re: River Roding

[fredjtaylor]

Hi all ,
fished this little fished river at the Wanstead park, east London stretch this Sunday . Roved around different swims that I fished as a boy without much luck . Neglect through the years has left much of the banks totally overgrown and unfishable . Has anyone else fished the Roding throughout Essex lately or could tell me where there are free fishing or day ticket stretches ?
Its a great small river similar to the river Bourne , any help would be helpful.

cheers
Darren

[gudgeon_basher]

The river is a shadow of what it used to be, I still fish it around Buckhurst hill where there are some decent pockets of chub with fish running to 5lb,but there seems to be fewer and fewer each year.The river used to be teaming with dace,roach,perch and pike but they have all but disappeared.The cause's are probably low flow and a series of polution incidents over the last few years.If you want some specific areas around Buckhurst hill i'll pm you.

[rastaraccoon]

The river suffers badly from polution incidents, general poor water quality and due the clay nature of the catchment is very 'flashy' and has poor juvenile retention. However there are some nice fish to be had throughout, around Ongar there are the odd nice perch and chub to be caught, and lots of small pike that would good fun on light tackle. There are some carp in lower sections around wanstead, look for deep pools. The upper sections were stocked with small fish last year and these appear to be growing nicely, hopefully with no more major pollution wipeouts it may come back to form in a couple of years.

rr

[zinga]

I too would be interested in any up-to-date info on this little river. I used to fish it many years ago, along the section that runs through Wanstead Park and slightly further up, and had some very good dace and the odd good chub. I took my kids for a walk through the park during the summer and thourght the river looked very poor, low and not very healthy. I would love to know if there are still some parts that still hold onto some decent fish.

[fredjtaylor]

roding valley stretch through Buckhurst hill still has some noce looking stretches . Wanstead park area is too shallow now .

Darren

[Silenthunter]

Yeah Roding Valley is ok. Buckhurst hill lake stretch there was a few big chub but all the fish in the lake went belly up few months ago big ea investigation why it happened dont know if it affected the river.

[claretandblue]

Is that the lake called Roding Valley Lake, behind the David Lloyd? Or the much bigger one across the road, called Luxborough?

[ScreamingReel]

The lake known as 'Roding Valley Lake' behind the David Lloyd, is the lake which had the fish kill. There's no access to the Luxborough Lane Pit, all barbed wired up with climbing paint and stuff. I think the fish kill was due to a sewage influx, but i may be wrong. I do not think it affected the river roding running adjacent to the lake. I saw some nice chub down there in the summer :p

[ripper]

PM

[wanderer]

Fished this stretch last winter ,used lay bye near garden centre too park in great little stretch had some great fun just free linning worm .

[Silenthunter]

Luxbrrough jus up the road from me. went for a walk round there that place is interesting

[fredjtaylor]

Hi All ,
fished the Eton manor stretch last weekend , from 11am through to about 4pm ish ... a 3lb 8oz Chub and 2 smaller were all to show for my efforts . All caught on light legered maggot under a overhanging bush . Water levels are really low and we need a lot of rain to make fishing a lot better ,

regards


Darren

[tiddlertamer]

roding valley stretch through Buckhurst hill still has some noce looking stretches . Wanstead park area is too shallow now .

Darren

Which stretch of the river Roding near Buckhurst Hill station is best. The part north of Roding Lane behind the David Lloyd Lesiure Centre or the part south of Roding Lane.

What sort of fish doea the River Roding hold and what tactics are best to catch them at this time of year? (Winter)

[gudgeon_basher]

Both bits hold reasonable stocks of chub,but the stretch down stream of the roding lane bridge is better.Fish the deeper pools and ledger worms,bread,cheese or luncheon meat and you won't go far wrong.Let us know how you get on.:thumbs:

[wanderer]

Where they used too hold the car boot sales, this little stretch used too fish really well ,too light tackle took some nice chubb and perch ,if you walk right along this bank you come across loads of small pools and bend,s which alll used too hold fish,great when you need a change of scenery. tight lines.

[tiddlertamer]

Both bits hold reasonable stocks of chub,but the stretch down stream of the roding lane bridge is better.Fish the deeper pools and ledger worms,bread,cheese or luncheon meat and you won't go far wrong.Let us know how you get on.:thumbs:

So, just to clarify, you mean south of Roding Lane is slightly better.
But what is the best tactic? Float fishing or legering?
Any advice you may have is much appreciated. I've only just begun fishing despite being no spring chicken. To be frank I'm keen, if clueless.
Don't suppose there are any of my favourite fish in the river Roding - the humble but noble roach.
Thanks for all your advice

[Sledgehammer]

Float fish. You will find the fish quicker and get to know the river quicker too.

