Few extra inches of water in the river this morning. Didn't take the temp tho.
River Severn
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Posts: 228 (20/06/08 18:15) |
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Rainman |
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Posts: 5 (20/06/08 18:42) |
If anyone would like more information on catching the elusive river severn tampax leave a post for topecatcher!The blokes an expert,think he had more of these
than barbel last season!Never had the pleasure myself!(Sorry mate couldn't resist that one!)
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deano 70 |
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Posts: 303 (20/06/08 23:46) |
Had a few hours after work all the pegs i wanted was taken up so i moved away from the crowds and fish a peg i never fish so early on in a season and i caught
10 barbel up and 3 chub .
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spechunter |
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Posts: 205 (21/06/08 11:52) |
10 barbel i went above shrewsburys last night fished from 6pm until 12pm, all takes came after 10.30pm in the dusk/dark, had 2 5lb barbel, missed 2 takes and also got
snapped because i forgot 2 set the drag after snagging mid river
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 stu777art |
Nice to be back | ||
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Posts: 65 (21/06/08 12:55) |
Nice going Bruce,
Sorry I never replied to your missed call. I was at work yesterday and left my phone in my locker. Company Policy. Static and Petrol . Not a Nice Mix ! 
I was a bit further upstream than you ! Nice for you to get back into the billies again ! Most Barbel are safe whilst Cliff is doing a Steve Mcqueen (Driver) 3 Peaks 
This wet stuff can only help the cause ! Tight Lines Stu 
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spechunter |
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Posts: 206 (21/06/08 13:08) |
lol in it stu, i got lucky though because the peg i wanted the very last one which is rather tight someone was already in there, used my watercraft
 and theres a massive bolder mid river in the peg i jumped in. the guy in the peg
i wanted didnt have any hehe
im off down emstrey for the first time on monday after some more whiskers 
only bad thing about the sesh stu is when this women decided to throw sticks in for her dogs for a laugh 
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pritch |
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Posts: 142 (21/06/08 13:48) |
Well done Dean,its nice to see someone having good bags when its a little hard going at the moment.
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stu777art |
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Posts: 66 (21/06/08 14:43) |
I know the lady in question Bruce ( not personally
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greenhouses on the far bank
you would think that she would know better. 
To be fare she is down there most nights. Sometimes alone sometimes with hubby. The fish must be well used to the Lab, Spaniel and Russel hurling themselves in. 
I like it when them little Red Grouse come flying in from the far bank usually in September. They dont actually see you till the last minute. Then, they do litterally **** themselves , which adds a bit more groundbait to the swim.
Tight Lines Stu 
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bristol traveller |
FANTASTIC WEEK | ||
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Posts: 37 (21/06/08 16:03) |
Hi to all.only fished a few hours here & there as took wife for first time so wanted her to see why i love being on the severn as she don't do fishing.
Needless to say she fell in love with place & wants buy a caravan what a RESULT .
Back to fishing hard going only seem to turn on t night,but had a few only up to 6.1lb,but had a pb chub of 4lb well pleased, Fished a couple of hours with manchester traveller on friday & he was bagging up when i left him as he have done all week. Mole and co.thanks for a great entertaining week fantastic company.ps wife says you do look like your'e avatar. sorry to rattle on everyone so tight lines to all still fishing..
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pritch |
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Posts: 143 (21/06/08 18:56) |
Glad you had a nice week mate, we all know were to come now for the bacon butties when you got that caravan of yours:)
Ps. Did you fish Hampton Loade tuesday or wens and did your Wife have kind of bobbed hair and glasses? |
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bristol traveller |
Pritch | ||
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Posts: 38 (21/06/08 20:15) |
Allways welcome mate,as for the no she was the one with the fin and called mermaid,only kidding .
