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had a nice day today roving on the teme at powick it is a really nice stretch it like fishing in the jungle with kingfishers flying past and lots of other birds around anyway i managed two barbel on the my ray walton pin the best one was 8 half pound fin perfect barbel the next was about 6 lb
but they really do fight hard on the teme as there is a powerfull flow anyway it was a great day out even when the fish were not really having it

Ah Teme barbel, I remember a pleasant afternoon, trotting for them at Stamford Bridge, in 1990....
It sounds like you had a super day, and some very good fish, Mazza! :thumb:

Very good result Mazza :thumb: - any photos?

Well done Mazza - gorgeous little river the Teme - I know the stretch very well as its my local, one of the most captivating rivers around and always good for wildlife.

I switched to the Kennet on Friday and fished for 14 hrs (and loved every minute) 2 barbel for me too. Teme or Severn for me tomorrow, toss of a coin will decide

TemeLAD wrote:Well done Mazza - gorgeous little river the Teme - I know the stretch very well as its my local, one of the most captivating rivers around and always good for wildlife.

I switched to the Kennet on Friday and fished for 14 hrs (and loved every minute) 2 barbel for me too. Teme or Severn for me tomorrow, toss of a coin will decide

which club are you in wocester angling society or st johns the teme where i fish is very over grown and ive found quite hard going but ive only fished twice and dont know it

I'm in the Worcester angling society and the banks are well looked after and it's almost entirely treelined. St. John's has a considerable amount left bare, I do like to sit back against a tree though and have some natural shelter. I've only been here 5 months but my time is spent between there and Bransford...it is hard work admittedly but hard work brings great rewards. I lost a good perch... No a great perch....to be fair it was an absolute monster of a perch getting up towards 4lb on that stretch...it still pains me now as it was only my stupidity coupled with nigh on hysteria that made me lose it, I WILL get this fish eventually.

what bait were you fishing and what sort method as I like to have go for perch I didn't know there some good perch in the stretch I did see some guys fishing for perch one evening off the old powick bridge I think they were using small fish as bait

I fished the same stretch at Powick last Saturday and blanked, it was tanking through with all the extra rain we had the days leading up to when I fished, I still enjoyed my time on a lovely river

I find when the teme Is tanking through it doesn't fish that well but severn fishes quite good

A little rubber shad Mazza!!