 Hi everyone, today is the 2nd of November, we've got a storm coming in, I can't remember the name of it, but it's gusting up to 75mph on the coast. My client today has cancelled, partly because of the weather concerns and also because he's there under the weather themselves. So if you're watching this, I hope you get well soon mate, and I'm going to fish the spot that we had lined up for today anyway, which is the River Choux in Canesha Memorial Park. It's a good spot for adverse weather conditions because it's got the shelter from the valley, and it's also got the tree line either side, and it has a very low, a slow response to floodwater. It'll be running chocolate brown, but it won't be anything like as high as neighbouring rivers. It's got good depth, good cover, good flow, there's a chance of a barbell, but I need to get this kit set up quickly before it's rain really comes in. Two or three years since I last properly fished this river for my own pleasure, certainly in terms of trying to target a barbell and a chub. The reasonable success catching fish in the sort of three to four pound range might have even been about five years ago. Question is, are there any still in this section? Probably not before they all drop down into the main river. Being in the town centre, you get quite a lot of local community walking through, and the only people I'm seeing are the older folk, who basically don't take any notice, don't give a damn about these weather warnings. I mean really, if you'd watch the news, you would have thought that right now my umbrella would be blown out up into the sky and I'd be swept off my feet by a raging torrent. I don't half sensationalise it. In my last video, I used the Creel boilers to good effect, but I think in this venue I'm going to fish the worm because A, it's underrated, B, there'll be loads washed in with this flood water, and it just gives me the chance of a bonus species like a perch or a roach. I've left all my lob worms in my course coaching box at home. I've drawn a quick stop bead connector, and hopefully you can see that. That's just hooked on, and it's that bead that you push over the top that keeps it all in place, and behind that I've got a running ring, which I'm going to attach two ounce lead on. That's great though to get a bite like that on a big piece of meat, this time of day. That's really promising. There we are, we're in. Oh, he's off. No, he's not. I'm glad I've gummed up. There's so many snags in this river. Now he's going upriver. Can't really afford to give him an inch, but he thinks differently. Sweet. Hey, how about that? Get the conditions right, and you'll catch fish. I was really keen to do some pike fishing after my disastrous session at Langhorst, but that's cool. Really nice to know these fish are still here. Just put my silly hat on. Only a babba, really. About two and a half pull in that current. The hook may be very lively. Like grayling, the way they flip round. That's why I need an unhooking mat with babble. That's got so much energy. Hey, three or four pounds I reckon. So they're still in here. They're not easy to catch, but when the floods come up, catch a rising river and they will go on the feed. Hopefully that's the start of many to come. It's so important to rest babble. It's so important to rest babble when you're... Don't mind the babble, I think it's me that needs a rest. Multitasking. This one's actually ready to go. Because he's a smaller fish, I could get him in quite quick. He wasn't out of the water long. Beautiful fish. It's weird, you've got more chance of catching babble here, it seems, than you have chub. Ten years ago that certainly wasn't the case. Very much the other way round. It's free to fish here, which is pretty incredible. Does get busy at weekends. Parking's £2.50 for eight hours. So with my second rod, I want to just put a bait out and forget about it. I want it well out of the way, so I can have some space in front and a funny gland fish on either rod. A lot of debris coming down now. Oi, you made me jump. Go on, shoot. No, no. Oi, God, shoot. Shoot. Go on. Shoot. Go on. No, no, get away. Yeah, so there's three things you've got to watch out for here. Dogs, dog poo and rats. Oh, no. Go on. Shoot. Shoot. Go away. Go on. Shoot. Scram. Go away. Go on. Shoot. Get out. Go on. Shoot. Go on. Shoot. Get out of it. Go on. I don't get it. You need a rod license to fish, but you don't need a license to own a dog. It's funny, despite all the pre-baiting, I've not had a touch since, and it begs the question of what's more important, pre-baiting or casting into the right spot, or the bait you're using, or the method you're using, all those considerations and conditions you're fishing in. But, yeah, the tackle manufacturers and the bait manufacturers will tell you it's the bait you're using or the tackle you're using. Pre-baiting, I think, is massively overrated, because if you're not putting that bait in the right spot, it's not going to make the blindspit difference, because, you know, this is a wild environment. It's plenty of natural food for these fish. They're going to be holed up somewhere where they're safe, and it's probably better to put a single bait out into those areas where they think they're safe than it is to try and draw them out. So that's what I'm going to try and do next. Get a bit braver with my casting. There's not normally much flow to this river. As you can see, it's really starting to tank through now. Along with this, that's gone on for the more crap that's coming through the river and making it very difficult to present a bait for more than 10 minutes before too much stuff gets tangled down the line. I see from the bend in the rod just how much crud there is on there. Look at that. One tip I would give for fishing here is to wind in quickly. If you wind in slow, you'll catch a snag. Well, that's it. What started off to be a very promising session has been pitted out very quickly. It was coaching and chatting with you today. You have time to hang up and go home. So I didn't want you to say that to you.