Well. That could have gone better,

[Ken L]

Just got back from an afternoon session on the Severn at Arley.

Arrived to see the river coloured after last night's rain, and it rose 6cm while we were there.

I fished two rods, both with pellets in the feeder, and meat on the hook, but the setup on the downstream rod was lighter, with a smaller hook and bait.

I had one classic "three foot twitch" on the big rod, but failed to connect, and just two bites on the lighter rod that produced eels.

We had planned to fish into dusk but packed up after a bunch of bell-ends in inflatables ruined what little chance we had of fish moving in.

[Tigger]

At least you got out Ken, more than I did lol.

Bell ends in inflatables would really burn my brain and I think it would lead to violence!

[Martin56]

47 minutes ago, Tigger said:

At least you got out Ken, more than I did lol.

Bell ends in inflatables would really burn my brain and I think it would lead to violence!

I could only think that Inflatable Bell ends would be even worse!!!

Just saying!!!

[Ken L]

To be fair, with my mobility restricted at the moment, it was just nice to be out.

At some point. I will be heading back to the behaviour that I trout fished to target the bream.

I think I've worked out how to fish the deep water with a bait that slowly falls the last six feet.

[*Ant*]

Were you targeting barbel Ken?

[Ken L]

Barbel and chub was the plan - but of late, I'm turning into a bit of an eel whisperer.

I just can't seem to help but catch those supposedly endangered fish.

Fortunately, yesterday, saw both pinned neatly through the bottom jaw, so they were easy releases.

[Tigger]

I managed to get out yesterday, main reason was to try out a new rod I got a few weeks back.  The weather forecast predicted a high of 21 degrees, cloudy and showers so I thought that didn't sound to bad.

The river was a nice height but was heavily coloured with what looked like brown sawdust, obviously the sewage companies taking advantage of the flush of water from the recent rains.  They prolly thought it would go unnoticed or people would assume it was run off .

Anyhow, I had a chub of about 3 1/2lb first trott, followed by some similar sized chub, chubletts and dace.  I had an angler just above me rolling meat,another one just below me legering with two rods, then two more just below him both using two rods each.  The one below me was there when I arrived, but the rest arrived just moments after me!

I go fishing for solitude and to get away from people unless they are my friends of course, so I decided to go back to the car and head off to another stretch of river on my other clubs book.  I had that stretch all to myself , the fishing was similar to the previous stretch but I got a couple of small barbel.  I only fished just over an hour in each spot and am sure I would have had a good chance to catch some better fish if I had stayed, but I couldn't cope with the heat as the temp's had risen higher than the forecast prediction, there was no showers and the sky was clear.  On top of the hot weather my ankle was giving me grief so I left it at that and went home.

https://postimg.cc/ns6dnqKv

https://postimg.cc/VSSGyKtf

 

Edited June 22, 2023 by Tigger

[Martin56]

Nice couple of Mini sessions there Ian, & good pic's. 

[Tigger]

Thanks Martin

[Ken L]

6 hours ago, Tigger said:

I managed to get out yesterday, main reason was to try out a new rod I got a few weeks back.  The weather forecast predicted a high of 21 degrees, cloudy and showers so I thought that didn't sound to bad.

The river was a nice height but was heavily coloured with what looked like brown sawdust, obviously the sewage companies taking advantage of the flush of water from the recent rains.  They prolly thought it would go unnoticed or people would assume it was run off .

Anyhow, I had a chub of about 3 1/2lb first trott, followed by some similar sized chub, chubletts and dace.  I had an angler just above me rolling meat,another one just below me legering with two rods, then two more just below him both using two rods each.  The one below me was there when I arrived, but the rest arrived just moments after me!

I go fishing for solitude and to get away from people unless they are my friends of course, so I decided to go back to the car and head off to another stretch of river on my other clubs book.  I had that stretch all to myself , the fishing was similar to the previous stretch but I got a couple of small barbel.  I only fished just over an hour in each spot and am sure I would have had a good chance to catch some better fish if I had stayed, but I couldn't cope with the heat as the temp's had risen higher than the forecast prediction, there was no showers and the sky was clear.  On top of the hot weather my ankle was giving me grief so I left it at that and went home.

https://postimg.cc/ns6dnqKv

https://postimg.cc/VSSGyKtf

 

They are healthy, clean looking fish that have recovered well from spawning.