two top lads who i am privileged to know. Both exceptional anglers but more important, both exceptional people.

[@andyjackson2269]

Left a pleasant tingle when it came in and came out hahahaha 😂😂😂

[@karlkjj]

Nice one Tom and Mat remember the Daventry tackle den 👍 two mates having a chat but still so entertaining 👍

[@MARCLEEMATCHFISHING]

Top bloke,super approachable and will help you out with any fishing info,great coach

[@deanoDEANO-lk5ve]

watching this for the 3rd time Tom is great and catchmore is awesome his elite membership will improve your fishing

[@adzilla1985]

Tom is genuinely one of the real gents in angling. Best content creator in the industry and a fantastic angler

[@richardhunt6350]

Fantastic show guys. Always enjoyed Tom's work with DHP in MFM& PFM. I think that Tom is the guy that the Angling Trust needs at the Top to address the points he made. Just look at his Diawa pfmasters from its inception. That was a big game changer for me. Thanks Matt, & Guru for this great podcast. Slide On brother

[@ChrisJackson-tv2rj]

Top man Tom. Great podcast. Thank you.

[@robwalker651]

At last,someone that pronounce Chianti in the fishing world.Cracking podcast Tom well done.

[@Horsepowerimages]

If you want it & are willing to work (& take a chance) you can do anything in life 👏🏻👏🏻

[@davidtargettthefishingguy6943]

Brilliant pod cast Tom was great

[@paulgregory2601]

Met you a few times Tom,your brilliant fellow, good luck pal

[@Steve99942]

Watched this twice, now. What a great bloke. Great podcast as usual. Please do Joe Carass sometime soon.

[@martinwall212]

Tom is a gentleman Thanks for the great work mat and Tom

[@trevorchapman9050]

Fair play to you, have a dream and follow it! Proof is clearly in the pudding, your soufflé is rising! 👏👏👏

[@richardhunt6350]

Was so pleased to see Bagging Bro's back together on this! Thought it would have been a 5 hour job though- great podcast & Really appreciated. Thanks Tom.

[@TackleguruTV]

There will be more to come from Tom! 👀

[@rodpilkington2497]

What a podcast well done Matt and Tom👏👏👏👏

[@TackleguruTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnbobyk1857]

If I could choose as my last meal this is from the Packet inn at Misterton on the Chesterfield canal there 32oz sirloin, steak with all the trimmings or one that is still available is the steak at Anglers Rest Ballyconnall

[@shitehawk1969]

The problem is that professional sports are generally driven by spectators who are in essence a sponsors market place it's always going to be difficult to have live events and get interest from outside angling because of the nature of the sport..I totally agree with Tom that now a massive amount of effort and expense has little or no reward in the big events .great podcast fellas.

[@jefftuttlebee7472]

Excellent Tom 👏👏 I'm with you on the fragmentation and diluting of fishing for England 😥

[@jamesadams-bosch8021]

What a fantastic show 👏

[@TackleguruTV]

Yes it was! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌

[@martinsmith3192]

Love these podcasts I love my running now but back a lot of years ago I mixed it with the best there was in match fishing ,before commercial fishing started and won on many different venues nationals superleagues winterleagues thames championships, team fishing was what it was all about then u

[@thomasboyce4666]

Great interview,well done tom

[@leebramham1908]

Excellent podcast as ever Matt, I can’t believe you didn’t ask Tom to tell the story of “the big ‘un” at Whiteacres 😂

[@macoustra1]

The point about the Angling Trust needing show leadership [in match fishing] is a topic that could fill a whole podcast by itself. Broadly speaking, the governing body does not have the resources or the membership levels that perhaps we would like it to have. Therefore it looks to the government for funding in some form or another, including taking on some of the Environment Agency's work.

