Absolute belter!

I’d just like to share with you an absolute belter of a barbel that I caught on double corn at Arley today Sunday 22nd August. A fantastic fish around the 10 pound mark. Anthony Plant

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Looking upstream over a flooded river from foot bridge to our Arley LB & RB fisheries.

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Alveley Country Park in the wood looking downstream.

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Alveley Country Park looking upstream.

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Arley Harbour Inn, first meadow looking upstream on a lovely sunny summer day.

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Arley Harbour Inn one of the pegs on the faster water.

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Arley LB just upstream of the car park.

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Arley RB by the island looking upstream.

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Entrance from road onto track at Coombys Farm for access to Stanley car park.

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Stanley car park. Be carful when crossing Severn Valley Railway tracks into car park. The level crossing gates have been removed and you have to listen for the trains, they do sound their whistle and travel slowly.

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Stanley Water section 1 upstream of car park.

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Stanley Water downstream of Borle Brook looking downstream towards Kinlet.

Arley barbel.

Neil Williams, Arley left bank 9lb. 13oz.

Arley roach

First peg after the gate from Arley car park on Friday 28:09:18. A beautiful day and quality roach in the swim. Paul Packwood

Bagged up at Arley

Hi, thought this might be something of interest. I was bailiffing down at Arley left bank this afternoon Sunday 6th January and stopped to chat to member Paul Field. He was catching one a chuck on the waggler and maggot. I stayed to help him weigh the fish which in total was just over 50lb. The net consisted of chub and barbel.There were 3 chub over 6lb with the biggest at 6lb 12oz, the biggest barbel pictured was 11lb, there was even a perch close to 2lb ,brilliant bag of fish! Stewart Mulheron (bailiff).

Cheesy chub

Hi caught this lovely chub on cheese at Arley in Feb. Glenn Carpenter.

James and Travis salmon

Met Mike and his wife today, who told me about this salmon from Kinlet , apparently the two boys were after perch ! Mike Barker.

Memorable day at Stanley Water

Would like to report another fishing outing at the Stanley water stretch of the middle Severn last weekend. The fishing from afternoon was prolific and remarkable. Amongst the catch was a roach of 1lb, a chub of 5lb 8 ounce and a barbel of 9lb 8 ounce. Photos are of the barbel and chub. Adam Price-Hunt

Middle Severn session.

9lb 3oz, waggler caught barbel, best of 39 caught over 6 days fishing the Trimpley and Arley stretches of the middle Severn. Most fish during the week, including chub over 4lb, a 1lb 10oz trout, and several pound-plus perch, taken on float-fished caster – by far the best way to catch barbel and chub! Mick Hanley

What's being caught here - 9lb barbel, June 2016, Martin Heath

What's being caught here - Dec 2016 - 19lb 4oz pike at Coomby's Farm down from Borle Brook. She took a ledgered whole mackerel. Nick Lowe.

What's being caught here - First Barbel catch for the year, at Arley 7lb. Before that... a lovely slimey eel! Persistence paid off in the end though. Rachel Wallader July 2017.

What's being caught here! - 3lb perch, Kinlet October 2016, Martin from New Zealand, friend of Yorkie.

What's being caught here! - First time fishing this unspoken gem of a fishery. Fished 2 evening sessions last weekend (29th & 30th July 2017),had 1 barbel just before the light went (8lb 6). The next evening 2 barbel at approximately 6lb (not weighed). Gr