Good luck. The river is very big at the moment although without heavy rain Shrewsbury weir should be fishable by then.

 

What do we think on the Diglis area,still looking to cast a line above this season.
Seen one salmon last year jump a bit further up than the Weir.

 

Fingers crossed

 

Diglis is a good fishery, but I’ve never fished it. It is also well down the river so will likely take sometime for it fall to anything like a fishable level.

On the other hand Shrewsbury weir is well up river and a good high water fishery. My PB (24 lbs) came from there in high water in mid February many years ago, and by then half a dozen had already been landed.

 

Diglis is a good fishery, but I’ve never fished it. It is also well down the river so will likely take sometime for it fall to anything like a fishable level.

On the other hand Shrewsbury weir is well up river and a good high water fishery. My PB (24 lbs) came from there in high water in mid February many years ago, and by then half a dozen had already been landed.

Do you still fish Shrewsbury weir. I nearly joined diglis £150 a year. Decided against it as it's a 130 mile round trip. Plus last year only 20 fish were caught, ( worst season ever I was told) not the fishery it once was for sure.

 

No. I live near Ross so spend my time on that river. I do however make the occasional February visit to the Severn when conditions allow and before the Wye opens. But thereafter…..

 

Nice part of the world for sure. I joined the WSA this year so may have a few trips down your way on the Wye

 

Came over the Severn at Shrewsbury on Friday afternoon, river was still massive, needs to drop 3 feet

You would think that Fish passes in the lower weirs will help the catch upstream and not help the Diglis fishery.

Watch for slippery banks wherever you venture out.

 

Came over the Severn at Shrewsbury on Friday afternoon, river was still massive, needs to drop 3 feet

You would think that Fish passes in the lower weirs will help the catch upstream and not help the Diglis fishery.

Watch for slippery banks wherever you venture out.

The river is still big but possibly fishable, so good luck to anybody venturing out tomorrow.

The water has dropped off well since Friday. On Saturday morning the Welsh Bridge gauge was at 2.44m and is now down to 1.43m and falling slowly. At this height is the weir concrete path still covered? If so the bottom section of the beat below Gough’s Island was historically a good place in high water. Although going back to the combat fishing days, I can recall on one occasion at least a dozen anglers shoulder to shoulder on the short section of concrete from the steps to the white line all wading in 6+ inches of water.

 

Before moveing to West Wales from the West Midlands I used to fish the Severn in the 70's and 80's.
Diglis weir fished better on a low water and Holt weir on high water. I never fished Shrewsbury weir. Diglis got very busy when the river warmed up and so did Holt plus the fact that the coarse anglers came out to play.
Given water in March I used to fish the BAA water at Underdale and further upstream at Criggion and Pool Quay just below Welshpool. Forden and Caersws above Welshpool and a few places inbetween the names of which I cant remember.
The earliest fish I caught above Shrewsbury was an 18 pounder from Pool Quay in March on a ruby red shrimp.
The grilse used to reach Welshpool about the end of June.
Aways used to amaze me how a silver 3 or 4 pound fish could get that far upriver so fast.

Happy days.

 

Another BAA stretch in the 80s was the banwy at Llanerfyl, you wouldn’t believe the number of salmon I saw in that stretch one august

 

In those days Underdale was 'combat fishing'

 

Spent most of my time at Cressage, Atcham or upriver and the Vyrnwy, much quieter especially on the big bend and down at Brompton ford, no one wanted to walk

 

Walk!? There is a fishing car park in the field down past Lower Brompton Farm. Takes you within about three hundred yards of Brompton ford and 500 yards of the mouth of the Tern. PAAS have the salmon fishing here. The coarse fishing is controlled by the National Trust/Atingham Park Estate and you can get the code for the car park gate from the shop.

 

I always parked up at the church pool, crossed the bridge and walked down to the big bend then onto Brompton. A couple of used to shoot driven Canada Geese there in the winter for the farmer

 

Never knew about the parking at the farm. 😭
I did the walk from the pass Atcham car park to the ford quite a bit last year 😳

 

I suggest you also look at your map book, as there is PAAS parking quite close to Brompton ford on the Atcham Grange side (left bank) that could save you a long walk. I’ve not been down that side so don’t know how accessible the water is from that bank but it is worth at least having a quick look. Note it is also the side that Peter refers to in his post above.

 

Well what a start. Only been out once for a few hours on the 2nd and river was running 4ft high - spun all day for nought.
Was going to fish Shrewsbury weir on Friday, not looking at all good, it raining again and the Welsh Bridge gauge is over 2 metres on and predicted to keep rising with around 3 metres by Friday.

Piking on the lakes for Friday now then.

Maybe next month.

