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The Royalty.

It is a gorgeous piece of running water, used to be full of fish too............... used to be.
The Severn Valley is more scenic than the Hants Avon one too.
 
I love the Royalty, one or two trips a year, fishing famous well known swims, spotting fish, etc... just sublime :)
 
Ian Crook said:
I love the Royalty, one or two trips a year, fishing famous well known swims, spotting fish, etc... just sublime :)
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Quite agree Ian...if you ignore the less picturesque parts (that are only visible in certain areas anyway) and just enjoy the beauty of the rest, and immerse yourself in the history of the place....then it can be truly magic. Like you, I don't visit often...but when I do, I love it....and there are monsters to be caught :)

Cheers, Dave.
 
David Gauntlett said:
Quite agree Ian...if you ignore the less picturesque parts (that are only visible in certain areas anyway) and just enjoy the beauty of the rest, and immerse yourself in the history of the place....then it can be truly magic. Like you, I don't visit often...but when I do, I love it....and there are monsters to be caught :)

Cheers, Dave.
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precisely, I do enjoy my yearly trip, just because of the history of the place.
I wouldnt want to fish it on a regular basis, as the amount of anglers would get on me.
fished the parlour 3 weeks ago and caught a 14lb 4oz barbel, that fish from anywhere would have made my angling life, but seeing as it came from one of the most famous and history steeped swims ever, made it all the more special.
 
Jeff Edisbury said:
It's a terrible place, I wouldn't go if I were you!

And it's expensive, and there's no fish, and it's in Christchurch too.

You won't catch me there!

I can catch 50 carp a day on my local puddle and it's only a fiver (no unhooking mat needed).

Barbel fishing's over rated, they all look the same.


Jeff
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With you on that Jeff, rubbish fishing.

The best I've managed so far is a 16.4 back in February, not worth bothering really!
 
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