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  • The waggler is a method that used to be EVERY angler's go-to but in recent years it has fallen off the radar! We visit the old nene at Ramsey St Mary to catch a huge bag of rudd and roach on the Waggler!
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  • @tonydownes643
    @tonydownes643 Před 4 měsíci +33

    I'm a waggler fisherman. We are about, i don't fish any other way than on the float and rod.

    • @markwaterman8845
      @markwaterman8845 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Well done . So am i ..i only fish waggler ...so feeder /method and cage or black cap .my 4 grand pole only comes out in the hieght of summer for big lumps in the margins ....and even then ...a pva bag on the bomb ...is just as good .

    • @philiplancaster9682
      @philiplancaster9682 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Me too

    • @baldrickscunningplan6154
      @baldrickscunningplan6154 Před 4 měsíci

      Me too. I have 2 poles, but I never really got into pole fishing. Much prefer Rods.

    • @kriswheeler5686
      @kriswheeler5686 Před 3 měsíci

      Dying art form is the perfect description
      My dad tried to make me learn but I was too fixed on the pole to want to try past 15m 😩😩😩

  • @ukmartin2569
    @ukmartin2569 Před 4 měsíci +13

    Love the old waggler fishing. Fished a charity man match and I was the only one fishing the waggler, everyone else was on the pole. The guy next to me , which happened to be his home water I'd never fished the place before, was truly rattled as I swung fish after fish in. To top it off I landed a nice carp , all on maggot, and he lost the plot, mumbling about how he couldn't get a bite, and he might as well sell his tackle, o now I've hooked myself, he moaned. Just had to laugh to myself and carried on catching. Lovely stuff.

  • @camdenfurry5187
    @camdenfurry5187 Před 3 měsíci +5

    As an american, british forms of fishing absolutely blow my mind. From sitting down while fishing to having the cstch bag and using maggots and stuff as well as chumming the watter. So taboo

    • @smelltheglove2038
      @smelltheglove2038 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Isn’t it? What blows my mind is that they have decent pike around, wouldn’t you want to fish for the pike?

  • @iand3028
    @iand3028 Před 4 měsíci +8

    I remember the days of squat / pinkie and slop. That method could be adapted just about anywhere where there were lots of small roach. This won me quite a few quid. Thanks to Mark and Rob Hewson. Cheers, guys!

    • @baldrickscunningplan6154
      @baldrickscunningplan6154 Před 4 měsíci

      Yep, I get a few sneaky wins with the waggler. Usually when the weights are low.

    • @BMcFamily007
      @BMcFamily007 Před 3 měsíci

      I love fishing, this is totally different than anything I’ve seen. What’s a pinkie, a squat, a slop and a waggler? Is he catching these small fish for bait to catch larger fish??

  • @foxley66
    @foxley66 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Just brilliant to watch Polly in action on the waggler. Tight Lines Steve Amison 👍🦆🎣

  • @geno9869
    @geno9869 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Wagglers, can't go wrong. Especially slider float fishing, now that a forgotten art. Did loads of that in the 80's in the army. Based in Germany, fishing inlets off the Rhine. Many good memories catch slabs all day and all night long :)

  • @paulstanley4103
    @paulstanley4103 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Only ever float fished because that's all my father taught me . Looking to go again this year after a 8 year break... I couldn't go again after he passed away :(

    • @davidstarkey9983
      @davidstarkey9983 Před 4 měsíci

      Go and enjoy the day,lovely surroundings and great memory's with your dad.

  • @MrTim207
    @MrTim207 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Sold my pole 12 years ago and went back to rod and line. Not much I can’t do with a waggler rod 👍🏻

  • @waynenippard5933
    @waynenippard5933 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Be even quicker without the Polly swap 🤣🤣 Mark was a big inspiration for me back in his Black Horse days fishing squatt and balsa wagglers. Adopted it myself and used it with great success on the Kennet & Avon canal. Great method and so quick.

    • @robertreid7221
      @robertreid7221 Před 3 měsíci

      I love waggler fishing, I've come back to my first love after a brief 30 year affair with fly fishing. only to have to (buy) 😢 a cheap waggler set ! So in the last eight months I've made in excess of 100 wagglers, most of which, I'll probably give away to friends and kids

  • @sybywater
    @sybywater Před 4 měsíci +3

    Enjoyed this and one of my local clubs I enjoy fishing at. Grew up on canal Waggler fishing.

