John Bailey - Tench fishing on the float

Nice vid, I like the boilie tip, but please lose the the music.

I've been reading your magazine articles and books for 30 years, John. Great to see you with a YouTube channel!

Great stuff John,some beautiful floats you have there,enjoyed the info! But you don't need that music,it's generically bad and a curse of recent YouTube vids and does not suit you and your style. I know the music is another headache for a you,but interesting music by actual musicians will serve you far better,doesn't have to be the centre of attention,but music is like lighting,get it right and it really pops the ambiance! All the best.

One of my favourite angling writters. Thank you John.

Great video, love float fishing for 40 years and always will

I've just had my interest in Tench rekindled by this video. Can't wait to get out there and give it a go. Thanks for the video, looking forwards to the next one

Been tench fishing since 1973, but you've come up with 3 things I didn't fully appreciate! Will put them into practice easter Monday

The wind comment is pure Jedi. I was fishing a massive gravel pit (Duck Lake Witney) and wondered why some days better than others. Big big tench. But realised it was wind direction. The poor days was the northerly wind. Now makes sense had no idea they were sensitive so would just go were the wind direction went as standard. Thanks

Thanks for this great tench tactics video. Greetings from Germany. Boilie on the float sounds  like an interesting method.

This is the 1st of your videos I've seen, I watch you tube fishing vids regularly and must say this is brilliant. I thought I would not find anything new but I had my eyes opened. Thanks

Hi John, great vid. I'm hoping to catch up with you & Robbie at the beginning of August. Glad to see you are still using the floats I made you.

I have gone back to float fishing for tench over the last three seasons there is nothing like watching a float dip away the bend in the rod and like you catching on a centrepin the right tackle and it's absolutely exhilarating.

Absolutely superb video, two fantastic tench videos this week with this one and the one from Paul Garner, can’t wait for the next one!

Great video. Full of useful facts. Though one thing stood out. Tench eat boilies. We know that. Carp fishermen catch Tench on 15mm boilies and bigger ones. But then you say that a bunch of 3 maggots and a hook is to heavy for them to suck up! But a hook and a 15mm boilie is a lot HEAVIER than a hook with a bunch of 3 maggots on. That's just a bit contradictory to me. However. I've always found that a 12 or 14 hook with a whole dendrobaena worm cut in two (So you have the whole worm but in two pieces on the hook.) is something that Tench will not pass up.

you take me back to the 80s when i watched yourself, and MR WILSON . When my fishing life started..

Very enjoyable video, fished the float for 50 years plus, no better way to catch Tench. Top tips John.

Hey John, I’m just getting back into fishing after finding golf 20 years ago. My wife said I was a nicer person as a fisherman than I am as golfer. The funny thing is when I’m on a golf course and see a lake I think I’d rather be fishing. So here goes. Great vid but don’t like the plastics.

Thank you John, just came here after watching one of bob and paul's videos. I'm a beach angler just starting trotting and thoroughly enjoying it.

Wonderful video - thank you for sharing your knowledge

I haven't found anything that beats a worm for tench, apart from the right location in the right conditions.