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Posts: 26 (21/06/08 20:16) |
Any tips or suggestions please. My mate and I fished Atcham today and tried allsorts, fast water, creases, pellet, boilies etc. Not a touch from the Barbel or
even the Chub between us. We travel from Manchester once or twice per season and would like to make the trips count. We fish the Dane and Ribble mostly with
some good results. You can say were just @+#+ if u want but it seems odd. I read about cold water from welsh dams, spawning and water abstraction etc affecting
fishing. Does anyone know about this?. The water doesnt look like I remember it as a kid. Or am I just searching for excuses?. Cheers.
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bristol traveller |
Pritch | ||
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Posts: 39 (21/06/08 20:18) |
As for the wife is what it should read.still trying to workout how to use this pc and how to do the pics like all of you,one day i'll get there. |
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Posts: 208 (21/06/08 20:38) |
hi jeffro, i friend ov mine fished atcham monday, and he had a barbel. not to sure how its fishing right now but i no another guy up there 2 night, ill let you
no how it gets on. you might have just dropped in the wrong place mate
 i just hope you aint fishing the severn the same way you fish the dane hehe
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pritch |
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Posts: 144 (22/06/08 07:51) |
Jeffro, If you only travel here once or twice a year maybe you should have stayed at home until the reports were much better. If you look at the previous posts
you can see that its very hard going and even some of the seasoned anglers are struggling to pull a Barbel out. When its times like this is easy to blame
yourself and start trying all different baits and different swims thinking you must be doing something wrong, but sometimes, the fish are just not on the feed.
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bigdella |
Anyone been on the Lower? | ||
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Posts: 11 (22/06/08 08:44) |
Me and a mate were planning on fishing the Lower on a boat. Catching Barbel on it would be heaven but be happy just catching. We've done a fair bit of this
type of fishing on the Thames in the past. You get to some really good inaccessible swims....weirs even so you don't upset any bank anglers..
Anyone know how the lower is fishing? |
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rudders |
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Posts: 2 (22/06/08 08:53) |
Atcham has never been one of me best venues too, i've always struggled there meself, i come away from there asking the same question "have i used the right bait" "have i used the right technique" .... or am i just plain old simple c**p... All i can suggest is that if your tavelling a distance to get to Atcham..... you might as well go the extra 18 mile and head around the Bridgnorth area... ( me personly, i have always had better results around there) .. Hope that helps....... Regards. |
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Mole |
Hard Work | ||
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Posts: 1863 (22/06/08 10:35) |
Just back from a week at the Unicorn in Hampton Loade, very hard this week, the place was packed out and the fishing was slow to say the least. Our party of 8
managed just 5 fish all week, still enjoyed the week though, I got to meet some lads from this site. Bristoltraveller (Justin and his lovely wife,
Manchestertraveller (Dave), Willow and Pete the Meat and his missis. Justin worked hard for his fish, Willow caught a nice bream but like me didn't manage
a barbel and Pete caught a couple and kept us entertained us all week. Dave, managed to catch more fish than most of the anglers put together. He'd had at
least 16 when we left. Top bloke and good angler. Although Dave and Justin did catch there's on pellet, most anglers who were catching were on hemp and
caster stick floating in the shallow fast water. Doesn't help when both the tackle shops had run out of casters every-time we went there. A big thanks must
go to the chap that opened the gates and let some nice cold water through on the 15th. He single handily managed to ruin about 1,000 anglers week.
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Posts: 247 (22/06/08 12:26) |
Bigdella - the Lower is fishing much the same as the rest of the Severn at the moment... difficult.
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bobcat |
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Posts: 112 (22/06/08 12:54) |
Hi all,
First time to one of my favourite stretches just below Bridgnorth yesterday, Had four barbel and one chub. The barbel were about 5lb, couple of 6lbs and a nice 9lb 2oz.
Tight lines to everyone. cheers Bob |
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. all fish came to usual tactics of boilies on the hair and groundbait feeder, nice to be
back though forgot how much fun barbel fishing is 
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