  • @davidthrower1553
    @davidthrower1553 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Started at 7 years old with a bamboo/split cane rod, intrepid fixed spool and porcupine waggler, eyed 18 hook and maggots…and caught my first fish…a small perch. I have tried pole fishing, carp fishing, feeder fishing and at 70 I am back Waggler fishing (albeit now with Drennan carbon 13 ft X-tension rod and shimano real)….still the finest form of fishing catching everything that comes along from small silvers to double figure carp. Believe you me….there is nothing finer than playing a double figure carp on a waggler rod with 6lb mainline and 4lb hooklength…and landing it. Somehow ……watching pole elastics stretch and yawning whilest the fish ‘plays itself’ …..and bullying in a carp with a 2.75 test curve rod ……doesnt have the same thrill factor. I am now teaching my Grandchildren the thrill of waggler fishing, and like trotting a stick float on the river….IT IS A SKILL THAT WILL NEVER DIE OUT!!!!

  • @paulcroome1311
    @paulcroome1311 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great video, love waggler fishing, and learned something new about catching on the drop 🎣👏👍

  • @matthewvagges9438
    @matthewvagges9438 Před měsícem

    This is class, Left handed fishing right hand set up
    Polly is the Boss

  • @stesmith7373
    @stesmith7373 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Great video Mark. Like your good self I was brought up fishing the waggler on canals mine was a bit tougher though on the North West canal circuit 😅.

  • @topfuelteddy
    @topfuelteddy Před 4 měsíci +3

    Polly making it look so easy , how good is he .

  • @mickrussell934
    @mickrussell934 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Love a waggler, great watching an artist at work 👍👍👍

  • @GMT439
    @GMT439 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Not forgotten by me, I've never fished with a pole.

  • @phve2jh8
    @phve2jh8 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Waggler fishing is alive and well.
    It's Wag or stick only for me. Never owned a pole in my life.
    Fishing is more than just pulling out a load of fish, you've got to enjoy doing it. I love waggler fishing, the pole has absolutely no appeal to me.

  • @stephenmartin1964
    @stephenmartin1964 Před 4 měsíci

    It brings me back to where I was a kid seven years of age fishing with me first match rod a Shakespeare strike and Mitchell real, loved it great video Stephen from Ireland

  • @retroadventurer
    @retroadventurer Před 4 měsíci +1

    I fish waggler and feeder rod. I dont own a pole and I dont fish for carp. Its all about a quiet day on a natrual water for me. Great video 👍

  • @andrewhunt834
    @andrewhunt834 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I grew up waggler fishing on canals....cant beat it on the day...still do today,if fishing the canal or anywhere id rather fish the waggler

  • @darrenrumsey3217
    @darrenrumsey3217 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I’ve still got an Image balsa waggler that Mark gave me when he visited the tackle shop I worked in. Must now be nearly 35 years ago! 😮

  • @paulhuddlestone8378
    @paulhuddlestone8378 Před 4 měsíci

    I haven't fished a waggler for years. This video has inspired me to give it a go. My local club water, (an old clay pit) is full of rudd, some are 4-6 Oz. and more. It wouldn't take long to build a good weight. A welcome change from targeting carp.

  • @nigelstannard7443
    @nigelstannard7443 Před 4 měsíci +3

    14ft Shakespeare president.....440a Mitchell match....waggler,3lb Main line....1lb bottom.....18/20 barbless fine wire hook.....red/bronze mag.......😊 those were the days ❤

    • @kjonesu2938
      @kjonesu2938 Před 4 měsíci

      Still are pal 🎣

    • @paultant6741
      @paultant6741 Před 4 měsíci

      Used to love fishing far bank on the local canals using homemade drinking straw waglers. Made loads and sold them as well

    • @AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp
      @AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp Před 4 měsíci

      The Mitchell reel. Fantastic bit of kit. Takes me back to some great days.

  • @pmay222
    @pmay222 Před 4 měsíci +1

    bit busy but great fun if you are in mood for that...i love a 3bb waggler on a kent commercial.. great day out on my chair, rod in the rest fishing on the mixed fishery/match lake ..ive even got the missus into it...

  • @magyarninetysix9821
    @magyarninetysix9821 Před 3 měsíci

    Bruce and Walker fibreglass match rods were the things to have, with a Mitchell 300, spade end hooks and of course Dinsmore extra soft lead split shot.

