Chrissywale

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Re: Salford Priors Had a quick drive by today for you. Old track is much the same but there is now a new track running adjacent to it which looks fine. Can’t comment on the state of the pegs though and with the high banks there it’s probably going to be challenging lol, Hope that helps Posted on July 08, 2021 at 8:54 AM
Re: Fisheries work Good news Stew! Explanation makes sense, thanks for the update Posted on June 17, 2021 at 6:50 AM
Re: Fisheries work Would seem that the answer is no, so go armed with machetes, strummers, ladders, etc . I agree that on paper the membership fee is great value given the number of venues, however the fact that most of it is unfishable to the majority of the membership that value is somewhat diminished. To be really contentious if you can’t maintain it let it go, and concentrate more effort on the stretches you want to maintain. Posted on June 15, 2021 at 7:41 AM
Fisheries work Is there an updated 2021 fisheries work plan available? Posted on June 10, 2021 at 7:09 AM
Re: No Pegs, Pensham and Nafford Correct sadly. I live in Lower Moor and my local stretch has no fishable pegs, unless I go down there with a shovel and dig a couple out there won’t be. There are many stretches like this within the BAA unfortunately and it’s a pretty sad reflection due mainly I suspect to the decline in popularity and also to the migration of anglers to commercial fisheries. Some 40 years ago I was secretary of several small clubs of some 30-40 members and when you booked matches you were given 1 or maybe 2 meadows but there never seemed too much trouble getting them in, and in the < big un> there was 4000 pegs along the Severn and Avon, how many could you accommodate now? I bet maybe 20% of that. Surely it makes more sense to give up some of these stretches and concentrate more time and money on properly maintained waters which can also be baliffed effectively (pretty much the only visitors to Lower Moor are unlicensed Eastern European’s) I realise this is a pretty emotive subject but I fear that if nothing is done and based on the current decline, there with only be a handful of fishable stretches of our rivers left. Posted on June 06, 2021 at 6:17 AM

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Re: Salford Priors

Had a quick drive by today for you. Old track is much the same but there is now a new track running adjacent to it which looks fine.
Can’t comment on the state of the pegs though and with the high banks there it’s probably going to be challenging lol,
Hope that helps

Posted on July 08, 2021 at 8:54 AM

Re: Fisheries work

Good news Stew! Explanation makes sense, thanks for the update

Posted on June 17, 2021 at 6:50 AM

Re: Fisheries work

Would seem that the answer is no, so go armed with machetes, strummers, ladders, etc .
I agree that on paper the membership fee is great value given the number of venues, however the fact that most of it is unfishable to the majority of the membership that value is somewhat diminished.
To be really contentious if you can’t maintain it let it go, and concentrate more effort on the stretches you want to maintain.

Posted on June 15, 2021 at 7:41 AM

Fisheries work

Is there an updated 2021 fisheries work plan available?

Posted on June 10, 2021 at 7:09 AM

Re: No Pegs, Pensham and Nafford

Correct sadly. I live in Lower Moor and my local stretch has no fishable pegs, unless I go down there with a shovel and dig a couple out there won’t be. There are many stretches like this within the BAA unfortunately and it’s a pretty sad reflection due mainly I suspect to the decline in popularity and also to the migration of anglers to commercial fisheries. Some 40 years ago I was secretary of several small clubs of some 30-40 members and when you booked matches you were given 1 or maybe 2 meadows but there never seemed too much trouble getting them in, and in the < big un> there was 4000 pegs along the Severn and Avon, how many could you accommodate now? I bet maybe 20% of that. Surely it makes more sense to give up some of these stretches and concentrate more time and money on properly maintained waters which can also be baliffed effectively (pretty much the only visitors to Lower Moor are unlicensed Eastern European’s)
I realise this is a pretty emotive subject but I fear that if nothing is done and based on the current decline, there with only be a handful of fishable stretches of our rivers left.

Posted on June 06, 2021 at 6:17 AM

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