🎣 Fishing the River Severn, the first fish of the new season and thoughts on ‘nanny state’ angling
With the hot spell continuing, it was evening fishing on the Severn for my second river session of the new season.
On the middle reaches in Shropshire, it was a different spot to my previous outing but on the same stretch.
It was a tight – not to mention uncomfortable – swim, but it’s always about the fish potential, not a luxury waterside spot for the angler.
I fished with lobworm boilie on the left rod, which was under overhanging willows, and peperami on the right rod, out in open water.
I hooked a PVA bag to both, containing boilies and peperami/pellets respectively.
The session lasted four hours and it was very pleasant once the sun dropped in the sky.
I caught just the one chub but it was a nice one.
The thoughts on ‘nanny state’ angling are in the video. That’s the beauty of incorporating footage in a blog post, writing all that in words would take much longer.
Tackle: Wychwood Barbel 1.5 test curve rod with Shimano 4000D reel and Harrison Interceptor 1lb 10oz test curve rod with Shimano 6000 reel. Size 8 hooks and 1.5 ounce flat leads.
Nature notes: Female mandarin duck with four well-developed young on the river. They feature in the opening footage in the video. A single female also seen on the river. Several house martins, sand martins and swallows feeding over the river. Skylark singing (not seen) in the immediate area. Barn owl in flight in the village of Wyken on the way home.