hi can anyone please tell me where to fish on the mersey cheadle/ parrswood end for mainly chub but other fish aswell and the controling clubs if any, never fished a river an dont no where to start cheers

Cheadle anglers control the left bank, downstream from Parr's Wood bridge. They also have a stretch upstream from the bridge on the same bank. Otherwise it is free with an EA licence. The left bank is the one on your left as you look downstream.

The Mersey is not the easiest of rivers to choose as your first attempt at river fishing though. Especially in Winter.
There are chub more or less anywhere where the cormorants and Eastern Europeans have not had them. The Mersey has a particularly bad time with the cormorants and goosanders.
Barbel are far rarer in the Mersey than in the other local rivers and you would be very lucky to find one. Very, very few are caught from it. Some must have strayed in from the Goyt, but I suspect that in the main, they then go up the Tame to spawn and find that they like it there.

thanks jayzs what about the goyt i have a stockport fed card its on there

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hi paul,the goyt is just as hard in some ways,as jayzs says you couldn't have picked 2 more difficult rivers to attempt on your first go,theres a bit of a hint as to where you should try though in jayzs's reply,(tame) without knowing your angling experience my advice is first and foremost be safe the rivers can be very danerous even more so in winter always make sure sombody knows where your fishing and a time to expect you home,may sound daft but anglers have been lost in rivers,so be carefull, but also enjoy it,you cant beat the power of a river fish.

cheers

kev.

Paul,

You may be better targetting one venue at a time first. The three venues you've picked are substantially different, The Micker Brook is no more than a Stream whilst the Goyt and the Mersey have similarities but again are very different.

If you're new to River fishing you'd probably be best having a walk on the bank and watch what more proficient anglers are doing. This is not meant as a put down. You'll learn more in a shorter time seeing how people go about presenting baits, where they position them and why.

Asking questions on the forum is one thing but you'll find answers to questions you don't ask when you're out and about.

The guys on the forum are a friendly bunch and as such, I guess, most don't bite (too much).

You'll struggle to find many fishing the Micker Brook if any, The Mersey you may see the odd one, but the stretches on The Goyt controlled by clubs you'll find more.

ok found the address its chadvil road off gatley road. drive roughly 150 yards and you will see a footpath on your left. walk down the footpath over the brook and turn right. the small weirpool here has plenty of fish in there. also granellis icecream factory off councillor lane stretch is full of fish too. i have only fished it in the summer tho on worm and maggot and caught some decent chub and large perch. also trout in there. hope this helps

But on the subject of "help please", I am, as I often try to do, going to suggest something completely different to the rest.
Why not think about just going down to one of the rivers with some tackle, find a spot, ignoring everything you may have been told by others, and just try to suss it out for yourself? You have a unique opportunity, one no longer available to everyone else in here, of catching your first river fish under your own steam, having thought about it yourself, decided what to do yourself. You may not catch your first fish as quickly, but believe me, there is one hell of a sense of satisfaction in doing it this way. Why rush for your first fish: you have plenty of time.
You could go fish precisely where someone says, in the swim he chooses for you, having listened to exactly where to cast, using a copy of his tackle, with his recommended bait, depth, time etc etc. But it is a bit like that little boy, on his first fishing trip, whose dad had baited the hook, cast the line in, and told him when to reel in the perch. Did the lad really catch the fish himself?
You only get one chance to reason it all out for yourself. If you fail a fair few times, then maybe you take advice, or even modify your approach by taking advice once you have caught a few by yourself.
I taught myself to fish as a kid, and am still pleased that I did. I had no-one to advise, to help, to point the way, and so my first fish is still one I remember very well. Because my dad didn't catch it for me.

Not compulsory to take my suggestion of course, but at least think about it. There are too many anglers these days who are just clones of others, who seem not to be capable of independent thought. Only those who think for themselves ever come up with something new.

Dare to be different.....because "He who dares......"

Originally Posted by JayZS

Why not think about just going down to one of the rivers with some tackle, find a spot, ignoring everything you may have been told by others, and just try to suss it out for yourself? You have a unique opportunity, one no longer available to everyone else in here, of catching your first river fish under your own steam, having thought about it yourself, decided what to do yourself. You may not catch your first fish as quickly, but believe me, there is one hell of a sense of satisfaction in doing it this way. Why rush for your first fish: you have plenty of time."

I'd agree with this, the first time I went to the goyt was when all the stillwaters were frozen and there was no where else to go. I had many blanks before I had my first fish out, I remember countless times asking BBH, when he was doing his rounds , was he sure there were fish in here lol