John Bailey - Tench fishing on the float

John Bailey draws on his many years of experience to bring you his ultimate guide to catching tench on the float. Packed with tips and guidance on how to put more tench on the bank including;
-How to assess a water
-The affect of wind
-The best parts of the lake to fish
- Floats
- Rig set ups
- and Bait
He also reveals some new tackle and rig set ups that will revolutionise the way you fish.

You can find the floats I used in the video at

[nickchapman]

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

[markosullivan]

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

[charlesbarnett]

One of my favourite angling writters.
Thank you John.

[markhepworth]

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.

[davian]

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

[FishingConnectionNiederrhein]

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

[staridwork]

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

[peterwebb]

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

[thephotographer]

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

[myke.h]

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.

[TheAutisticAngler]

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.

[davidcowdry]

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.

[ceej]

Great Video John.
Returning to fishing after a three decade hiatus, & now in my 60s, I had yet to catch a tench!
I now have 3, (with a PB of 5.5lbs)… All caught on your boilie/hair rig.
The venues were not gravel pits, having a water depth of just 3-4 feet, but fishing two feet over depth worked just fine. 
Thank you very much for your tips and technique.
Regards Chris

[justinmorgan]

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!

[stevefitzpatrick]

Thank you john, i have been a big fan of yours for years

[Len]

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

[simonspeedo]

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

[andym]

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

[mrw]

Great video, not surprised though as my first and favourite fishing book was your the fishing detective book. Thankyou and very best wishes and stay safe and well to yourself and your family. Tight lines

[ianwilliams]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, both for the tips provided and presentation style, you have a very natural style John. I will definitely try this approach for tench on my next outing. I'm looking forward to seeing more videos from Bailey & Fishing, I'm certain not to be disappointed if they're as good as these.