[gudgeon_basher]

Yeah,south of roding lane is my prefered stretch.I would ledger in one of the deeper pools,using big smelly baits if the water is coloured and smaller baits if it's running clear.These fish aren't pressured and are fairly easy to catch if you locate them.Roach are present but the shoals are small and any individual over 12oz is a good fish.

[tiddlertamer]

Yeah,south of roding lane is my prefered stretch.I would ledger in one of the deeper pools,using big smelly baits if the water is coloured and smaller baits if it's running clear.These fish aren't pressured and are fairly easy to catch if you locate them.Roach are present but the shoals are small and any individual over 12oz is a good fish.

I fished the River Roding today.
I chose to fish a spot south of Roding Lane which has its fans on this site.
I struggled at first to find out how best to access the river. Wandering down Roding Lane from Buckhurst Hill station, I was at a loss when it came to finding a path to the river.
I thought about going into the park north of the river by the David Lloyd Leisure Centre but decided to persist with the southern stretch.
An adjacent football pitch looked promising but the high fences less so...
The building closest to the river was a nursery and I shuffled somewhat uncomfortably through its car park into a field which lay behind it. I didn't take long for the idea to dawn upon me that, what with the understandable concerns being raised in the media at the moment over child welfare, this was not the most sensible of routes...
I then came up against a barbed wire fence. I climbed over it. The second barbed wire fence was a bit trickier. Well certainly a lot taller. This one I went under thanks to finding the work of some other intrepid explorer who'd got there before me.
I caught my waterproof trousers on the fence and tore them. It proved to be the only thing I caught all day...
There were no other anglers around. Which in many ways is lovely. It's great to escape from everyone at times. Maybe they'd got sick of blanking though! (I'm sure my lack of fish was down to my ineptitude rather than the river if truth be told).
I was now in what looked like a piece of common land though it may have been owned by a farmer. No 'No Fishing' signs though.
I trotted a float down the river but that was probably a stupid tactic as the river seemed to be in flood. The float occasionally disappeared but never emerged with along with a fish on the end of the hook. Just weed...
I also tried popping my bait – maggots – into creases and slacks but didn't find the right ones I guess. None with fish interested in my bait.
When it got dark I packed up. Rather than repeat my earlier route, I looked for another exit. I finally waded across a small stream that fed into the Roding, narrowly avoiding a dunking,and escaped via Queen's Road at an exit next to the local primary school.
All in all a disappointing day.
Two questions though.
What is the best route into that part of the river or are people on this site fishing somewhere further south or north?
Should I have used legering tactics and if so, what sort of tackle should I have set up?
I am a complete beginner to fishing so don't feel you are stating the 'bleeding obvious' and spell out what I was doing wrong and what I can do to fish better on rivers, especially in winter conditions.

[wanderer]

lol, sorry could,nt help it after reading, such a amusing post.Sound,s as though you were really enjoying yourself. pm for you.

[gudgeon_basher]

Sounds like you had a good session:clap: .The way you left is the way I use,across the stream and up lower queens road.You've got to ledger in these conditions and use big smelly baits.A free running bomb stopped with a ledger stop and a size 6 hook is all that is needed,remember these fish aren't fished for alot so fine tackle is not required.If your not familar with the ledger set up i'll try and post a link to some pictures later.

[tiddlertamer]

Sounds like you had a good session:clap: .The way you left is the way I use,across the stream and up lower queens road.You've got to ledger in these conditions and use big smelly baits.A free running bomb stopped with a ledger stop and a size 6 hook is all that is needed,remember these fish aren't fished for alot so fine tackle is not required.If your not familar with the ledger set up i'll try and post a link to some pictures later.

Having never legered, any advice you can give me would be much appreciated.
Would you recommend an Arsley bomb set up?
In terms of indicating the bite, do you touch the line and wait for movement?
What are the best big smelly baits?
Once again, many thanks. A visit to my local tackle shop is obviously in order.

[gaz the angler]

I used to love the Roding in Wanstead Park (round the Back of the Ornamentals. 10/12 years ago its was always good for a few Chub to about 3 1/2lb small roach, perch and nice dace. Its been rubbish there for a good few years now very low and when i've walked the banks in may I hardly seen a fish. A friend said that debden down to Buckhurst hilll is pretty good.