  • @ivanmartingoodson9295
    @ivanmartingoodson9295 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Love waggler fishing, still got my match rod from the 80s, pinkie and squat hemp and tares 2lb line and 80z hook length size 18 hook

  • @lindawyatt4379
    @lindawyatt4379 Před 3 měsíci +1

    In the states we call it bobber fishing and it will never die

  • @thegael1996
    @thegael1996 Před 3 měsíci

    I bough a Waggler rod during the summer and have caught so much Tench, Roach, Bream, Perch and Hybrids. I love fishing with a float especially at night for Tench using a glow stick during the Summer and Autumn.
    My favourite way to fish as there's nothing better that sitting on my chair on the river bank waiting for that float to go under.

  • @iancampbell2028
    @iancampbell2028 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Am a float and reel and rod guy , I have a pole but love the waggler better

  • @mickc6700
    @mickc6700 Před 3 měsíci

    Haven't gone coarse fishing in 20 years, but really surprised no-one uses wagglers.

  • @michaelsmith9408
    @michaelsmith9408 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I Regularly waggler fish, love it.

  • @chrisp1958
    @chrisp1958 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great video… I kind of agree really that the wag n mag method isn’t as fashionable as a pole but wag fishing is a skill .. have to say the one thing that will die out forever for sure one day is the “Polly swap” ….. it’ll be a sad day when that happens so we must make sure we enjoy it whenever we can.. 👍🏻

  • @michaelmccarthy9781
    @michaelmccarthy9781 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Im a carper but still hit the wagler love it😉👍

  • @shauncorless8965
    @shauncorless8965 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Mark pollard signature canal rod 11ft 10 inch what a rod ,should reissue it ,was offered £400 for mine 😮,

  • @PrometheusZandski
    @PrometheusZandski Před 3 měsíci

    The best kind of fishing is the one that catches the most fish. It also has to be enjoyable, and it looks like you are having the time of your life there.
    I would be very interested to hear how you prepare and eat those fish.

  • @garyfinn8772
    @garyfinn8772 Před 3 měsíci

    It's the music in all these fishing videos that dose my head in not the traffic

  • @colinhardy3730
    @colinhardy3730 Před 4 měsíci

    Used to use your wagglers and adapters still got a few superb floats

  • @terrywykes4747
    @terrywykes4747 Před 28 dny

    Proper old school fishing how we learnt our watercraft in the old days

  • @Royboy50
    @Royboy50 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Won my first adult match 1975 on the river Delph at manea fishing exactly like that ,7 lb of beautiful little silvers

  • @Hascienda27
    @Hascienda27 Před 4 měsíci

    Killed my pole for the waggler now, can't wait to start again

  • @wink1eafc774
    @wink1eafc774 Před 4 měsíci

    I love waggler fishing for carp. I mix between feeder fishing and waggler.

  • @user-iq4qo9kz3g
    @user-iq4qo9kz3g Před 4 měsíci

    In the right conditions and the fish are having it it’s quicker than the long pole and more enjoyable

  • @neilmason158
    @neilmason158 Před 3 měsíci

    Waggler all the way, forty years ago bought my first pole bloody hated it and stopped using it. Now only fish rod and line and 20 years on still making my own waggler’s (tight Yorkshire man)

  • @grantfryer407
    @grantfryer407 Před 3 měsíci

    i love floating.. ledger.. and ten ft pole..port meadow oxford canal love it

  • @Liddy37
    @Liddy37 Před 4 měsíci

    Never forgotten, my favorite tactic, since I was a boy 🎣 4:07

  • @samuelgarrod8327
    @samuelgarrod8327 Před 4 měsíci

    I bought some canal greys yesterday. 👍

  • @martinweaverallroundangling
    @martinweaverallroundangling Před 4 měsíci

    Waggler can be faster than the pole, I love fishing the waggler in particular the antennae float. I was on it today catching Crucians and Roach in 5°c, lost my hands got back jumped in hot bath warmed up lovely.

  • @richardgodfrey1692
    @richardgodfrey1692 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I do it myself in the winter, 1 Rod, And no pole roller or Roost, Easy to set up, And easy to pack away on these short winter days, Just like it used to be, Why make it complicated, They don't know what they're missing.

  • @babylonsburning1
    @babylonsburning1 Před 4 měsíci

    I always fish the waggler. I fish the upper Nene and I'll out today fishing for silvers.

