Exploring the UK's Clearest River!

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  • čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
  • Join me as I fish for a variety of species that live in one of the UK's healthiest rivers, known for it's water clarity - only, upon arriving, it seems that may not be the case at all...
    Big thanks to my brother Stephen for helping me film this one, and to ‪@The_ginger_fisherman‬ for putting me on the fish!! You guys are the best :)
    Follow me on Instagram: / tomwilshawuk
    All music licensed and supplied by The Music Bed.
    © Tom Wilshaw 2024, All Rights Reserved.
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Komentáře • 102

  • @jamesb9070
    @jamesb9070 Před 13 dny +1

    The quality of these videos are brilliant. Well done and thank you

  • @jonnyseller
    @jonnyseller Před 2 dny

    Lovely video. Great watch

  • @metalbenderuk9791
    @metalbenderuk9791 Před 2 dny

    Great video man, and well done on the perseverance!

  • @jakewilliamson
    @jakewilliamson Před 18 dny +2

    you make a great fishing video tom, well done for persevering - that barbel was well worth it!

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 16 dny

      I was genuinely over the moon, tricky sessions are tough in the moment, but the reward is always so much sweeter - cheers Jake!

  • @LG_Fishing
    @LG_Fishing Před 19 dny +2

    Fantastic video, keep them coming.

  • @FisherDMC5752
    @FisherDMC5752 Před 18 dny +1

    Great video mate! Keep them coming.

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 18 dny

      Thanks so much 😁😁😁 I will!

  • @fishwithcarl
    @fishwithcarl Před 19 dny +6

    17:29 !!! You’ve given the game away now! Off to the River Swale next week 🎉👌👌👌

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 19 dny

      Cat’s out the bag now 👀

    • @BenjaminScott-ep4xo
      @BenjaminScott-ep4xo Před 19 dny

      Hehe I saw that to

    • @benjames9364
      @benjames9364 Před 18 dny +1

      We all know the ginger fishermans local haunt isn't the Swale. Nice try though 😉

    • @benjames9364
      @benjames9364 Před 18 dny

      ​@@BenjaminScott-ep4xohe isn't fishing the Swale 😉 I think it was a trick to throw people off the scent

    • @fishwithcarl
      @fishwithcarl Před 18 dny

      @@benjames9364 ah yeah, the lack of a Yorkshire accent is a dead giveaway 😂

  • @hasansegundo9959
    @hasansegundo9959 Před 18 dny

    You definitely deserve more views and likes! Quality videos mate👍👍

  • @Manassa1917
    @Manassa1917 Před 11 dny

    The idle is a beautiful clean river.
    River meden a small tributary of the idle also is as clean which too contains quality fish

  • @MartynsAnglingAdventures

    Awesome edit!

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 17 dny

      Cheers Martyn 😁 appreciate it mate!

  • @mikecampbell7421
    @mikecampbell7421 Před 14 dny

    I really loved the shot of all the new crappy build housing in the flood plain !!!

  • @J_ivesy
    @J_ivesy Před 7 hodinami

    I've really got to get my self some float fishing gear! Need some variety in my fishing.

  • @michaelclark9916
    @michaelclark9916 Před 19 dny

    Great vid mate

  • @letsgofishing_amhi
    @letsgofishing_amhi Před 18 dny

    Great video Tom 👏

  • @derry5039
    @derry5039 Před 17 dny

    Great video, much easier and more accurate for bites to use a stick float when trotting on river than a regular waggler. Tight lines Tom!

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 13 dny +1

      Thanks Derry :) and yes!! A stick float really would have been the one on the river, I need to get myself practiced with that technique, and important one for the future!

  • @samuelbrucemartin
    @samuelbrucemartin Před 19 dny +2

    if you want to see a really clear river catch a train down to the chalk streams down in Hampshire!!

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 18 dny

      That's something I'm dying to do!! I really want to catch a big grayling at some point :-)

    • @BenjaminScott-ep4xo
      @BenjaminScott-ep4xo Před 15 dny

      the lambourn is kinda messed up right now i think😑

  • @ontcarpn
    @ontcarpn Před 19 dny

    First!!! Love your videos man! Keep them coming 👌🍻

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 18 dny +1

      Haha, thanks so much mate!!!! I'll do my best!! Glad you enjoy them :)

  • @BenjaminScott-ep4xo
    @BenjaminScott-ep4xo Před 19 dny +5

    I new that was gingers river as soon as I saw the arched bridge 😱😱😱

  • @isaacbell.
    @isaacbell. Před 18 dny

    Haha your bro “mu mu meeee?!😮”. Class film too bro

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 18 dny +1

      That bit made me laugh so much in the edit 😂 thanks dude

    • @isaacbell.
      @isaacbell. Před 18 dny

      @@tomwilshaw love it haha!

  • @SavageRob_
    @SavageRob_ Před 18 dny

    Let's goooooooo!

  • @SkiSummer
    @SkiSummer Před 15 dny

    Wow the EA doing something, that makes a change.

  • @matheobelanger6617
    @matheobelanger6617 Před 16 dny

    great video btw very cool images and a great story!
    do you guys know what was the machine that past in the river?

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 13 dny

      Thanks so much!! and I'm not fully sure to be honest, it was there to cut back the weed, it kind of floated, but also had caterpillar tracks.... a really strange device!

  • @DemonMonkeyBoy
    @DemonMonkeyBoy Před 19 dny +9

    Is that a custom Fish With Carl rod? Sure I saw the logo on the blank and butt cap 👀

  • @AaronsAnglingJourney
    @AaronsAnglingJourney Před 13 dny

    Brill mate

  • @joshharpin9567
    @joshharpin9567 Před 18 dny

    Different gravy Tom 🎣👍🏻

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 17 dny +1

      Thanks Josh :) I try really hard to make these the best that I can, feels like a huge win when I read comments like yours!

