The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

ive just informed the anglers trust,who were unaware of this,i will pass any info i can find to them

please take a look at the facebook link groundwork/news/river itchen consultation and take a look at the 4 options, no1 to replace the sluice, the other 3 are utter maddness to return a chalk stream into salt water

Can you post a link to the Facebook pages please

face book link is groundwork/news/ river itchen consultation.

thanks mel, im not that good on a computer, but i know how to fight my corner when a group want to destroy my river and the enviroment, a chalk stream stream turned to salt water utter madness

at the consultation meeting today, the ea failed to turn up, but were on the river yesterday 3 officers checking licenses, tax collecting springs to mind, this cannot be allowed to happen,to destroy a chalk stream habitat and make it salt water, just for the sake of white water for canoes, can any one help me fight this please, ive fished this bit of river for over 60 years and i want it to stay as it is for future generations of anglers

There are 4 options for redevelopment, only one involves lowering the water level. Option 3, which I voted for, would see the water level maintained, 3 weirs and a fish pass built.

any idea where the weirs will be built on the river it is only a short stretch between the sluice and the old bridge

2 weirs to be built on the strait up from the landing stage up to the first bend in the river,a pretty artists impression in stone was shown to me, but in realality they will be concrete and barbed wire to keep tidal water out, not sure fresh water weed and roach will like it much, so we are loosing some of our fishing rights left to us by lady swaythling, we need to start campaining against this enviromenal vandleism