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I don't agree with close season and don't fish stillwaters, have no problem with those that do. Know a lot of people who agree with close season and fish lakes.
Poaching
Poaching can essentially be defined as fishing, attempting to or having fished without permission of the owner or controller of fishing rights. Such permission is invariably gained via purchasing a day permit, club permit, or joining a syndicate, although there are certain waters...
Was waiting for your reply Damian, assume you have been on holiday. This is an angling forum, the taking of drugs has nothing to do with the close season. At the time of my posting people were discussing the non argument that the close season allows the banks to grow back and the birds to breed...
Muckboots for me, arctic sport for winter, edgewater for summer + edgewater short boot for those dew covered summer mornings when normal height boots are too warm.
The stretch ends at the garden of the first riverside cottage, it is a long way downstream, a fair way below the garage/mobile home site. It is roughly a mile and a half of river.
Rhys
I agree with what Mike says, was like the armada last week but several times had a fish take as they went past. If you are in a swim where they can see you as they approach the vast majority of the canoeists move across the river to avoid you.
Passed here yesterday and the shop/cafe is open as a garage, not sure if they are selling the day tickets.
My friend and myself had 2 days fishing and caught 76 barbel to over 9lbs, great fishing.
The "single species group ambassador" commented that he cannot believe that the Wye and Usk are allowing people to coarse fish on their waters but have banned salmon fishing because of the water temperature making coarse fish second rate. On the Hampshire avon the salmon fishing stops if the...
Enjoy Mick , we (Ringwood) lease the fishing on the opposite bank from the owner of the cottage and guest at the cottage can fish there by rowing across the river, it is a special setting.
PLEASE PLEASE rain and then this thread will be put to bed, everybody has different opinions, that's life - no need for members to get nasty just because other members have different views than yours.
Some of their stretches are closed to ALL fishing, Backney being one.
Salmon fishing ceases on the Hampshire avon when the temperature reaches 19 degrees, coarse fishing carries on.
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