    • @joshharpin9567
      @joshharpin9567 Před 17 dny

      @@tomwilshaw editing is incredible and the way you tell a story is brilliant absolutely love watching your videos and those who you edit for :) 🎣

  • @JrzOutdoors
    @JrzOutdoors Před 10 dny

    Good stuff, come on over to Washington state, there's some awesome fishing here

  • @DannyFR30
    @DannyFR30 Před 19 dny +2

    Trust them to clean the cleanest river 😂

  • @johnathonandrew8952
    @johnathonandrew8952 Před 18 dny

    A little late to the party on this one Tom but once again top work

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 18 dny

      Cheers Johnathon! Only went live late last night haha, not late at all!

  • @NicholasElder-w9l
    @NicholasElder-w9l Před 15 dny

    The river test is the clearest river in the UK check out the chalk streams of Wiltshire and Hampshire. Far superior clearer water compaired to that river.

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 13 dny

      I'm most certainly checking out some chalk streams later in the season, I've always wanted to catch a big Greyling! The river I was fishing is usually a lot clearer than in this video, it just didn't work out for me haha

  • @JamesParsons-go4nu
    @JamesParsons-go4nu Před 14 dny

    what rod do you use could u put a link please. Great vid as usual

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 13 dny

      I used a couple of rods in this video :) some I actually can't talk about yet, but the main shorter rod I used for float and lure fishing was a korum light lure rod

  • @silasestlander
    @silasestlander Před 19 dny

    That red braid is so sexy man. Loved this video. Saved my friday night😄

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 18 dny +1

      Haha, I only bought it because it was the only one in the shop at the time, but now I feel it's a mainstay of the channel 😂 thanks man :)

  • @johnstevens5042
    @johnstevens5042 Před 19 dny

    🍺🍺🦈🍺🍺

  • @benscarping2941
    @benscarping2941 Před 10 dny

    I fish this river myself, and have had the same issue with them cutting the weed and it completely ruins the fishing, not sure why they do it as it doesn’t really benefit the river to cut the weed. On a good day though the river produces class fish, I’ve had double figure barbel and perch to 2lb plus as well as 5lb chub

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 3 dny

      It didn’t really make much sense to me either, especially considering that at the time the fish hadn’t spawned yet. It’s a wicked bit of water :) I do hope to be back to try and win one of those bigger barbel!

  • @albiewilliams6830
    @albiewilliams6830 Před 18 dny

    Great video tom and makes me laugh how the enviroment agency detroy all that natural habitat for so many species not just fish by getting rid of the weed but they cant do the jobs they need to do anyway great video and well done for persevering

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 13 dny

      Thanks Albie, and yes, it's pretty non-sensical, especially given that many coarse species have not yet spawned in the rivers! Maybe not the brightest move 🤦‍♂️

  • @averageguy8090
    @averageguy8090 Před 15 dny

    Never walk downriver as the vibrations can scare the fish below you, always fish against the current as the vibrations will carry away from the fish you're looking for :)

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 13 dny

      That makes a lot of sense! Do you then cast upstream and try and keep the tension as the float comes back towards you? Always learning :)

  • @andk3423
    @andk3423 Před 19 dny

    In my country, Indonesia, there are lots of fishing spots like this, but rubbish and factory waste make it unsafe to explore😅

    • @Roowfc705
      @Roowfc705 Před 19 dny

      I'm sorry to hear that

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 18 dny

      That’s awful 🙁 is there any plans to stop that happening?

    • @andk3423
      @andk3423 Před 18 dny

      @@tomwilshaw coldplay has helped by sending sophisticated equipment to clean dirty rivers and lakes but the government is instead using it as a way to make money haha

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 17 dny

      Jeez… Not good mate 🙁 such a short-sighted view, money’s great but it’s comes and goes, our planet? Once we ruin it, there’s not a whole lot we can do..

  • @benjames9364
    @benjames9364 Před 18 dny +1

    I noticed you slipped in the name of a different river, the Swale. You and i know you aint fishing the Swale 😉 that isnt the ginger fishermans hunting ground. I can see through you deception 🤣

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 18 dny

      😂😂😂 shhhhh 👀

    • @MrTim207
      @MrTim207 Před 17 dny

      I’ve worked out the exact location of this swim 👀 but even though it’s only 40 minutes from me, I’m not going to fish it as I’ve got plenty of quality river to go at locally. And I wouldn’t want the place hammered due to CZcams exposure.

    • @petertomo95
      @petertomo95 Před 14 dny

      Came here to say this, I'm very familiar with the area too

  • @joeking57
    @joeking57 Před 18 dny

    Great video but slightly weird how ur just copying everything thats been done already... No challenge

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 18 dny +1

      Catching any kind of a fish is a challenge for me 😂 but interesting comment, do you mean it's cause I want to a location a lot of people have gone to? Keen to know more, always want to make cool interesting videos 😁

  • @LG-RiverFishingUK
    @LG-RiverFishingUK Před 7 dny

    Have u evet fished the river medlock? Now thats a very clear river no weed no nothing like that mate

    • @tomwilshaw
      @tomwilshaw  Před 3 dny

      I haven’t! I’ll have to check it out :-)

    • @LG-RiverFishingUK
      @LG-RiverFishingUK Před 3 dny

      @tomwilshaw I fish it daily you'll get an average of 20-30 trout on a session