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Re: Fishing for Grayling on the Teme @ Lindridge The Grayling is a beautiful and very welcome fish. Caught my first one at Puddleford in the early seventies. There was a decline in numbers after that which I think was due to mishandling by match fishermen in those times when there were regular contests and access was easy. Although Grayling give a good scrap they are worn out when they get to the net and should be revived carefully before return and never kept in keep nets. There was some restocking in recent years and it is good to see them surviving in this lovely but flood damaged river. on some outings Grayling and the odd Brown Trout are the only way I have avoided blanks. Although I have had them over 2lbs in other rivers like the Dorset Stour I have not seen anything larger than a pound in the Teme but with less competition for food they will hopefully grow bigger. Posted on November 10, 2020 at 8:59 AM
Re: Halesowen RBL club match on the Staffs / Worcs canal at Greensforge and Hinksford 11/10/20 Fished at Swindon last Friday with same species as listed but bream and skimmers were not obliging. Also fished the Avon at Barford yesterday and had a couple of good barbel and chub and a good bag of perch and roach. The river is running just above winter normal and dropping. Posted on October 13, 2020 at 9:59 AM
Re: The River Teme and the introduction of Otters I am in complete agreement with river novice on the otter discussion. Having started fishing theTeme in the early seventies and continuing to the current day I have witnessed many changes. In the early seventies there was an abundance of fish of many species but no Barbel present. However, there were otters but there were plenty of Dace, Roach, Grayling, Chub, Gudgeon and Perch. During this time there was plenty of fishing pressure including many club matches. Later on in that decade thousands of Barbel worked their way upriver and were soon first in the food chain and thrived in ideal conditions for them. There was also a sharp decline in the otter population partly due to a certain faction of the countryside traveling fraternity. One day when fishing at Lindridge I was able to dissuade a couple of youngsters from using the family shotgun on an Otter which appeared in my swim. There was then the golden period on the Teme when large shoals of Barbel, Chub and Dace made it one of the best small rivers in the country. Streamer weed was to be found in many of the faster swims. This supplied food and cover for the fish which were still in great numbers. It seemed to me that as the Barbel took up residence they probably hoovered up the eggs of the Dace and other fish and there was a rapid decline in fish fry. This is what happens when the ecological balance is disturbed. Adding Otters into the mix could only make it worse as there is not enough food to go round, hence the need for Otter fencing at many fishing venues as they have to search further afield or starve. We could blame so called do-gooders for this but was it also do-gooders who put Barbel into rivers where they had never been before? Sorry this was a bit long winded but having fished this beautiful river for fifty years the modern agricultural methods along with other ecological management lead me to despair. Posted on September 27, 2020 at 11:22 AM
Re: Annual Fee and Fees for Months Remaining The great majority of new members will be fair weather fishermen wanting to do something in the great summer conditions. Come wind, rain, frost and snow they will disappear until next spring. Offering a concession now is unlikely to bring in more than a handful of new members and it will be interesting to see if there is a drop in numbers next year. Posted on September 23, 2020 at 9:51 AM
Re: Newhalls Meadow Fished there in March when the Severn fleetingly became fishable. Parked at rear of leisure centre quite safely. If things have changed I think you can park at the pub on access road for a small consideration. Not sure how its fishing now but have had some good perch and roach and the odd bream in winter. Posted on July 09, 2020 at 7:23 PM

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Re: Fishing for Grayling on the Teme @ Lindridge

The Grayling is a beautiful and very welcome fish. Caught my first one at Puddleford in the early seventies. There was a decline in numbers after that which I think was due to mishandling by match fishermen in those times when there were regular contests and access was easy. Although Grayling give a good scrap they are worn out when they get to the net and should be revived carefully before return and never kept in keep nets. There was some restocking in recent years and it is good to see them surviving in this lovely but flood damaged river. on some outings Grayling and the odd Brown Trout are the only way I have avoided blanks. Although I have had them over 2lbs in other rivers like the Dorset Stour I have not seen anything larger than a pound in the Teme but with less competition for food they will hopefully grow bigger.

Posted on November 10, 2020 at 8:59 AM

Re: Halesowen RBL club match on the Staffs / Worcs canal at Greensforge and Hinksford 11/10/20

Fished at Swindon last Friday with same species as listed but bream and skimmers were not obliging. Also fished the Avon at Barford yesterday and had a couple of good barbel and chub and a good bag of perch and roach. The river is running just above winter normal and dropping.

Posted on October 13, 2020 at 9:59 AM

Re: The River Teme and the introduction of Otters

I am in complete agreement with river novice on the otter discussion. Having started fishing theTeme in the early seventies and continuing to the current day I have witnessed many changes. In the early seventies there was an abundance of fish of many species but no Barbel present. However, there were otters but there were plenty of Dace, Roach, Grayling, Chub, Gudgeon and Perch. During this time there was plenty of fishing pressure including many club matches.
Later on in that decade thousands of Barbel worked their way upriver and were soon first in the food chain and thrived in ideal conditions for them. There was also a sharp decline in the otter population partly due to a certain faction of the countryside traveling fraternity. One day when fishing at Lindridge I was able to dissuade a couple of youngsters from using the family shotgun on an Otter which appeared in my swim.
There was then the golden period on the Teme when large shoals of Barbel, Chub and Dace made it one of the best small rivers in the country. Streamer weed was to be found in many of the faster swims. This supplied food and cover for the fish which were still in great numbers.
It seemed to me that as the Barbel took up residence they probably hoovered up the eggs of the Dace and other fish and there was a rapid decline in fish fry. This is what happens when the ecological balance is disturbed.
Adding Otters into the mix could only make it worse as there is not enough food to go round, hence the need for Otter fencing at many fishing venues as they have to search further afield or starve.
We could blame so called do-gooders for this but was it also do-gooders who put Barbel into rivers where they had never been before?
Sorry this was a bit long winded but having fished this beautiful river for fifty years the modern agricultural methods along with other ecological management lead me to despair.

Posted on September 27, 2020 at 11:22 AM

Re: Annual Fee and Fees for Months Remaining

The great majority of new members will be fair weather fishermen wanting to do something in the great summer conditions. Come wind, rain, frost and snow they will disappear until next spring. Offering a concession now is unlikely to bring in more than a handful of new members and it will be interesting to see if there is a drop in numbers next year.

Posted on September 23, 2020 at 9:51 AM

Re: Newhalls Meadow

Fished there in March when the Severn fleetingly became fishable. Parked at rear of leisure centre quite safely. If things have changed I think you can park at the pub on access road for a small consideration. Not sure how its fishing now but have had some good perch and roach and the odd bream in winter.

Posted on July 09, 2020 at 7:23 PM

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