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  1. Roger Hopkins

    Don’t Panic!

    BBC weather app predicts Hurricane Force Winds @ 15,314 mph this morning!! Think I’ll stay in and dry the washing inside.
  2. Roger Hopkins

    River Wye conditions

    Never fished the Wye before and Just received my Hereford & district membership, can someone please let me know if conditions are any good for a bit of float fishing for chub/silvers over next couple of days? I’ve looked at the levels but it’s near 90 mile round trip, I have bread and maggots😀...
  3. Roger Hopkins

    Rolling fish question

    Out yesterday fishing with a swim feeder for barbel and had a good sized barbel roll right above it, then a couple of seconds later a load of bubbles appeared, then nothing. This focused my efforts for the remainder of the evening somewhat! I sat on my hands ignoring the chub knocks waiting for...
  4. Roger Hopkins

    Float fishing for barbel on the lower Severn...am I mad??

    I read Andrews post “floats” on Wednesday with interest, his big floats for big baits. Had such a bad season last year locating fish with the ledger rods, thought perhaps trundling a big bait down a deep lower Severn swim might help searching them out! So, being bored during lockdown I...
  5. Roger Hopkins

    So....How far is ‘local’ then?

    Well I’m climbing the walls now... nowhere to fish within 5 miles and I won’t go to a commercial. Any one been stopped or had a bad experience for going 6 miles or more? Not asking how far anglers have traveled, but as the season is coming to a close it would be nice to get out between floods!
  6. Roger Hopkins

    How to target bigger Chub advise please

    Failed miserably with the barbel this year and having never caught a chub over 4lb (sad I know) thought it time to give it a try! Watched a few YouTube vids and the roving approach looks like the way to go to target the bigger fish, so when it gets colder will knock-up some cheese paste, grab a...
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