  • @stephenpyner4156
    @stephenpyner4156 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Wish there was more decent rivers and canals down my way so I could fish the waggler more but unfortunately the only way to fish the waggler down my way now is on commercial lakes which aren't always good enough due to their sizes and depths

  • @baldrickscunningplan6154
    @baldrickscunningplan6154 Před 4 měsíci

    Most of the members in my club don't even own a waggler rod. I am the only one left that regularly uses a waggler rod. I take 2 with me for every match. One for silvers and one for Carp.
    I can't compete with them with pole fishing, but I get sneaky wins using the waggler. Usually when weights are low.

  • @gee3883
    @gee3883 Před 4 měsíci

    If I went to the river and fished next to him I'd sling my gear in and go home lol. great vid and tips.

  • @shauncorless8965
    @shauncorless8965 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I've won more matches on the waggler than on tip ,,and I use a mark pollerd soft tip float rod it's nearly impossible to bump one 😅

  • @MegaJackpot180
    @MegaJackpot180 Před 3 měsíci

    waggler fishing thats the best way i will. fish it till i pop off nothing like seeing that float dive not knowing if its a perch or a roach or eel Great stuff

  • @kevinerbs2778
    @kevinerbs2778 Před 3 měsíci

    what is the fish at the beginning of the video? I just recently caught the same looking fish from a small lagoon around me. I'm in the U.S.A though so I don't think people know what they are. I was taking a guess that it was either a Roach or baby carp/Rudd.

  • @user-zw5uh5zi3h
    @user-zw5uh5zi3h Před 4 měsíci

    Me 2 that's wot I was brought up on and that's what I call fishing and stick float good old days ❤❤

  • @fishypie
    @fishypie Před 4 měsíci

    im a big fan of the waggler, so much more comfee than a 12 mtr plus pole, and i find it easier and faster when rebaiting. the pole dose have its place but long live the wagler method

  • @theastuteangler
    @theastuteangler Před 3 měsíci

    if you're not keeping the fish to eat or weigh in for a tournament, can you explain the need of the keep basket please.
    edit: more questions! how long is the rod? is the float secured with small rubber bead or shot on either side of the line-through?

  • @solidcold9491
    @solidcold9491 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Waggler will never die until someone invents a 30 meter pole. Since technically waggler is just shalla fishing at range.

  • @ChrisBarringer
    @ChrisBarringer Před 4 měsíci

    Grew up fishing waggler on these drains. St marys 5 mins down the road. Lot of great fishing to be had. That swim isnt fished the actual ramsey water is on the opposite bank starts the end of the trees upwards

  • @MikeyDunn
    @MikeyDunn Před 4 měsíci

    I still have my old 13ft Shakey duo gold match rod and a small Daiwa reel for this kind of fishing, not sure if I've any canal wagglers left, can't say I've seen many for sale either sadly.

    • @robwalker651
      @robwalker651 Před 4 měsíci

      Look out for the Drennan Hi Viz wagglers,very similar to the old Canal Blues

  • @travisyork3915
    @travisyork3915 Před 3 měsíci

    I waggler fish in the states, for chubs. Even just yesterday in the Creek by my house.

    • @travisyork3915
      @travisyork3915 Před 3 měsíci

      We use maggots too, but we call them wax worms here.

  • @chumlieghwarner2202
    @chumlieghwarner2202 Před 4 měsíci

    What is the fun in that it's like when the whiting are in on chesil but at least then you have to cast 100-150 yards

  • @user-iq4qo9kz3g
    @user-iq4qo9kz3g Před 4 měsíci

    In the right conditions and the fish are having it it’s quicker than the long pole

  • @severnoaks
    @severnoaks Před 4 měsíci

    Crazy the way you fish the rod both handed...you keep switching the rod between hands

  • @alanboyd2953
    @alanboyd2953 Před 4 měsíci +5

    More skill using a waggler! Never used a pole and never will !

  • @Osk.S57
    @Osk.S57 Před 4 měsíci

    Bought a pole years ago, sold it within six months. Just wasn't enjoying using it. I get you need a pole match fishing but they take all the pleasure out of pleasure fishing.

  • @paulAnthony7236
    @paulAnthony7236 Před 4 měsíci

    Still fish wagglers have done since the 70s.

  • @jimmycburfield5997
    @jimmycburfield5997 Před 4 měsíci

    Who doesn’t enjoy a float?
    The best way to fish.