After reading what tiddler tamer and the rest of you have said, does anyone think I'd do any good on ledgered lobs? I walked the streach down to Roding Valley Lake (shame about the fish kill I heard this used to be good) and saw about 7 decent looking swims. I met one guy who hadn't had any luck that day but said he seldom blanks. Any advice guys?

Gaz

[wanderer]

You won,t go far wrong using lobs ,great bait, any time of the year.

[scottydog]

Morning gents and a happy new year to all.

I was driving past the Stappleford airfield today and wondered if anyone could give me a clue as to who contols that stretch ? Also looks like a nice stretch by the the roundabout that goes to ongar/havering atte bower ? Ive fished the river out on Fairfield but got truely cray fished !

[Sledgehammer]

I think its Billericay but dont quote me.

[nobbykc]

Billericay and district do have the fishing rights to stretches of the Roding - Patch park - Stanford rivers - Mitchells farm - Shonks mill - These areas are upstream from Abridge and include Passingford bridge

bdac.co.uk

[gaz the angler]

Thanks Wanderer, I thought lobbies would be a good bet. I'll give it a try next week if the weather holds.

I know that Collier Row AS has a streach of the Roding nr Passingford Bridge.

Gaz

[fredjtaylor]

Hi lads ,
Hollow AS also own a stretch upstream from roundabout at Passingford bridge along with Woodford AS .

cheers

Darren

[Hitchy]

Interesting posts Gents, I like many of you fished the Roding around the Wanstead park area around 15/20 years ago now, still hold the place with very fond memories. Lets hope the river can be bough back to its former state. I recall pools around the 7ft mark at the deepest, and you could wade though the shallows all the way around to the bridge near the Redbridge roundabout, near the Thames water building. Was always a shoal of bream there 20 strong there and the resident orange koi

Enjoy what's left of this stunning water way that will always be fond in my memory

[wanderer]

The kio,s are still around , seen them in the stretch just up from buckhurst hill a few seasons back, could,nt believe it as it was with two really good common,s don,t know where they come in from , but swimming past a shopping trolly and other objects in the river did,nt seem to bother them in the slightest , seem,s abit of a shame really but they obvously get on alright .

[fredjtaylor]

Hi guys ,
I have fished most stretches of the east london section of the Roding even up to the salty water stretch by Barking creek and caught eels and Flounders on ledgered lobworms . One spot I have never fished though was the Charlie Browns roundabout stretch by the newish Tesco supermarket downstream to Redbridge roundabout . Walked along there several times and have never even seen signs of fish ... although I thought the swim on the bend by Tescos which is overgrown with stingers in summer always looked good ? Any ideas ??

cheers
Fred (M.B.E )

[gaz the angler]

I fished that stretch last summer from Redbridge upstream to Tesco's at Charlie Brown's saw a few small perch by the Red House pub and not a lot else. only had maggots with me as it was just a recce trip really. it was very shallow on the straight runs up from redbridge and the bottom was covered in that brown alge muck. under the motorway bridges its deeper but dark and a bit inner cityish, lots of shopping trolleys etc. There's one deep bend after the bridges which looked interesting and there were signs that it had been fished quite recently before.

Tried a few casts at the Tesco stretch but being summer the Nettles were a bit too much. I never had a sniff in 5 odd hours. Still in the winter with a few more varied baits who knows.

[gaz the angler]

Well guys,

I finally got to fish the Roding from Debden down stream yesterday. I thought I'd have a very mobile morning session, so I just toook a box of lobworms and had a go.

I tried under the road bridge a Debden first, thought there might be a fish or two under there. Moved slowly down river, the water itself was quite coloured and very pacy in the narrow parts. There wasn't a lot doing. further down stream I had a little knock and it felt like I bumped a fish off. I found a nice wide bend just down stream from Charlie Moule's bridge had a couple of bites there which I didn't conect with but there must be a bit of a snag mid river there as my gear kept gravitating into it and I snapped up 3 times. Had a couple of worms either taken off the hook or pulled off in weed.

Finished the session further down in a swim under a tree. There's a bench on the path behind it. Had a couple of nice bite there and bumped a fish off again. Not sure what if anything I was doing wrong. I think the river still needs to fine down a bit. met a bloke at the end of my session who was float fishing maggot, he'd had one small chub and a few minnows.