[@macoustra1]

Sport England specify where their funding has to be utilised and so we have the ridiculous situation where our international teams are part sponsored and have to pay out of their own pocket the difference and this may also entail taking extended leave if employed or not getting monies in if self employed. Yes there is prestige in winning medals but little or no financial reward. I do think that the Angling Trust should employ specialists to film and transmit some of the England team in action and results (including Ladies) by way of news to BBC, ITN and Sky as one way of raising the profile of the sport. OK, coverage won't be to the level of the Lionesses but we must try. Sadly many local rags have disappeared and the national media no longer carry angling columns. This has got to change as written media will remain for quite a while yet., I fear it would take an extraordinary revolution in social media to raise the sport's profile. There appears to be no suitable international venue in England - many will remember the farces at the Warwickshire Avon and Holme Pierrepont, though the latter or a similar water if run by anglers could be a suitable place. However it would cost a lot of money constructing it to meet requirements and you would need the backing of a huge organisation or indeed a country of dubious values. Turning to the big Commercial events, are they not funded mostly by the angler paying entry fees with projected payouts being dependent on full entries? Should there be dedicated match angler's governing body? I believe there was a relatively short-lived organisation and probably would fail as it wouldn't be recognised by Sport England - unless funded to a fantastic level by outsiders. By the way, please check out the Angling Trust accounts (and even the NFA before them) the cost of running the Nationals, they had to cover admin costs and expenses but they do so diligently and fairly.

[@hotfishin5604]

The legend!

[@macoustra1]

Good music choices by the way.

[@markohermanos4742]

Tom is a legendary Yorkshireman 👍

[@rossmould212]

Give him the job to run the angling Trust!!!! Such a nice chap

[@johnscarrott9352]

wicked

[@BuddyKeville]

Tom - with regards to having a greater focus on “getting the best from your peg” and removing what Matt said about “best angler in the world aint gonna win from that peg..” I think the solution is an easy one and based on a mathematical formula (bear with me lol). If each peg was graded, based on historical weighs and match results, you could then theoretically apply weight handicaps to pegs. The flier may have a handicap of 50lb so in theory you start that peg on -50lb and thus the shit peg is now statically on par. Its hard to get the % bang on as fish move etc BUT its not beyond the wit of man.

[@LONEWOLFHMS]

I woulld love to come and have a chat.... yourr choice, BIGl love, Squirrel 👍✌🤘❤

[@grahamcallaghan5429]

All of this "making angling a professional sport" talk doesnt make sense. The reason you can have these big money events is because qualifiers sell-out - because the average angler thinks that with a good draw and a bit of luck then they have half a chance. The more of these professional superstar anglers there are then the less chance the average angler has, and the less tickets they sell - because most match anglers work full-time and just cannot keep up with the superstars. Its hard enough competing against an Andy Bennett or a Jamie Hughes, but if there are 30-40 of these lads about then the average bloke just doesnt stand a chance. You cant take match angling away from the average angler by having all of these full-time superstars, match fishing will cease to exist. We wouldnt dream of trying to compete at tennis or football or golf with professionals, its a parallel universe. Make match angling a 'professional sport' with 'professional anglers' and the vast majority of match anglers who go now are out on their arse, we cant all be professionals. They'll go back to club matches and knock ups and there will be a pool of 40-50 lads who will just compete against each other week in week out - it'll soon get tedious, and takes all of the enjoyment out of it for the masses.

[@1669Python]

Ah, but can AI dot down a pole float?

[@geoffreystockton7639]

You never mentioned any of the female anglers

[@johnsmith-px1sr]

48:12..yes you can because theres so much that is free of charge on here that people will just find a video that is free of charge..lets face it ,its not that important watching fishing videos and its been an overkill ..too many of the bloody things on here...for the match angler,the only thing that really matters is getting out on the bank and fishing..

[@chrisrigby7269]

I think natural venue matches will just deteriorate. What young angler wants to fish a big res and get no recognition when they can go catch f1s at partridge and get so much more recognition for it.

[@jasonlodge2078]

Belting episode,this.

[@TackleguruTV]

Glad you enjoyed Tom's podcast! 💪

[@macoustra1]

Fully agree that event organisers should take some money. Back in the day clubs made money by taking £1 "pegging fee" for running matches on the "free" Lower Thames and it was made clear by way of a balance sheet. Even so people moaned!

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Two beautiful men

[@deanstones6773]

IAI will be the end of people thinking for ourselves so sad

[@davidsimpo1033]

#thickasmince

[@yt910485b]

Tom your not your average angler, you have access to angler's that most of us only dream of, so get your finger out you should have won a lot more..😅

[@garypickersgill6639]

got to be the gayest thing ive ever seen ,,,,,,, loved it