Fishing Videos

[Guest Elton]

I quite often see mention of angling videos on the internet and in the press, but what do the people here think are the ingredients of a good fishing video? What would you make if you were the Director?

 

I'm not after a list of your 'favourites', just an idea of how others perceive the 'perfect' angling video to look

 

All the best,

 

Elton

 

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Elton Murphy

Anglers' Net

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk

[Guest Dave B]

There's no such thing Murph. What's right for someone will be wrong for another. For instance, I can't stand vids that are purely instructional - watching hours of knot and rig tying is not my idea of entertainment, that knowledge can be gained from magazines.

I much prefer to see fish being caught and landed, encompassing the whole thrill of fishing from their location, to the bite, playing and landing etc.

I think a good vid must also have an element of humour in it too - just like a real day's fishing perhaps!

 

P.S. I'm off to the Manor (Oxford) Mon-Wed, so we'll have to organise something the following week!

[Guest Dave B]

By the way Murph, this isn't an attempt for you to do a little homework for an Anglersnet Video production is it?

I thought you said you'd had enough of movies after the goat/cream cheese incident!

[Guest piscary]

Originally posted by Dave B:

By the way Murph, this isn't an attempt for you to do a little homework for an Anglersnet Video production is it?

I thought you said you'd had enough of movies after the goat/cream cheese incident!

 

He told me it was a swan and a tub of double cream..............now *there's* a video!

Seriously - how about a vidoe that takes a complete beginner through the motions from sctratch, allowing really silly questions to be asked. There's loads of stuff I'd like to know but am reluctant to enquire because it's so basic. You could always graduate towards more advanced techniques after ten minutes, or so. And I agree with the humour aspect. A vital component - for life, let alone a vid.

Rosie

[Guest RobStubbs]

Elton,

A good start is to ignore any previous videos - most I've seen are total rubbish, the best few count as 'watcheable'. There are so many different anglers of different abilities that (as someone else said) what one person enjoys is rubbish to someone else.

 

Of the beginners type I liked the ________s carp fever vids. I also recall Hughes & Crow made some beginner type ones. These are all carpy as that's all I've seen. But by far the best learning experience is in person. Go fishing with someone who knows what they're doing and you'll learn much more, quicker and easier than you ever will from a video.

 

Rob.

[Guest Martin Salisbury]

The early Go fishing programmes were fantastic. I used to be captivated every week.

 

John Wilson blends the angling with an appreciation of the countryside and the wildlife (although just a tiny too much sometimes)

 

They were only 'slightly' instructional but there was always something you could pick up, it concentrated on the highs and lows of catching fish and that was enjoyable.

 

I've got a stack of videos, perhaps I should review them, unfortunately they are mainly rubbish with bits of wisdom here and there.

 

The Passion for Angling series was another great programme.

 

I don't have Sky and terresterial tv is poor for angling so I can't comment on the current tv delights.

[Guest Elton]

You should get yourself a passport and a visa and pop down here for a while, Martin. We're currently enjoying a great series of Go Fishing on Anglia TV

 

All the best,

 

Elton

 

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Elton Murphy

Anglers' Net http://www.anglersnet.co.uk

 

[This message has been edited by Elton (edited 05 May 2000).]

[Guest David]

If you can get your hands on the Ian Heaps videos, they are really good instuctional videos and god to watch, my wife even enjoys them?

[Guest Steve Burke]

I think all will agree the Passion for Angling series was brilliant.

 

Another excellent but earlier TV program was Secret Lake. This too was atmospheric and contained no talking. The star was well known barbel specialist Andy Orme who dreamt of catching a sizeable carp from a beautiful stillwater. Does anyone remember it?

 

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Wingham Fisheries

www.anglersnet.co.uk/fisheries/wingham.htm

[Guest Matt@Trafford]

Elton,

After watching many vids on carping,piking etc, I can comment on one observation that nearly all of 'em have in common...THE CRAPPY MUSIC!!!!!

Can someone please put a bit more effort into the background music,cos it drives me up the wall listening to a sixty minute loop of those nasty drum machine tracks and keyboard ditties!!!!!

On a more serious note,very few vids show any underwater footage and this makes for some very interesting viewing.There are a couple of vids which have sub surface viewing and you really do learn a lot from it(Kev ________s Carp Vid "On the top and down below" for example)..At the price they sell for you'd expect a bit more than knot tying and feature finding.You can buy Crapworld for that,and it's only(sic) four quid!!!

Get me a saucer of milk!!!

Matt!!