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Rivers I have fished

Graham Elliott

Graham Elliott

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Going on from the ' variety" and club tickets thread, interested to know the scope of BFW river adventures.

I will start it off with...

Kennet
Loddon
St. Patrick's Stream
Potts Stream
Thames
Mole
Wharf
Swale
Trent
Hants Avon
Dorset Stour
GU Canal
Taff
Wye
Severn
Frome.
Itchen
Test
Bristol Avon
Gade
Colne
Blackwater

Lots of missed out upper UK ones that I'm sure others can add. Probably missed one or two out. Callum just reminded me of 2 more!)
 
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A more limited list for me, but hoping to expand...!

Loddon
Blackwater
Colne
Thames
Itchen
Wey
 
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Bollin
Dane
Dean
Peover Eye
Wincham Brook
Goyt
Weaver
Dee
Ribble
Trent
Derwent (Derbyshire)
Dove
Warks Avon
Severn
Wye
Hants Avon
Stour
Test
Kennet
Culm (Devon)
South Teign
Duddon
Lickle
Bure
Waveney
Yare
Thurne
Willow Brook

Only 10 of the above fished for barbel.
 
From the top of my head though I've probably missed a few, especially smaller streams and drains:
Aire
Calder
Dee (Wales)
Derwent (Yorkshire)
Hull
Idle
Nidd
Ouse (Yorkshire)
Rye
Seven
St.Pats
Swale
Tamar
Trent
Ure
Wharfe

Overseas, but probably lots more, my travelling days were often a drunken haze:
Amazon (Br.)
Ebro (Sp.)
Guama (Br.)
Santos (Br.)
Yarra (Aus.)
 
Not as impressive as you guys but for a man under 40 it’s one or two.
Just rivers mind. I haven’t included streams Becks canals or drains.

H Avon
B Avon
Trent
Don
Swale
Wey
Stour
Ure
Y ouse
G ouse
Cam
Lea
Nene
 
Joe Winstanley said:
Bollin
Dane
Dean
Peover Eye
Wincham Brook
Goyt
Weaver
Dee
Ribble
Trent
Derwent (Derbyshire)
Dove
Warks Avon
Severn
Wye
Hants Avon
Stour
Test
Kennet
Culm (Devon)
South Teign
Duddon
Lickle
Bure
Waveney
Yare
Thurne
Willow Brook

Only 10 of the above fished for barbel.
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Crickey. Missed the Warks Avon off mine!.
 
I've only included the watercourses that wear the "river" title. However, quite a few becks I've fished are bigger than some of the rivers listed. The Lune, Wiske, Bain, Banwell and Yeo are barely worthy of their titles as rivers. I've no doubt that I'll have fished a few more rivers that I've simply forgotten.

Eden
Lune (County Durham version)
Tees
Swale
Wiske
Bain
Ure
Yorkshire Ouse
Nidd
Wharfe
Derwent (Yorkshire)
Hull
Ribble
Dee
Trent
Witham
Welland
Nene
Warwickshire Avon
Bristol Avon
Thames
Windrush
Banwell
Yeo
Axe
 
Graham Elliott said:
Crickey. Missed the Warks Avon off mine!.
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Had some really enjoyable days on the BAA stretch at Marlcliffe, lovely stretch of river, with some very engaging fishing. Had a 12.6 first cast on my first trip to the river, never bettered it, but still had some memorable days out. Heart breaking to see to the damage that was done during lockdown.
 
Richard Isaacs said:
Not as impressive as you guys but for a man under 40 it’s one or two.
Just rivers mind. I haven’t included streams Becks canals or drains.

H Avon
B Avon
Trent
Don
Swale
Wey
Stour
Ure
Y ouse
G ouse
Cam
Lea
Nene
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You surely must have fished the Ivel Rich? Your neck of the woods isn't it.

I'd forgotten about the G Ouse - fished it for perch a few times on a free stretch near Stony Stratford. Remember packing up at 5pm, jumping into the car and getting into Old Trafford just in time to see Rooney score the opener 4 mins in. Broke some laws on that drive back..
 
