Wednesday 11 March 2015

River Wye.

River Wye

The River Wye or [afon gwn for our Welsh members,] is the fifth longest river in the in UK, stretching some 215 kilometres 134 miles from source to sea. For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales. The Wye Valley is an Area of outstanding natural beauty . The Wye use to be considered one of the best Salmon rivers outside of Scotland, some of its tributaries include the river’s Lugg, Elan,Dulas, Irfon. Marteg, Monnow, Trothy Ithon and Llynfi all of these rivers are worth a closer look at in the future by River Angler.

Wye

The source of the River Wye is in the Welsh mountains at Plynlimon. [Hence it being in the Wales section] It flows through or past several towns and villages including Hay on wye through to Hereford, Ross on Wye, Symonds Yat, [a beautiful area for fishing] Monmouth, and along to the River Severn near Chepstow.

The River Wye Has a run of salmon but in recent years these have been in decline so the Wye and Usk Foundation was set up to redress this issue and help to restore the spring salmon runs up the river , More recently with the surge in specialist fishing the river is noted for its Barbel fishing and we will take a closer look at the Game and Coarse fishing clubs along this truly beautiful river.

Monmouth and district Angling Society have water on the wye and offer yearbooks and day tickets http://riverangler.co.uk/monmouth They have fishing both banks from Monmouth bridge 1220 yards downstream to the mouth of the river Trothy also river Trothy fishing with fly and worm for the Trout.

Ross on Wye Angling Club has around 5 mile of fishing on the Wye forSalmon and coarse fish and offers yearly membership

http://riverangler.co.uk/rossonwye

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River Itchen [www.riverangler.co.uk]

I couldn’t start this website without a look at what some people regard as one of the finest fly fishing rivers in the country , the Itchen. The River Itchen is only 28 miles long starting its life just to the south of the village of Cheriton flowing northwards through Cheriton and Tichbourne then joining with its tributary the River Aire and the Candover Brook just below New Alresford the river wanders westwards and through the upper Itchen valley passing idyllically named villages of Avington, Itchen stoke, Itchen abbas, martyr worthy, Easton, and abbots worthy it then enters Winchester the river splits into several channels in the city, It then flows through water meadows and through the Itchen valley country park before joining the river in Southampton.

The river is designated as a site of special scientific interest [sssi] along most of its length and is a well noted as one of the worlds premier chalk streams and has seven species of ecological interest including crayfish, otter, salmon, bullhead and brook lamprey.Its water quality is crucial and helps to support the plants and invertebrates and in turn the large range of species that the river supports.

River Itchen

The Fishing.

Test valley angling club ,southampton piscatorial society have a short length of the Itchen near the m27 motorway behind the white swan pub on the A27 the river contains chub carp roach grayling dace pike perch eels gudgeon and flounders. the club offer membership at a yearly cost. check them out here.. http://riverangler.co.uk/tvacsps

At Twyford East lodge fishing offer fishing to corporate events to fish the river and stay in the Lodge ,treat yourself to some dry fly fishing for the trout and salmon http://riverangler.co.uk/eastlodge

Avington trout fishery offer fishing and corporate events at their stretch of the river at Avington http://riverangler.co.uk/avington

Upstream Dry fly, offer fishing on the upper river also do corporate events and will like most of the other private owners of the waters offer tuition and accommodation http://www.upstreamdryfly.com/

If you fish or have fished this delightful little river please share your experiences with us also let us know of clubs on the river and your memorable days. contact andy@riverangler.co.uk

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River Wensum

The River Wensum is a chalk fed river in Norfolk, and is a tributary of the River Yare despite the Wensum being the larger of these rivers. The complete river{ like our featured river the Yorkshire Derwent } is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

The River Wensum beginings lies between the villages of Colkirk and Whissonsett in north-west Norfolk. The river flows roughly westward close to the 3 Raynham villages passing Raynham Hall, home of the Marquis Townshend. The River then turns and flows north through a few small villages until it reaches Sculthorpe, where it turns easterly through the market town of Fakenham. The river then flows in a south-easterly, passing through the Pensthorpe Nature Reserve .

The Wensum continues its journey meandering through the countryside then comes to the City of Norwich from the north-west At New Mills Yard, a former waterworks, the river becomes tidal and navigable by boat. The river then flows past Carrow road football ground and then out of the city where it merges with the River Yare

More information and history of the river can be found hear. wensum Norwich

http://riverangler.co.uk/wensum-history

Iinteresting reading on otters on the Wensum http://riverangler.co.uk/the-death-on-the-wensum

Fishing on the Wensum Fakenham Angling club has waters at Willsmore and at Guist Wild brown trout and Dace are the norm. The river is small 20 feet across possibly at its widest good fly fishing from april to june small river wet fly paterns work well early on in the season with dry fly patterns as the season progresses. http://riverangler.co.uk/fakenham

There is some free fishing on the Wensom at Fakenham common at Ringland bridge Hellesdon mill pool and Norwitch city.

Dereham and district Angling club http://riverangler.co.uk/dereham has some fishing at Swanton Morley and at Castle Farm, Swanton Morley roach dace chub and pike are the norm. Season and day tickets are available.

Other Angling clubs are