 

Little trip to Shrewsbury weir haha

 

Hi everyone, just re-purchased a baa ticket for some salmon fishing as I'm only an hour and a half away from most of the "salmon" beats, can anyone tell me roughly at what height they consider the river to be at a fishable height (fly or spinning), I'm not after optimal heights for beats etc as I like to learn that on my own.

Cheers, Marco

 

Hi Marco,

I would say the Severn is a low water river and just wait for a rise then get fishing - I am also a BAA member. Saying that I think Holt Fleet fishes better with water on. Just joined Shrewsbury fisheries, so have the weir to fish at Shrewsbury this year as well, if it ever drops enough haha

The Severn is my closest river with Salmon in it, still a good run with the traffic mind you. Join the WSA as well for a crack on the Wye, £10 a year is fantastic value for the water available. Got myself booked on a few beats for the coming season. Fingers crossed.
I reckon I do not live too far from you looking at your name Derbysalmon. I live between Lichfield and Burton.

Good luck on the BAA stretches.

Cheers Paul

 

Hi Marco,

I would say the Severn is a low water river and just wait for a rise then get fishing - I am also a BAA member. Saying that I think Holt Fleet fishes better with water on. Just joined Shrewsbury fisheries, so have the weir to fish at Shrewsbury this year as well, if it ever drops enough haha

The Severn is my closest river with Salmon in it, still a good run with the traffic mind you. Join the WSA as well for a crack on the Wye, £10 a year is fantastic value for the water available. Got myself booked on a few beats for the coming season. Fingers crossed.
I reckon I do not live too far from you looking at your name Derbysalmon. I live between Lichfield and Burton.

Good luck on the BAA stretches.

Cheers Paul

Hi Marco,

I would say the Severn is a low water river and just wait for a rise then get fishing - I am also a BAA member. Saying that I think Holt Fleet fishes better with water on. Just joined Shrewsbury fisheries, so have the weir to fish at Shrewsbury this year as well, if it ever drops enough haha

The Severn is my closest river with Salmon in it, still a good run with the traffic mind you. Join the WSA as well for a crack on the Wye, £10 a year is fantastic value for the water available. Got myself booked on a few beats for the coming season. Fingers crossed.
I reckon I do not live too far from you looking at your name Derbysalmon. I live between Lichfield and Burton.

Good luck on the BAA stretches.

Cheers Paul

Cheers Paul! Looks like I'll be keeping a beady eye on the levels then, I have booked on with the wsa this season, fingers crossed I get some decent levels at least once this year

 

Are there any catch records for the Severn by beat /year etc online or elsewhere ?

 

I only know what was caught roughly from Diglis and Shrewsbury weir through contacting the people that organise the fishing. Otherwise of late I cannot find any records. I have the PAAS records of fish caught on the Albert Severn waters each year also.

 

Ok thanks - what were those numbers then ? I’m in Coventry been fishing the Wye last few years. Be nice to have another option

 

Was going to give Shrewsbury weir a go tomorrow but feel it just still too high.

I have also heard that the EA have reduced to area you can fish by about 40% is this true 😲!!!!!!!

Going to be a total waste now if that's true
Might as well just close it for salmon fishing all together as that seems to be what they want.

 

Changes? From when I started going there in the late 50s/early 60s as lad to watch the salmon fishing, and later to fish myself, there was always a white line on the weir concrete and fishing banned for the first 50 yard downstream of the crest of the weir. Other than this you could then fish downstream to the bottom end of Sidney Avenue where the road turns sharp left.

Has this now changed?

 

That’s a shame it’s getting that way isn’t it. I’m on Wye at Whitney tomorrow looks perfect river wise whether there’s any fish is another matter. There’s 3 miles of river to fish too much really without knowing the beats but at least I’ll get to know it better for future. We will have to meet up and give it a bash somewhere together I’m usually on my own

 

See new reply, Originally put in wrong quote

 

Meet up sounds cool. I fish on my own as all my mates are coarse fisherman which is my background and still do a bit.

Good luck tomorrow you never know 👍 I am out next week for sure. Booked on the Wye red lions water the 19th March.

Let us know how you get on. Might book Whitney on the WSA 😁

 

Found it

'Draconian' Environment Agency depriving anglers from fishing spot used for last 35 years

Anglers have hit out at "draconian" measures depriving them of one of a town's best fishing spots.

www.shropshirestar.com

 

All I can think of is that the line was never in the right place.

If not the change would have required a bylaw signed off at by the Secretary of State for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs at Westminster to change the 50 yard limit. Note 50 yards from the crest of the weir, not the foot.

 

The grape vine has notified me of a 19 lb'er from a high water catch. Something positive at last. It would be even better to see a pic, but by all means keep from where/beat out of it.

 

Yes love to see a photo 👍