Funny that. The same holds true for fly fishing for Rainbow. Although Scotland has Menteith thats really about it although Harelaw is making a good fist in the last year or so. The north of England? V little. However if you live in the Midlands, the world is your oyster, Rutland Water, Grafham, Pitsford, Ravensthorpe, Draycote, Eyebrook..........all within an hour of each other. All brilliant fisheries.This is why I moved to the Midlands ,(but don't tell the girlfriend as she thinks it was to be with her). The fishing is miles better and especially for a Northern angler used to scratching out a few small roach from the Bridgewater.
Curious thing though, although the waters are stuffed with fish, they will insist on piling more in on top so it becomes .
The happy medium, I guess, is the rivers but they're taking a pounding from abstraction and cormorants or otters.
Funny that. The same holds true for fly fishing for Rainbow. Although Scotland has Menteith thats really about it although Harelaw is making a good fist in the last year or so. The north of England? V little. However if you live in the Midlands, the world is your oyster, Rutland Water, Grafham, Pitsford, Ravensthorpe, Draycote, Eyebrook..........all within an hour of each other. All brilliant fisheries.
Your right, last year we bought BAA cards and fished the Severn in Wales and right though to Bewdley regularly. But it is a pain when after having a good day you're faced with a over 2 hour drive home. While I'm on, can I pick your brains ? We are having 3 days on the Avon around Barton early season, staying in Alcester. Not after any detail just a quick what's in store for us.This is why I moved to the Midlands ,(but don't tell the girlfriend as she thinks it was to be with her). The fishing is miles better and especially for a Northern angler used to scratching out a few small roach from the Bridgewater.
Curious thing though, although the waters are stuffed with fish, they will insist on piling more in on top so it becomes unchallenging.
The happy medium, I guess, is the rivers but they're taking a pounding from abstraction and cormorants or otters.
meh.Think of all the lovely salmon and sea trout rivers up there though mate. :)
How can you resist the draw of being stood tits deep in the Dee with a foot of snow on the bank at the end of February?meh.
Might as well stand in the shower with a rod and chuck £50 notes down the drain ;-)
Good decision. I lived for years in Berkshire, right by the Thames, and I've never got over the loss of good fishing. I still remember my first walk up the Thames, and how unbelievaably rich and exotic looking it was. The biggest reason I moved to Didsbury in 1996 was City, and we got relegated before I'd even moved house. I moved to Yorkshire in 2005 and it was miles worse than Cheshire, which is why I'm still a PA member. It's absolutely shit around here in every single way. North Yorkshire is better with some lovely rivers but the fish are not big. You have to move your own goalposts.This is why I moved to the Midlands ,(but don't tell the girlfriend as she thinks it was to be with her). The fishing is miles better and especially for a Northern angler used to scratching out a few small roach from the Bridgewater.
Curious thing though, although the waters are stuffed with fish, they will insist on piling more in on top so it becomes unchallenging.
The happy medium, I guess, is the rivers but they're taking a pounding from abstraction and cormorants or otters.
The Swale round Richmond used to be brilliant when I was young. Barbel, Dace, Chub, Brownies and Grayling. The Barbel only 3 or 4lb though. Absolutely stuffed with shoals of fish.Good decision. I lived for years in Berkshire, right by the Thames, and I've never got over the loss of good fishing. I still remember my first walk up the Thames, and how unbelievaably rich and exotic looking it was. The biggest reason I moved to Didsbury in 1996 was City, and we got relegated before I'd even moved house. I moved to Yorkshire in 2005 and it was miles worse than Cheshire, which is why I'm still a PA member. It's absolutely shit around here in every single way. North Yorkshire is better with some lovely rivers but the fish are not big. You have to move your own goalposts.
All the North Yorkshire rivers are pretty and have good heads of fish but there are no specimen fish waters. That's my problem. I've fished so much and for so long I'm a bit too size-obsessed for my own good. I'm like a junky chasing the first fix: I crave the unlerlying excitement that there is the possibility of a really big fish.The Swale round Richmond used to be brilliant when I was young. Barbel, Dace, Chub, Brownies and Grayling. The Barbel only 3 or 4lb though. Absolutely stuffed with shoals of fish.
Yeah. I completely get it. It’s why people are still drawn to Loch Leven. You might not catch much but there is always the chance of a once in a lifetime fish. A truly wild 7lb brownie. There will be double figure fish in there still.All the North Yorkshire rivers are pretty and have good heads of fish but there are no specimen fish waters. That's my problem. I've fished so much and for so long I'm a bit too size-obsessed for my own good. I'm like a junky chasing the first fix: I crave the unlerlying excitement that there is the possibility of a really big fish.
Your right, last year we bought BAA cards and fished the Severn in Wales and right though to Bewdley regularly. But it is a pain when after having a good day you're faced with a over 2 hour drive home. While I'm on, can I pick your brains ? We are having 3 days on the Avon around Barton early season, staying in Alcester. Not after any detail just a quick what's in store for us.