The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Thanks in anticipation. Everything suggests its very weedy, so any pointers toward a swim or two for trotting (to save us wasting time) would be greatly appreciated.

I fished the Avon lower down on Tuesday. 1000s of dace - every cast a bite or 2 or 3! Changed to the lead and a bigger bait & had a 5lb+ chub.

So trotting perhaps and changing to a lead occasionally during the day. Dusk is when, as the river is so clear, when you have a chance of bigger fish.

just beware of the bullocks in the water meadows as there young and a bit fiesty,if you stay on the old river your safe with the wire fence between you and them,if its dace your after fish up stream,back of b and q stores,shallow water, best fished with a waggler,im going tommorrow ill keep you posted

Hemp and caster on a clear river, with casters on the hook - maggots can be a bit too attractive to minnows.

minnows love hemp at britford,try tares as hook bait,and loose feed 8 grains of hemp per cast

Big lump of meat or paste plopped out in the hole opposite the scout hut or cast across in the eel house pool.....

fished britford today,saw some big bream on the new river down stream from the car park and a very large pike, fished the lower weir, just a few grayling to 1lb, 1 dace of 12 oz, and 2 perch at 1lb, very clear water, best fished at dusk at the moment i reckon.

Chubman wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2017 5:49 pm fished britford today,saw some big bream on the new river down stream from the car park and a very large pike, fished the lower weir, just a few grayling to 1lb, 1 dace of 12 oz, and 2 perch at 1lb, very clear water, best fished at dusk at the moment i reckon.

Having walked most of the water with you Geoff, I can picture you on it! When you say the lower weir do you mean going left from the car park where the old "Pump House" is?
p.s a 12oz dace is a cracker!

ted, lower weir swim where you fished, had a 11lb pike out of it last week

And how did the day go?