anglerpaulm
Well-known member
I have been generally unimpressed with many of the fishing programs I have seen of late. Spending Christmas at home I was watching a lot of re-runs of Total Fishing, The Great Rod Race and Lake Escapes (with Matt Hayes), Thinking Tackle (With whoever Korda employ) and the first series of Fishing Guru’s.
Aside from the Great Rod Race where they aim to catch any type of fish to gain miles to travel, the type of program went from bad to worse. Being a match fisherman, Thinking Tackle was probably the most informative, with relatively good information on Knots and Rigs, but there the rest of the were Carp-tastic and frankly a bit of a bore. Being a pleasure/match angler I found that the other programs contained very little content and proceeded more along the lines of being adverts for fisheries. Fishing Guru’s in particular was a disappointment as people rave about this “fantastic” show. Pellets and Boilies were used throughout the series and only once did I see meat, (caster and worm were also shown on the additional material) all of which are standard match and pleasure fishing baits.
Perhaps I am alone in thinking this but what ever happened to programs which were informative and useful to the pleasure angler? Things like;
A Passion for Angling, and,
Bob Nudd’s Guide to…. (Pole Fishing, Feeder Fishing, Fishing Canals etc)
The is definitely a niche market there it’s just a shame that there is nothing modern out there that can fill that gap.
With that in mind, any suggestions?
Aside from the Great Rod Race where they aim to catch any type of fish to gain miles to travel, the type of program went from bad to worse. Being a match fisherman, Thinking Tackle was probably the most informative, with relatively good information on Knots and Rigs, but there the rest of the were Carp-tastic and frankly a bit of a bore. Being a pleasure/match angler I found that the other programs contained very little content and proceeded more along the lines of being adverts for fisheries. Fishing Guru’s in particular was a disappointment as people rave about this “fantastic” show. Pellets and Boilies were used throughout the series and only once did I see meat, (caster and worm were also shown on the additional material) all of which are standard match and pleasure fishing baits.
Perhaps I am alone in thinking this but what ever happened to programs which were informative and useful to the pleasure angler? Things like;
A Passion for Angling, and,
Bob Nudd’s Guide to…. (Pole Fishing, Feeder Fishing, Fishing Canals etc)
The is definitely a niche market there it’s just a shame that there is nothing modern out there that can fill that gap.
With that in mind, any suggestions?
Last edited:
Looks like I'll be trawling around HMV etc looking for DVDs.
