Fast flowing rivers

[Stoff]

Hi One & All

 

What methods do you recommend for fishing rivers which, at the moment are pretty full and fast?

[Chris Plumb]

Hi One & All

 

What methods do you recommend for fishing rivers which, at the moment are pretty full and fast?

 

Which rivers do you fish? Advice I would give for most of my local chalk streams - might not be the same as the ones you frequent?

 

 

C.

[Stoff]

Rivers Chelmer and Blackwater

[Mat Hillman]

Rivers Chelmer and Blackwater

 

 

Whereabouts do you fish them ? I thought most of the Chelmer was pretty slow moving, the only real fast water I've seen there are the backwaters below the weirpools around the locks. I used to fish around Ricketts lock untill MAS lost it, the chub used to be found in the back eddys just below the weirpool when it was up, the dace and roach tended to be in slacks behind overhanging trees / bushes a bit further down.

 

Don't really know the blackwater, but I'd like to fish it one day!

 

Mat

[Neil G]

None

 

Stay home and put your feet up

[Anderoo]

It really depends on what you're trying to catch and whether the river is coloured or clear. For example, if you're after chub in a high and coloured river I'd look for slack areas (and these can be very small) and quivertip smelly baits like luncheon meat.

[Neil G]

It really depends on what you're trying to catch and whether the river is coloured or clear. For example, if you're after chub in a high and coloured river I'd look for slack areas (and these can be very small) and quivertip smelly baits like luncheon meat.

 

Good advice

 

Looks like I may find myself leaving the lure rod at home and cracking out the avon rod on Saturday and trying to find some slack spots.

 

Just want to be out fishing but don't want to be travelling far on Saturday....hear it's going to be icy/snowy down south!