mickgrove
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Re: Bank clearing. ..???Not really sure I want to get embroiled in this but I have to say that onelastcast's post was considered and by his standards, pretty uncontroversial. Cannot see why anyone would want to interpret his comments as an attack on less able anglers and to launch a verbal assault in response to his post seems incredibly over-sensitive. We need to calm down a bit.
Posted on September 11, 2020 at 2:43 PM
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Re: A request for informed helpGreat story Mr Chub - I have also had very scary experience when wading and bringing fish to hand. Just as about to lift out a dace a very large pike leapt at it and almost had my hand off. Thankfully she missed us both, but for the rest of the session i used a landing net, whatever the size of the fish. Interestingly while wading in clear water, have on a number of occasions had some big perch up to 2lb, nudging round my legs picking up stray maggots Stick on a big worm, drop float in by your feet and then hang on!
Posted on September 02, 2020 at 2:00 PM
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Re: A request for informed helpHi Mr Chub and party. Not sure that my views are particularly "informed", but can offer my perspective on middle Severn. I'm not sure the barbel are still there in their previous numbers, whether down to predation, floods, angling pressure. Anecdotally, many anglers have struggled all summer when fishing exclusively for barbel. My advice would be to find some fairly shallow, quite fast flowing pegs and fish the float, ideally with some waders to get out into the water. You will catch perch, chub and dace and always the chance of picking up a barbel or two, which is a great way to catch them. Bearing in mind you could hook some good fish on the float, leave your match rod and light stick float gear behind. I use an avon 1.5tc rod (almost a feeder rod) with 6lb reel line to a 16 hook with 4lb hook length, with a big stick or avon style float. This is really well balanced, giving you enough power to get out the bigger fish whilst no being too heavy. Use maggots and casters but take some worms and use these as hook bait if small fish become a nuisance. There are some great pegs for this style of fishing at Trimpley, but access is difficult with parking. However, Arely and Highly offer lots of similar opportunities. Better than staring at a rod tip for hours! Good luck and hope that you enjoy your visit.
Posted on September 02, 2020 at 7:47 AM
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Re: Pleasure anglersOh dear.... Onelastcast throws in some bait and Stew cannot resist a bite! I know neither of you, nor really wish to, but your bickering does get rather tiresome. On a serious note, the lack of barbel on the middle Severn is a worry and my anecdotal evidence is that anglers fishing exclusively for barbel are generally disappointed. Combination of predation and frequency of extreme floods? Better anglers than me have their views. Best get out the float gear and fish for anything with fins and regard the odd babel as bonus.
Posted on August 26, 2020 at 10:41 PM
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Re: Catching much?The Severn is still a great river. My view is that if you set your stall out with a feeder and pellet rig to fish for barbel exclusively, you might be disappointed. It seems you have to put the hours in for the odd fish. However, if you fish more traditionally with the float or roving ledger, for anything with fins, you can catch well and a good variety of species. Perhaps the Severn is reverting to more of a mixed fishery as it was before the barbel boom of the 1970s. I have no scientific knowledge to support this, just a view, but the days of lots of anglers catching big bags of barbel seem to have gone.
Posted on August 04, 2020 at 9:48 PM
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