I 'll go back last week of the season. I like the wide bend swim, any one know the one I mean? Is it any good?

Tight lines


gaz

[gudgeon_basher]

I know the debden stretch well and the swim on the wide bend is a good one.But as i've said before the river has declined alot in recent years and fish populations are isolated to certain pools.
Only 6 or 7 years ago the debden stretch had big shoals of dace and roach and we used to catch them on dry flies in the summer,there all but gone now and all thats left are a few big chub and occasional perch.
Perhaps the E.A should look into it,but in the mean time lets post are results on here and see how bad/good the situation really is.

[Rodderney]

I have fished the river a fair bit although havent been out much this season.
Due to the baits i use I tend to single out chub...cheesepaste, fishpaste, more cheesepaste.

Only ever get up to 3 a session (2-4 hr seshions normally) but typically all in the 3lb to 4lb mould. Blank a fair bit to except for my one banker swim which I always go back to at dusk.
I've seen a couple of perch, some big pike and dace or chublets in the shallows.

From the lake, as you walk north towards debden you cross over a bridge running over the dyke. If you walk off the path to the right (east) of the bridge there is a clonking great bend that is deep and looks like a great spot.

The odd thing is I've never had anything out of that swim at all? Any pointers much appreciated.

The swim mentioned previously in this thread by the bridge on the bend (near the tennis courts i think) I have seen a guy take a couple of big Perch on lobworm, so I assume its a good spot for perch.

Be very interesting to hear of other peoples catches too.

Does anyone know if the lake is worth fishing. Was thinking of doing some piking but i don;t know if there's anything left in there after the incident in the summer.

[dan the fishing man]

just wondering if any1 has fished the ornamentals as a kid i grew up round east london and fished the ornamentals every chance i got some lovely bream and carp in there but moved away 9 years ago went back there to check it out last winter lost bit of water and heard asluym seekers cleaned it out no sign of fish but wondering if anyone has fished in last few years or know if there is still fish there so if any1 knows plz let me know cheers

[Kingfisher19]

Dredger at work at passingford Brodge at the moment clearing out all the reeds that have grow during the summer which have blocked it over the last few years

[dan the fishing man]

where is best place to fish 4 chub on roding never fished 4 chub b4 and want to give it ago so whats the best way to fish 4 them and can u fish the roding all year round

[rhornegold]

Chub, throuhout its length- as the thread saids- Its the River Roding and has the normal 3 months Closed Season !!

Bob

[gaz the angler]

I used to fish the Ornies a lot from the late 80's to late nineties. At that time there usd to be lots of Large Carp 20LB + tench, Bream Crucians, Pike Roach and Perch.

I stopped fishing it when either Redbridge Council or the Epping forest conservators decided to "tidy" the place up. This meant digging out a load of the lilly beds and the tree and bush cover at the waters edge and putting in planks to shore up the bank and a nice little path all the way round, turned a slightly neglected looking former estate lake into something rather sterile. As the clean up got rid of most of my favourite swims I stopped going.

Also the club lease at the time ran out and the lake started to get choked with surface weed.

Perhaps our eastern European freinds may have had the larger carp out over the past 10 or so years, like a lot of other public lakes, but I doubt its empty.

The Crucians strated disaparing in the mid 90's. As all the Epping forest lakes are now free fishing I'm tempted to go and have a look myself again, might force the Mrs and Kids into a weekend walk a I havn't been there to have a look see in about 3 years.

[fredjtaylor]

Hi Gaz,
nothing has changed in 3 years Gaz . I grew up fishing that lake in the early to mid eighties and had some lovely Crucians to around 3lb , also caught my first ever small Tench at the end of the long channel where it meets the Roding . There used to be lovely little Lily swims and I too couldnt believe it when I turned up years later to find the place was decimated beyond recognition . It still is choked with weed and the water level is so low . Eastern "squareheads" are illegally poaching there :( , but I still reckon there could be record Crucians in there somewhere ?

Dazza

[gaz the angler]

Dazza,

My Favourite swim was where the long channel openedout into the main lake looke across to the grotto, on one of my best days there in the very early 90's I had 14 Crucians to about 3lb, 4 tench 3 bream and a few small Roach.

Used to get broken up by carp on tench/cru tackle quite often too.

Some nice Pike came out in the Mid 90's never caught a biggie myself, I used to favor the Glade swims for Pike.

