Fishing For Beginners

Disc One - Fly Fishing:
What better way to get to grips with the basics of fly fishing and to broaden your approach, than to learn from a programme which features former England International team member, coach and manager Simon Gawesworth and the one time European Fly Fishing Champion Iain Barr. Let's start our programme by joining Simon at Blakewell Fisheries in Devon where he'll be showing us a variety of fly fishing equipment and how best to assemble it. Simon will then move on to expertly demonstrate presentation and how to catch rainbow trout on nymphs and ultimately the dry fly. There'll even be a fleeting glimpse of a nice brown trout which embarrassingly for Simon evades the final capture! We'll then go to Lenches Lake in Evesham where the inimitable Iain Barr will show us the type of tactics that made him European Champion. Ian will be fishing with a team of three nymphs, all the time analysing for us his style of fishing, the method's he's using and the reasoning behind his actions.

Disc Two - Coarse Fishing:
Wether it be pole fishing, or float fishing with rod and line that's your particular bag... they're both featured here and who better to demonstrate the different techniques, than three of the best anglers in the country. Four times World Coarse Fishing Champion, Bob Nudd MBE... England International and fishing columnist, Will Raison and finally our old mate and big fish expert; Des Taylor. Out programme starts with Bob Nudd and a pole fishing session for big fish at Pisces Fishery on the Cambridge/Norfolk border. Bob expertly demonstrates the methods, baits and tactics used to produce the best results from a small still water. There are loads of tips and advice ere from a man whose knowledge whose knowledge and experience is second to none. The on to Gold Valley Lakes where we join Will Raison; Will shows us his tactics with the pole, which have helped make him one of the country's top competition anglers. Leaving Will to bag up, we travel south to Ronsey in Hampshire where we meet up with that ever popular character and big fish expert Des Taylor. Des is fishing Broadlands lake, which in his words is "stuffed with fish".

Disc Three - Carp Fishing:
So you want to learn how to catch carp... well who would know more about that subject than the journalist, author and broadcaster Julian Cundriff? Julian has specialised in the capture of carp, written countless articles and broadcast several programmes about the skills that he's developed and the methods he's used to catch fish throughout the years. However, this programme is not sixty minutes of various fisherman hauling in carp after carp after carp; rather it's an in-depth look at how to improve your skills as an angler for Britain's favourite fish. During the programme Julian will demonstrate in great detail, how to make your own boilies. He'll show you a couple of his favourite mixes, with tips and hints to make what appears to be a very complicated process very simple. Julian will show you how to set up your end tackle, how to make hair rigs; he explains the importance of presentation and throughout the programme, will offer you endless amounts of priceless tips and advice. Oh, and of course you will see Julian putting all that advice into practice, as he catches some very nice common carp.