  • @mickbrooks8114
    @mickbrooks8114 Před 4 měsíci

    Iv gone from commercial to fishing more river ribble cracking river waggler stick feeder or gear out for barbel

  • @NICEY485
    @NICEY485 Před 4 měsíci

    If I float fish it's always the waggler

  • @ImHappyNapper
    @ImHappyNapper Před 3 měsíci

    Are these fish eaten or released?

  • @mickduffy6903
    @mickduffy6903 Před 4 měsíci

    Where do you park your car?

  • @andreipetrescu603
    @andreipetrescu603 Před 4 měsíci

    Imo,this should be the only technique allowed in competitions,with the current international rules .

  • @gonefishing8947
    @gonefishing8947 Před 4 měsíci

    I had a pole 25 years ago and as I only pleasure fish there is no point for me to struggle with a pole

  • @geoffreystockton7639
    @geoffreystockton7639 Před 4 měsíci

    If I had only one method i could fish it will be the waggler still got floats I used in the late 70s all peacock

  • @chrisbarker6052
    @chrisbarker6052 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Would be better with a closed face reel Abu 506

    • @APJ-qi8et
      @APJ-qi8et Před 4 měsíci

      Abi Gracia closed face reel seen my dad fish with one when I was a kid

    • @paultant6741
      @paultant6741 Před 4 měsíci

      Yea still got 2 along with Mitchell matches and 300s great reels

  • @goatitisful
    @goatitisful Před 3 měsíci

    Im an american... i just discovered how different british fishing is today.

  • @reneschaap8091
    @reneschaap8091 Před 3 měsíci

    ik vis al 40 jaar zo en ik stop er niet mee 👍

  • @knabdank
    @knabdank Před 4 měsíci +1

    youre not the only one who does waggler fishing theres tons of videos online and guys who still make videos about them shit i even got into making them for myself because of videos ive seen where people use them, no idea who you are but i dont think waggler fishing will dissapear when you die sorry but the only thing that will dissapear then is you.

  • @user-cl5im6pb5f
    @user-cl5im6pb5f Před 4 měsíci

    👍

  • @terryspeakman9208
    @terryspeakman9208 Před 4 měsíci

    Swopping left to right hand looks strange, but obviously practice make perfect..

  • @grumpygrandad1216
    @grumpygrandad1216 Před 2 měsíci

    I was trying to work out whether you are left handed, right handed, or just kack handed ? 😂😂😂😂🤷‍♂️

  • @KevinRogers-vn7og
    @KevinRogers-vn7og Před 4 měsíci

    When I die, it'll go with me!! What?? Does he think he's the only one who fishes light waggler? How immodest.

  • @laterstar1966
    @laterstar1966 Před 2 měsíci

    I've got a good idea! Lets fill a puddle with hungry carp and drag them out as fast as humanlt possible. Then pose for a social media clip with 230lb of bewildered tame carp.
    Been there... it gets tedious.

    • @ifishmatrix
      @ifishmatrix  Před 2 měsíci

      Are you ok? There's not carp in this video? It's a natural drain in the fens and not a carp in sight?

  • @LeeChappell-zj3uv
    @LeeChappell-zj3uv Před 3 měsíci

    What are you going to do with such small fish ? I hope you are catching bait.

  • @hary71
    @hary71 Před 3 měsíci

    idk man alot of ppl fish like this

  • @richmartin3349
    @richmartin3349 Před 4 měsíci

    Its still a massive massive thing on the rivers,naturals and club waters ,not died at all,,clickbait for the commercial fisher me thinks,,

  • @lesbrock6719
    @lesbrock6719 Před 4 měsíci

    Waggler all the way I hate pole fishing .....

  • @Northstar-Media
    @Northstar-Media Před 4 měsíci

    Blindly strikeing on your count is a little strange to me . I like to watch the bite develop and then strike 🎣

    • @ifishmatrix
      @ifishmatrix  Před 4 měsíci +2

      It's not blindly striking. Mark explains why he strikes on the count of 4 in the video. It's because there is a fish on the end! It there was no fish on the float tip would have settled down.

    • @Northstar-Media
      @Northstar-Media Před 4 měsíci

      was taught to let each bite develop & strike when necessary because each bite can be different.
      Seems a little automated .

    • @robwalker651
      @robwalker651 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@Northstar-MediaIt was obvious that the fish were holding up the bait,

  • @user-ey3qg2mm3q
    @user-ey3qg2mm3q Před 3 měsíci

    Do you use those little fingerlings to catch bigger fish later on?