Gaz

[dan the fishing man]

thinking going in june cant wait hope there is still fish whens the river fishing season finish does it applie to all rivers season or do they verie:confused:

[Paul_the_Bailiff]

Dan - All rivers have a close season that runs from March 14th until June 16th when they open up for fishing again.

[rhornegold]

The Ordamentals had some Great fish in it, including some huge Pike, I fished for a few years and have never found Pike fishing like it.

10 different 20s and 16 20s in one season from a London Park Pond was unheard off and I dont suppose it will ever happen again.

I wonder where they all went ?

Bob

[gaz the angler]

Was that during the time of the Pike Competition run by the Evening Standard? I recall one year it was won by a fish of 34lb that came out of the Ornies. I did hear that two different 30's came out! I never managed anything over 14lb myself.

[Kestrel]

Was that during the time of the Pike Competition run by the Evening Standard? I recall one year it was won by a fish of 34lb that came out of the Ornies. I did hear that two different 30's came out! I never managed anything over 14lb myself.

I think the "34" was caught by Gary the Ballifs farther,and it won the ES prize.I think it was a silver sterling Pike worth about £1500.00.Not lived over there since about 1998,but had some great days on the lakes.It was easy to tuck yourself away at night too.:norty:

[rhornegold]

Anyone know about the latest pollution on the Roding ?

where and how bad

Bob

[gudgeon_basher]

It happend on saturday at aythope roding,lots of fish killed,but the high water flushed it through and minimised the damaged.Full report on leyton guardians website.:mad: :mad: :mad:

[stalkingrich]

How many times is this going to happen on The Roding... absolutely disgraceful what this poor, sick river has to put up with.


Richard

[NicB]

Mate, I am situated along the river Roding and 'apparently' was the first to report the kills. I still, as of yet have not seen a representative from the EA, even though this problem was reported by the farmer on Friday. If you are further down the river fromOngar and are still seeing floaters, please inform the EA. They are taking plenty of mony from our rod licsences and at the moment when they are actually needed they are knowhereto be seen!

[gudgeon_basher]

My mate was walking along the river in Buckhurst Hill last night and didn't notice any dead fish,in fact the river is looking in very good condition at the moment with all the rain we've been having.
If anyone has any more infomation on the incident i'd be interested to hear it.

[rastaraccoon]

Environment Agency officers were present, and are currently monitoring the situation. If you have any queries please ring your local EA office (Hatfield).

rr

[gaz the angler]

I take it that this was Farm slurry or phosphates again!!

Perhaps I'll have to rethink my plans for 16 June, hope not as I want to get back on the Debden stretch.

Glad the EA are involved now. I've never minded paying my licence fee but do like to see action taken.

As an aside, I'm glad to see that the Govt (spit) have shelved plans for a Sea licence. I'm a keen boat fisherman too and the stocks at the moment make the poor old Roding look like its never been polluted.

Greatly to hear any more on the state of the River tho Guys.

Gaz

[fredjtaylor]

Guys any news on the Roding regarding the pollution in April , definate reports of fish kills ?

fred

[ripper]

my mate spotted about 30 chub to 4lb today

[fredjtaylor]

where abouts Ripper , up by Ongar ?

Darren

[gudgeon_basher]

I've seen a few around Buckhurst Hill,including a few lumps.Is any one on the roding on the 16th?

[dan the fishing man]

where on roding can u fish 4 day ticket or free is there any barble in there is the fishing 4 chub good as im keen on taking up river fishing never done it every river i look up is controlled by clubs so where is best place and hoping to go 16th or 17th is roding still polluted and is cheese paste any good in roding made loads of it 2 months ago very smelly knocks ya 4 6 and what other fish r in roding

[fredjtaylor]

Dan ,
fishing is free through wanstead to Debden , then club controlled upstream . There may be Barbel up through Ongar according to some club stretches but I doubt it !! Look through the start of this thread for some interesting tips and articles . Im fishing the Lea at Fishers Green this season but may have the odd crack at the Roding .

tight lines

Darren

[dan the fishing man]

any 1 fished the roding this season fished the chelmer 4 my first chub and nothin using size 6 hook wiv flake and cheese paste moulded on and nothin and some lovely bites but nothin hooked pike love the paste but no chub tryin stour soon just wondering how the rodings fishing :thumbs:

[fredjtaylor]

Hi Dan ,
no trips to the Roding yet , been on the old Lea and 2 sessions on the 70 acre . Will venture at the start of winter in between sessions on the Lea . A friend was matchfishing on the Chelmer last sunday and caught a few Tench and saw some cracking carp !!

