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Re: New Member,Cotheridge and Bransford;Teme. Been giving Cotheridge a real bash these last few weeks but have only had chub. It seems the barbel just aren't there anymore which is quite sad. Tried all kinds of conditions and all the usual baits but no barbel at all. I did have one further upstream earlier in the season but this stretch of the Teme seems devoid of them at present. Posted on August 14, 2019 at 5:42 PM
Re: Zander My PB zander was caught between Worcester and Bevere Weir - 13 lb 4 oz - not going to say where exactly - caught three years ago. Never managed to land another one in this stretch since though. They are there but are few and far between. I know guys have caught them from the various free fishing sections near the race course - fishing after dark but takes lots of hours and catching the conditions just right. I believe they are in Holt Fleet weir but never seen one myself. More of a trek as you say, but there are more fish further south from Upton, Severn Stoke, under the M50 bridge and down to our stretch of the river at Mythe. Just find the holes as already said and they won't be far away. In some parts the river it is over 20 ft deep and you can tell by the angle of your line when you find one. I wouldn't fish for them till October though or you'll be plagued by eels this time of year if fishing deadbaits. Most of the serious zander anglers fish from boats and jig this time of year - mostly around Upton. By the way I think you'll find the BAA rules are you are only allowed to use frozen deadbaits, which supposedly would kill any diseases. I get mine from Alan's tackle in Worcester. Half a roach is as good as anything, but smelts work sometimes. Cheers Glen Posted on August 14, 2019 at 5:37 PM
Re: River Teme I went to Lindridge a couple of weekends ago with the intention of some fly fishing for brownies or maybe some barbel but banks were virtually a jungle apart from a couple of points where I managed to get down to the river by bashing my way through. Not recommended for the faint of heart or physically unfit in my opinion. Ironically it was chucking it down with rain, which made the banks slippery but the river was very low and clear. Spotted some small brownies and a small barbel in a gravel run. Too shallow to fish though. Clearly it isn't being fished regularly or even visited as the grass/nettles weren't even disturbed. In the end I went on to Eastham bridge, where I managed to extract a small grayling and a salmon par of the fly - at least you can get down to the river and wade there - but again quite overgrown generally. Posted on August 07, 2019 at 9:43 AM
Re: Aberbechan - nice brownie on the fly Good to see bailiffs Mike and Ann there on Sunday - being helpful and friendly as always. Posted on July 02, 2019 at 2:48 PM
Aberbechan - nice brownie on the fly Fishing nymphs across and down the river on a light 4/5# rod, had this lovely 1.5 lb brownie at Aberbechan. Fought well on the light gear. Great fun. Cheers Glen Attachments: 20190630_191437rev.jpg Posted on July 01, 2019 at 10:49 PM

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Re: New Member,Cotheridge and Bransford;Teme.

Been giving Cotheridge a real bash these last few weeks but have only had chub. It seems the barbel just aren't there anymore which is quite sad. Tried all kinds of conditions and all the usual baits but no barbel at all. I did have one further upstream earlier in the season but this stretch of the Teme seems devoid of them at present.

Posted on August 14, 2019 at 5:42 PM

Re: Zander

My PB zander was caught between Worcester and Bevere Weir - 13 lb 4 oz - not going to say where exactly - caught three years ago. Never managed to land another one in this stretch since though. They are there but are few and far between. I know guys have caught them from the various free fishing sections near the race course - fishing after dark but takes lots of hours and catching the conditions just right. I believe they are in Holt Fleet weir but never seen one myself.
More of a trek as you say, but there are more fish further south from Upton, Severn Stoke, under the M50 bridge and down to our stretch of the river at Mythe. Just find the holes as already said and they won't be far away. In some parts the river it is over 20 ft deep and you can tell by the angle of your line when you find one. I wouldn't fish for them till October though or you'll be plagued by eels this time of year if fishing deadbaits. Most of the serious zander anglers fish from boats and jig this time of year - mostly around Upton.
By the way I think you'll find the BAA rules are you are only allowed to use frozen deadbaits, which supposedly would kill any diseases. I get mine from Alan's tackle in Worcester. Half a roach is as good as anything, but smelts work sometimes.
Cheers
Glen

Posted on August 14, 2019 at 5:37 PM

Re: River Teme

I went to Lindridge a couple of weekends ago with the intention of some fly fishing for brownies or maybe some barbel but banks were virtually a jungle apart from a couple of points where I managed to get down to the river by bashing my way through. Not recommended for the faint of heart or physically unfit in my opinion. Ironically it was chucking it down with rain, which made the banks slippery but the river was very low and clear. Spotted some small brownies and a small barbel in a gravel run. Too shallow to fish though.
Clearly it isn't being fished regularly or even visited as the grass/nettles weren't even disturbed.
In the end I went on to Eastham bridge, where I managed to extract a small grayling and a salmon par of the fly - at least you can get down to the river and wade there - but again quite overgrown generally.

Posted on August 07, 2019 at 9:43 AM

Re: Aberbechan - nice brownie on the fly

Good to see bailiffs Mike and Ann there on Sunday - being helpful and friendly as always.

Posted on July 02, 2019 at 2:48 PM

Aberbechan - nice brownie on the fly

Fishing nymphs across and down the river on a light 4/5# rod, had this lovely 1.5 lb brownie at Aberbechan. Fought well on the light gear. Great fun.
Cheers Glen

Posted on July 01, 2019 at 10:49 PM

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