Severn Barbel Fishing

[Paul Plouman]

I am considering a visit to Bewdley to fish for barbel on the severn this year, and would welcome any information from anyone out there who has been previously, regards best places to go, accomodation either hotel or BB, swims, day tickets, etc anything at all which would be of help!!

[barbelblanker]

BAA Ticket gives you access to loads of fishing in this area and day tickets are £6 from Stan Lewis in Bewdley town centre.

There's some excellent barbel fishing in this area so give Stan a call.

There are other clubs too as the only down side of the BAA waters is they tend to get a hammering.

Check out the Kinver Freeliners website as they have two lots of fishing either side of the Severn at Hampton Loade. The unicorn section is also on the same site as a campsite (rather spookily called , the Unicorn Inn camp site). I've never actually stayed there (I live 25 minutes drive away) and often see it from the opposite (BAA) bank. The campsite does seem quite noisy at times but then again this all seems to calm down once it goes dark. There's also the added advantage of the Unicorn pub which seems to be OK from what I've heard.

[Paul Plouman]

Cheer's for the info barbelblanker least you have given me a start

[barbelblanker]

I'd try to be a bit more helpful, I think my forum tag says it all though. So you most defina
tely will be better off phoning Stan. It's also worth giving Bridgnorth tackle a call too as they are right next to the top end of "barbel alley" and will give you pointers to the water around that end.

Have a quick look on yell and do a search for Fishing Tackle Bewdley. Marks tackle Stourport (Roach/River Carp), Stan (Roach, Barbel), you've also got Mal Storey. If you do a similar search for Bridgnorth then you'll get Bridgnorth Angling no doubt.

Tight lines, and I forgot to mention that in many places the Severn Valley railway is next to the river. Even if you aren't a train spotter it still adds to the atmosphere when a steam train passes.

[Paul Plouman]

Thanks again for the info very useful may the barbel god smile on you this year.

[firemantim30]

Hi Paul,
I would go along with Barbel blanker as regards contacting Bridgnorth angling. They certainly know there stuff. You could also try a lad called Chris Holmes from middle severn Angling who has lots of info from matches etc. You could also look at http://www.riversevernbarbelfishing.com for useful tips
Tight lines

[Paul Plouman]

Firemantim, Thanks for the info, another contact name for me to add to my list great!!
Tight Lines

[firemantim30]

Hiya Paul.
I guided three chaps from down south on Fri, Sat and Sun. The river was was up and coloured but fell over the course of the weekend. We fished Hampton loade on Friday and had a few all on pellet, but fishing was hard as the river was still pushing through pretty well. On saturday i took them to eardingon Brook which again was pretty hard going but we caught. Sunday, the weather was horrible but the river had fined down well and catch/bite rates improved. It was just starting to fish in the afternoon when the lads had to go home. Needless to say i will be out on the banks tomoroow after a day off today!

[Paul Plouman]

firemantim, well done your doing better than we are here on the swale rivers been in heavy flood and is just getting back to somewhere near normal for this time of year, no barbel so far but good chub catches to keep us going. Our intentions is to come down either july or august depends on when my mate can get time off, not like us shift workers eh!! I will be contacting you near the time but look forward to hearing of any more info you may come across.
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[firemantim30]

Hiya Paul, Funny cause we are not pulling out any chub! Just debaiting wether to go for a few hours now. I'll post on here and my website what the scores on the doors are over the next couple of weeks and look forward to hearing from you when you have some dates sorted out. Cheers