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Rod and reel found - middle Severn

  • Thread starter Glenn Cunningham
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oh, i don't know, maybe he was abducted by aliens and they didn't fancy the tackle.
 
Adrian Williams said:
I've never fallen in either, despite fishing rivers with notoriously slippery banks. It's all a matter of preparation.
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I hope you aren't setting yourself up for a fall here (no pun intended). Will you be brave enough to admit to a dunking or losing a rod should you be unfortunate enough to do either?;):D
 
Chris Jones said:
I hope you aren't setting yourself up for a fall here (no pun intended). Will you be brave enough to admit to a dunking or losing a rod should you be unfortunate enough to do either?;):D
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Do you know what? I was thinking something similar myself.:D:D:D
Should either unhappy event ever happen I will analyse the cause and, assuming I survive the experience, let you know what I have learned from it.

Don't hold your breath though, I've been doing this for over 40 years without incident or accident and I spent 15 years doing competitive water sports, also without accident, so I do know my way round a river bank. :D
 
Joe

You havin a larf or what !!!
If a boat pulled somebodies rod in I reackon they might just have noticed it and put two and two together !!!:D
Cant think of much else that would do it ,,maybe a pellet eating otter,a scuba diver,,I am being silly now.
Made be chuckle did that ,good on ya mate,

Bet Adrian has never got a bootfull in 40 years either !;)
 
Adrian Williams said:
Do you know what? I was thinking something similar myself.:D:D:D
Should either unhappy event ever happen I will analyse the cause and, assuming I survive the experience, let you know what I have learned from it.

Don't hold your breath though, I've been doing this for over 40 years without incident or accident and I spent 15 years doing competitive water sports, also without accident, so I do know my way round a river bank. :D
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Adrian, I would have thought it fairly obvious from your replies on this thread why you have no fear of falling in. I am fairly certain that you are convinced that should the impossible actually happen, you will find that you can walk on water anyway :rolleyes:

Cheers, Dave.
 
David Gauntlett said:
Adrian, I would have thought it fairly obvious from your replies on this thread why you have no fear of falling in. I am fairly certain that you are convinced that should the impossible actually happen, you will find that you can walk on water anyway :rolleyes:

Cheers, Dave.
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You're missing the point, it's not a case of overconfidence it's a case of risk analysis and avoidance. I believe that given a bit of thought most accidents are avoidable.
As someone who often fishes alone I take extra care not to put myself in a position where I can't get myself out.
I did once have a near miss when I got stuck in a ledge above a rising river Severn after torrential rain had made the bank behind me into a muddy cliff. It was a tight swim and I had gone down with a rod and a net and little else, I ended up using the net handle to cut hand and foot holds out of the clay bank behind me. I will never forget the feeling of panic that swept over me and if I decide to fish swims like that now I use the dog spike and rope.

I also look for how I would leave the river should the occasion ever arise where I find myself in the drink. Quite often the easiest escape route is not on your bank and you can waste valuable time and energy trying to climb out on your own bank when you could simply walk or crawl out on the other bank. I know from experience of water sports that a cold river will sap your energy in a very short time and even if you find yourself on the opposite bank to your gear and your car that is preferable to being found dead.

Finally I know I cant walk on water but I have walked across the river Severn.
During the winter of 62/63 the upper river froze from bank to bank for several weeks. I was a 6 years old at the time and lived on a council estate overlooking the river, on the weekends the whole estate was down there; it was like a scene from Dickens with whole familys holding hands and sliding on the ice.
When the thaw came my Dad, who worked away during the week, made us promise we would not go out on the ice again, a few days later one of my school friends went through the rotting ice and was drowned, his body was recovered the following August when workmen were clearing flood debris from the stanchions of Melverly bridge.
Another lesson learned.........

Anyway, must go, I'm fishing a new stretch of the Teme this weekend and need to pack my water wings.
 
The first time I fished the Dove - in fact my first 'serious' barbel session, I had been warned not to leave my rod unattended and duly never took my eyes off it.
However, eventually, I needed a pee, so I stood up and made the necessary preparations while craning my neck around to watch the rod, which was immediately behind my right thigh on two rod rests. Watching intently, I heard a rustle in the trees in front of me and briefly turned my head in time to see my fishing partner approaching me:eek:. I swung around to preserve my modesty :cool: and witnessed the rod exit the rod rests :eek:. This is one of my greatest pieces of luck - there was a branch sticking out from the bank to my right and said branch arrested the flight of the rod, by lodging itself between the reel and rod and above the main line.
4 1/2 pound chub :D
 
Adrian found this on the banks this week is it yours....:)
 

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Maybe you're right, Joe and the culprit wasn't a fish. I was fishing the Warks Avon earlier this season and heard the chug-chug of a narrowboat approaching. I stood up, looked left to gauge how long I had before retreiving my line and WHAM, the line was hit by a low flying swan coming from the right! The rod flew into the shallow margins of the river with the baitrunner spinning wildly. No rod rest setup or baitrunner setting is going to withstand a 20lb bird at full speed IMHO. Ironically, it happened in the only swim I have ever fell into! :eek:
 
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