It looks like you're fishing the opposite bank to where I used to fish at Coalport, I used to fish at the Brewery Inn and I'm sure it used to flow from right to left....although it was nearly 30 years ago since I was up there. I've had some brilliant days barbel bashing there, but it gets hammered near the pub and the fishing is quite tough. But if you walk a bit further there's some amazing fishing to be had. Me and my mate walked well past the hammered pegs - I can remember cutting through the grounds of some old, apparently empty but you never can tell, and down to a stretch where you have to make your peg and the only people you'd see were on the opposite bank. I have a feeling that perhaps we probably weren't fishing 100% legit by cutting through those grounds, but hey ho, there were barbel to catch and I wasn't going to let the small matter of trespass stop me 😆 It wasn't as if I was hurting anything or anybody, and no damage was caused so sod it 👍
Hello David. That’s a very productive and relatively short session. Some lovely Severn barbel. I’ve just joined the club at Coalport and look forward to fishing it for barbel next season. It looks a beautiful stretch!
It looks like you're fishing the opposite bank to where I used to fish at Coalport, I used to fish at the Brewery Inn and I'm sure it used to flow from right to left....although it was nearly 30 years ago since I was up there.
I've had some brilliant days barbel bashing there, but it gets hammered near the pub and the fishing is quite tough. But if you walk a bit further there's some amazing fishing to be had. Me and my mate walked well past the hammered pegs - I can remember cutting through the grounds of some old, apparently empty but you never can tell, and down to a stretch where you have to make your peg and the only people you'd see were on the opposite bank.
I have a feeling that perhaps we probably weren't fishing 100% legit by cutting through those grounds, but hey ho, there were barbel to catch and I wasn't going to let the small matter of trespass stop me 😆
It wasn't as if I was hurting anything or anybody, and no damage was caused so sod it 👍
Hello David. That’s a very productive and relatively short session. Some lovely Severn barbel. I’ve just joined the club at Coalport and look forward to fishing it for barbel next season. It looks a beautiful stretch!