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Managed 3 1/2 hours this afternoon, best three Middle Severn Roach, 1lb 3oz, 1lb 7oz and 1lb 11oz. The first fish I landed was the biggest, but before that I had three hook pulls close in after playing them from mid river. Six roach in total but there were many more in the swim. Missed loads of bites and after each one was caught it put them down for a bit.
Need to change my rod but still retain enough to get barbel out quickly should they turn up. None today except for a 12oz fish. Also no pike trouble, had a few lunge at fish on previous visits,
Quality roach do seem to be spread throughout different venues on the middle Severn, as people have indeed been saying.
Must have been a bigger fish or two down there somewhere today :o).
MarkV
Posted on July 12, 2017 at 8:44 PM
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Well i've just got to post something to get it off my chest. I'm aiming to get a 2lb Severn Roach somehow, in however long.
Been out on the river a few times now after walking it for a few days before that.
Absolutely chuffed to bits with a fish of 1llb 13oz on my third trip out actually fishing. It was the only roach of the afternoon/evening, but what a fish to my eyes.
Hooked and lost a couple of barbel before it and got a couple out after it. But when you lift into the fish and you know instantly it isn't a barbel, there just isn't the power there, and you try to sense the knock, knock of a big roach to rule out a chub, the anticipation, the excitement is really putting a spring into my step.
I'm learning as I go, so anything I put here may or may not be right, and is likely to change anyway but it seems that the roach are in with the barbel at the moment, in faster and more turbulent water than i'd expect them to be, likely due to the low river conditions.
When I was walking the river I was looking for swims that I thought were roachy where I could fish a stick close in, in lightly fished almost undiscovered areas but there aren't that many swims that fit the bill with decent access. On top of that with the need for the wind to be right and a bit of colour in it etc it makes it even more difficult, so for now it's lead fishing and pellet which I reckon will give me the best chance. ( and wade thru the barbel ).
I'm thinking that the better fish will prefer a static bait and area wise talking Bridgnorth to Bewdley.
Having to use strong tackle as well with so many barbel about just have to be sensible. Far more than you'd need just for Roach.
It's been a few years since i've been on the river above Bewdley and even though everyone talks about how low it is at the moment, it is absolutely beautiful at this time of year, drop dead bloomin gorgeous. Much prefer it to murky brown spate water, be plenty of that later on.
Must say I get a few vacant, perplexed looks when I tell people i'm looking for roach when they ask me how i'm doin'. But i'm absolutely loving it at the moment, even after a couple of roach blanks since the 1 13'er' but it's only to be expected. Can't wait to get out again.
Posted on July 11, 2017 at 11:23 PM
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A 2lb'er ....my absolute hearts desire.
This last week I decided to go for it, been on the middle Severn three days already in pursuit. First two mainly bank walking, checking access and swims but with a couple of short sessions. Set myself quite a long time to achieve it, or maybe even as long as it takes. I certainly don't see it as easy, pretty damn difficult in fact... and then this !!!
In all my years fishing the waters I have around these parts, I haven't even seen one let alone caught one.
There are many reports of large fish elsewhere in the country, especially from down south, but these I don't really count as they seem from a different world angling wise. Has to be local. A fish from a commercial, would actually be 2lb yes, but wouldn't count either in my book. Needs to be a river fish and the Severn seems the best bet by far. Doesn't seem to ever have been a better time from the reports i'm hearing.
Can't have an ambition and keep thinking ...one day. The only thing i'm not happy about is the recommended tactics I keep hearing, pellet and feeder, but then I am a bit old fashioned on the quiet. Ideally stick and hemp i'd choose, but can't be that fussy I suppose. My best Severn fish from a few years ago is 1lb 7oz, in fact two of that weight as part of a larger bag of fish over a pound from Hampton Loade on hemp about 10 years ago, Never found the fish in that swim again.
Thanks for posting this PeteJ, brilliant catch. There is hope :o).
Posted on June 30, 2017 at 9:28 PM
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Spot on Raver. The Bream I caught were when the canal had stopped, between boats. I was very careful to check the flow by watching a couple of pinkies go down and tried to feed only when it wasn't towing either way. The only downside was activity from factory opposite during the week, but you can't have everything. Expect it would be quieter at weekends.
Posted on June 03, 2017 at 10:16 PM
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Spot on Raver. The Bream I caught were when the canal had stopped, between boats. I was very careful to check the flow by watching a couple of pinkies go down and tried to feed only when it wasn't towing either way. The only downside was activity from factory opposite during the week, but you can't have everything. Expect it would be quieter at weekends.
Posted on June 03, 2017 at 10:16 PM
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