Hi All,

Planning to target the Upper Severn this season.
I believe it pretty hard but I don't mind that too much as having walked the banks its a beautiful river and that means a lot to me!
Might change my mind if I don't catch after too many sessions???
Anyone else fish here or on the Vyrnwy?

Dave

Originally Posted by daveg

Anyone else fish here or on the Vyrnwy? Dave

Yep me. I fish the upper Severn a lot. Only fished the Vyrnwy once and blanked but have walked stretches and seen some decent fish.

Well worth the effort and the landscape, as you say, is fantastic.

I'm going out tomorrow but not sure if it will be the Severn or the Vyrnwy?? Not expecting too much but just gald to get out!
Have you had much luck on the upper Severn and is it as hard as they say?

Thanks

Dave

Originally Posted by daveg

Have you had much luck on the upper Severn and is it as hard as they say?

Hi Dave. I have had some nice fish from the upper river and seen one or two that will keep my interest, although for me its as much about the surroundings and the lack of angling pressure. A lot of walking wearing polaroids will help as will a mobile approach to a days fishing. Stick with it and the rewards are there. Good luck, will probably bump into each other sooner or later. Regards Angus

im new to barbel fishing,and the upper severn is on my doorstep, i find it quite hard going but then ive bit of a novice i had a 5lb barbel in october and had some real nice chub earlier the best being 6 and half pound,im hoping in couple of weeks to get to the middle severn somewhere like hampton loade where there is more barbel to try and get a bit more experience,any know of a good day ticket spot,im not after a monster just want to bag a few to add to my tally,any help would be appreciated gheers

hi booey,have you read the severn reports threads if you scroll down to the bottom of the bhf home page you will see the river reports from last season,and if your going on the loade or anywhere that holds big barbel then there is every chance of you hooking 1 weather you intend to or not so with this in mind my advice is to be geared up for this,if your just starting fishing for barbel then theres tons of info,help and good advice on this forum all you got to do is ask mate.
good luck and have a good season.

cheers

kev.

booey i would do a bash on the mid severn with you to uppy my tally too

as for good there all quiet at min

a pal blanked on a bash at hampton

another pal who can fish very well had 4 from ribbesford by bridge
but 3 others he went with blanked

but he can fish...... i been with him before now and blanked and he bagged up lol

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in a week or 2 they all should start to catch

took me 3 days and nights to have the only barb out this season so far on licomb lock id still be there now if not lol dont care if it took 2 weeks i was not leaving till i had a barb

had 3 double river carp aswell as a mixed bag of fish so all good (never caught a river carp before)

paul

cheers for your help guys,me and a mate got day off work the end of the month so will keep an eye on reports from catches on middle severn and hopefully add to tally,think im well kitted to the job been fisherman for a long time,but never got into barbel fishing till now(prob coz not too many near me on upper severn)hopefully the middle will be fishing by then!!!