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Joe Winstanley said:
Had some really enjoyable days on the BAA stretch at Marlcliffe, lovely stretch of river, with some very engaging fishing. Had a 12.6 first cast on my first trip to the river, never bettered it, but still had some memorable days out. Heart breaking to see to the damage that was done during lockdown.
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Need to add Great Ouse to mine.
Fished with late Great Keith Speer and gave a talk to Veralum anglers...doh!
 
Bristol Avon
Hants Avon
Warks Avon
Severn
Teme
Marden
Test
Taff
Trent
Dee
Holy Brook
Loddon
Dove
Itchen
Dorset Stour
Wye
Lugg
Semington Brook

Think that's it...........
 
Only got properly back into fishing, particularly rivers 5-6 years ago. My list, which I’m hoping to add to, is thus (in the approximate order of time spent on them).

Hampshire Avon
Dorset Stour
Sussex Rother
Arun
Wye
Mole
Thames
Itchen
Bure
Trent
Severn
Wensum
Test
Adur

The Warwickshire Avon, Nene and Teme are high on the list of rivers I’d like to have a go at for the Barbel. As is the Frome for Grayling.
 
Stort
Lea/lee
Chelmer
Blackwater
Forth
Nidd
Annan
Allan
Spey
Tay
Casseley
Beauly
Leven
B Avon
h Avon
w Avon
Teme
Itchen
Test
Bourne
Lambourne
Frome
D stour
S stour
Taw
Torridge
Thames
Thame
Cherwell
Evenlode
Severn
Thurne
Ant
Bure
Waveney
Teifi
Towy
Ystwyth (spelling!)
Colne
G ouse
witham

theres probably a few more I’ve forgotten. An interesting trip down memory lane…..
 
Joe Winstanley said:
You surely must have fished the Ivel Rich? Your neck of the woods isn't it.

I'd forgotten about the G Ouse - fished it for perch a few times on a free stretch near Stony Stratford. Remember packing up at 5pm, jumping into the car and getting into Old Trafford just in time to see Rooney score the opener 4 mins in. Broke some laws on that drive back..
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🤣🤣🤣 more than 100 times joe.
 
Well. lets see…
Ribble,
Wharfe,
Calder,
Swale,
Ure,
Nidd,
Wye,
Ryburn,
Trent,
Wensum,
Bure,
Torridge ,
Aire,
Hebble,
Elphin,
Camel,
Bann,
Lagan,
Naver,

There are probably more in the UK but cannot bring them to mind at the moment.

In France.

Charente ,
Garde ,
Loire,

In Germany.

The Havel.

Italy

Tiber
Arno

I have also fished quite a few rivers in America, Australia and New Zealand , one in Singapore , but cannot remember their names , as we moved around quite a lot in each of those countries.


David .
 
Joe Winstanley said:
You surely must have fished the Ivel Rich? Your neck of the woods isn't it.

I'd forgotten about the G Ouse - fished it for perch a few times on a free stretch near Stony Stratford. Remember packing up at 5pm, jumping into the car and getting into Old Trafford just in time to see Rooney score the opener 4 mins in. Broke some laws on that drive back..
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Easy to forget…. It only held my pb barbel from 2016 to 2020 🤦‍♂️
 
David Craine said:
Well. lets see…
Ribble,
Wharfe,
Calder,
Swale,
Ure,
Nidd,
Wye,
Ryburn,
Trent,
Wensum,
Bure,
Torridge ,
Aire,
Hebble,
Elphin,
Camel,
Bann,
Lagan,
Naver,

There are probably more in the UK but cannot bring them to mind at the moment.

In France.

Charente ,
Garde ,
Loire,

In Germany.

The Havel.

Italy

Tiber
Arno

I have also fished quite a few rivers in America, Australia and New Zealand , one in Singapore , but cannot remember their names , as we moved around quite a lot in each of those countries.


David .
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Ah. Tay to add.
 
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