River Reports

[sammy-boy]

Use this thread to post any catches or weather reports on rivers this season. I'm hoping this will help new anglers and the more experienced share ideas and findings which will hopefully benefit all
This includes both game and coarse angling so whether its Trout or Barbel please feel free to drop a post on how you've been getting on this season


Sammy-Boy

[sammy-boy]

After a poor first day on the River Severn, i'm told things are starting to pick up. The rivers low and clear at the moment so im thinking hemp and meat tomorow and posibly a second rod with the same or pellet and groundbait I'm pretty confident i'll get a couple takes tomorow night and ill be sure to let you all know how things go

sammy-boy

[stephen r]

i had a good morning out on the calder on tuesday.
i was on the bank for 5am
but didnt get any action untill about 7ish
when the rod tip swung round and what ever had taken the bait (maggot feeder) took about 5 seconds to snap me off .
it picked up after the first lost fish,
with a good mix of grayling and brownies ranging from a couple of ounces
to a good 3lb trout.
only problem was i didnt have a camera with me

all in all a good couple of hours.
roll on sunday when i can spent the whole day fishing.

[sammy-boy]

Well done more luck than i've had on the severn, yesterday had one barbel bite and about 15ft from the bank it decided it wasn't having it, and powered off resulting in a hook pull i was gutted !!

[worms]

fished river weaver on the 21st june mixed weather with a few showers
(mainly dry) didn`t fish realy, bream did not come on to the feed dispite
putting 6 large balls of ground bait in at the start & leaving it for 1 hour
then using a ground bait feeder laced with caster
few fish on the pole line skimmers roach on maggot over ground bait
went on the maggot feeder for last hour & had 1 eel on double red
don`t know if fish have woke up properly yet as our club is the first to have a match on it this season
best weight 7lb 10oz very poor
cheers worms

[sammy-boy]

just been night fishing for a couple hours on the severn. managed to get a nice 4-5lb barbel. i was fishing a hair-rigged 22mm pellet with an open end feeder with crushed halibut and brown crum for the plugs and mostly 4mm pellet and a couple 8/12mm's as well

[stephen r]

just had another good morning on the calder.
long trotting and feeder fishing.
managed my pb trout of a touch over 5lb
and a few good grayling pushing 4lb.
18 fish in total from a four hour session.
it was running a bit high and had some colour in from the rain we had yesterday but fished fantastic.
iv heard that floating crust is a winner on this stretch so i might give that a go tomorrow morning.
although i am tempted to get the fly rod out for a change.

[stephen r]

Originally Posted by sammy-boy

just been night fishing for a couple hours on the severn. managed to get a nice 4-5lb barbel. i was fishing a hair-rigged 22mm pellet with an open end feeder with crushed halibut and brown crum for the plugs and mostly 4mm pellet and a couple 8/12mm's as well

nice one mate well done

[sammy-boy]

i really want a week of rain so the severns really up, like flood level. ha as i finished typing that sentence the heavens have opened mint !!

[sammy-boy]

stephen any advice on catching a trout on coarse gear ? never caught one and would love to