Recent content by Gavin Burt

My mate got charged by a bull once on the W.Avon. He had to do the same and dived into the river in the middle of October.

Always best to ring him as he’s pretty old school.

No worries - he gets super busy so book up quick. Bear in mind the Wye is pretty low at the moment.

I’ve just PM’d you

Poaching more like aka Greengrass 😂😂😂

Looks like there’s an attempt to bringing an angling event back to the Midlands. The focus being: Match / Course / River / Pleasure angling. The Big One used to be at Stoneleigh but struggled after Covid and to be honest the last event had turned into a Carp-fest with very little presence from...

Yeah that’s the one. He’d fished there before a while ago so knew the craic with paying on the bank. But in the video he asks “can I fish here” which says to me he knew it wasn’t open. It all kicked off (rightly so) on a FaceBook group with the deceased owners daughter confirming 100% it was...

Yes I’m talking about there. I’ve never fished that side. The other side has been shut for a while as the owner passed away, but people have been fishing it after cutting the locks and ramming the gate open. Caused a bit of controversy the other week as someone put out a YouTube video fishing...

I think it’s the place above MF. The other bank is closed until further notice but that side can be fished with a day ticket from the pub (apparently).

Anyone looking for this it’s Rob’s (although technically he is a Bob) Angling. Agree re the W.Avon, reports of smaller Barbel being caught during matches on my local stretch. Definitely a good sign for the future.

Baby Balistas ?!?

Saw something about this today. Is it the entire company (rods / clothing) or just the bait side does anyone know ?

If you’re after large hemp buy it in person so you can physically inspect the size of it. I’ve bought large Chinese hemp online to then open it and it’s tiny and full of crap. That said the new stuff from Hinders looks good. The price of hemp is crazy now as the natural oils are used in the...

Other options are Manor Farm (W.Avon in Evesham) and Berts (Severn in Highley): Both allow you to park behind your swim and overnight fish.

I fished opening day for a few hours and the rods haven’t been out since. The water is too low on the W.Avon with zero flow - it’s also too bloody hot for me to sit out in too !!! Am hoping to get out to the Wye next week (assuming it cools down) and will only float fish a well oxygenated stretch.