Darren

[ripper]

whereabouts was he match fishing lol

[fredjtaylor]

ripper , he said it was in Chelmsford , close to the town cenre ?

Darren

[ripper]

ughh, Im not heading into town for them, no matter how big they are. will stick with my quiet bit where ive seen a few. thanks darren.

[fredjtaylor]

ha ha , thats what I thought too . Not worth the aggro !

[dan the fishing man]

is lea day ticket where on lea whats the fishing like aint been stour yet but had some lovely double koi out at my local and some golden tench biggest 2 8lbs

[TwoBobIG9]

resurrection of thread :)

i fish the roding valley nature reserve stretch weekly and mainly get roach pike chub and the odd eel.

have noticed it getting slower recently and wonder if pollution or such has come back? i only ever see the odd loan perch and am yet to succeed in pulling 1 out. any tips?

[andyac]

hi i look after 21/2 miles of the roding for billericay and district angling club. most rivers are struggling at the moment with melting ice and snow and lots of salt flowing into them from side streams. where i am the M25 goes right pass the river and all the drains go straight into the river. as for big perch i have caught loads over 2lbs but unlike at least 4 members none over 3lbs.
the biggest tip i could give is in the last 2 weeks of the season leger a worm
late afternoon it is a very small window and as soon as its properly dark you wont catch a big perch also its good if its been around 10c for a few days with slight flow i always use bobbins and if the flow lifts the bobbin its too much. i have seen barbel and our best capture is an 18lb mirror. i want the ea to take at least 600mm of the dog toothed weir at passingford mill but the roiding budget is only around £165,000 although this would help prevent flooding.

[andyac]

hi all
fished the roding 13th march had a 1lb 8oz+ perch and 2 about 4ozs on lobworm. lost an eel when it got dark. the week before lost a perch and a big fish on stilton lump. the fish stocks are quite low at passingford but the natural food is impressive.there are not many small fish for the perch so i believe they are munching crayfish. this has been my hardest winter fishing
ever with the perch on the 13th ending 5 blanks.

[fishmaster]

fished roding at wansted park last week of season, 2 trips, 5 chub, best just under 4lb on flake. hard going for that stretch.

[andyac]

nice one fish ,always good not to end the season on a blank

[fishmaster]

thanks andy, take along a bag of mashed bread and put a couple of golf ball sized lumps in each swim you fancy as you walk along, then work your way back fishing each swim for 10-15 minutes. if any chub are present you will usually get a bite quickly. bread, cheese paste, meat or lobs the chub are not fussy. i find this works on most stretches of the roding. it's a lovely little river and a crying shame whats been allowed to happen to it over the years, but the fish are still there if you can find them!

[fishmaster]

had a walk along the b.d.a.c. stretch a week ago and saw what i thought was a carp at first, swimming slowly up river towards me. on closer inspection this 'carp' turned out to be a clonking great chub, at least 8lb maybe bigger, but definetly the biggest chub i have ever seen in the roding or anywhere for that matter! needless to say i have already applied for membership for next season. they also have a lot of other waters and stetches of the roding as well. i read on their forum that they have a lot of crayfish on their parts of the river, but i have never seen or caught a cray from buckhurst hill to wansted park, wonder why?

[andyac]

the roding has good sized chubb the bdac wid and pant have more chubb but genrally smaller

[fishmaster]

thanks for that andy, never fished the wid or the pant, are they anything like the roding?

[andyac]

the pant you can jump across and it was the last essex river to have grayling however there are lots brownies and rainbows as well as coarse fish. the wid is like the roding its a new stretch this year with a weirpool etc both these rivers have more quantity and less quality in my opinion.

[andyac]

fish goto the bdac website at the top of the homepage is catch reports 08-09 was a good year ignore my ugly mug though

[fishmaster]

had a look on there, lots of info, will be trying those rivers this year.

[andyac]

i,ll be on the river on the 15th already to go at 1min past midnight, not on the stretch i look after as it has time restrictions 6am-10pm. hope for something chunky would prefere anything but chubb as they are a bit fragile soon after spawning however if one comes along it will be treated with care.
i wouldn,t mind one of the carp there not in the same league as the ones in the lea and thames still totally wild and a real job getting them in.

[VillageIdiot]

Did any one fish the Roding today ? I was thinking of going over there some time tomorrow or Friday as I've got a couple of days off.