Fishing For Beginners DVD – Still Water Fishing – Keith Arthur, Pike Fishing – Des Taylor

Disc 1 – Pike Fishing: Big fish expert Des Taylor takes us bait fishing for pike at Thorpe Park in Surrey. He explains and displays in some detail the rigs methods and a number of the best fish baits. Different fish such as trout roach and mackerel are used. Des catches good double-figure pike on his chosen methods finishing with a fine 20 pounder. How to cast play unhook and carefully return each fish is shown and the film is enjoyable as well as instructive. Disc 2 – Still Water Fishing: Keith Arthur has been acknowledged as one of the best anglers in the country. In this video he demonstrates the art of still water fishing. Fishing a lake eleven foot deep he shows how to fish the Waggler and the Sliding Float and also discusses the art of shotting and the most important feeding. He also catches a lot of fish. Filmed with the cooperation of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Disc 3 – River Fishing: Jan Porter first made his name on the River Trent in the early 1980s fishing the swimfeeder. Be it block and feeder with maggot or the open ended feeder using caster and hemp combinations Jan has very few equals when employing this devastating method. In this film Jan deals with every facet of the method looking at rods lines and the multitude of swimfeeders on the market today. He also looks at the problems confronting the pleasure angler when facing running water and demonstrates the importance of balancing the feeder to the flow. This is the complete programme for the would-be feeder fisherman.