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I went to this stretch I've been fishing on the Severn the other day. As I was walking down to the peg, 4 chaps with cockney accents started chatting to me.
They asked if it's a busy stretch, telling me they'd had to by BAA membership each for their visit as somewhere near Bridgnorth they wanted to fish is on some other book now.
I said "No, it's quiet here. That's why I like it there's loads of pegs".
"Good" they said, "There's 4 of us and we've just been to Arley and couldn't find enough pegs, the banks are too steep and the pegs not well cut out enough".
"They're about as good as you get on the Severn on this stretch" I said as they pointed out a peg that needs a work party, "I'm walking down to the second meadow as there's a few decent pegs on a bend down there".
"Second meadow?" they asked, "How far is that?"
"About 10 or 15 minute walk" I reply.
Looking a bit perturbed by the prospect of walking so far, we wished each other well and I expected to see them fishing. When the bailiff came along, he asked if anyone else was fishing further along. I told him there were 4 anglers looking for pegs and he told me he hadn't seen anyone. I didn't see anyone on my way back either, so I presume they'd gone to check out two 'decent' BAA stretches of the Severn and not found anywhere to their liking.
It got me thinking, maybe they should expect to have to walk further as there's 3 or 4 miles of river on this stretch, maybe they expected too much from the pegs, or maybe it is the BAA that need to do more to cut out more pegs? I felt a bit sorry for them as it was 3pm, they were obviously on a holiday and looking for somewhere to fish.
They asked if it's a busy stretch, telling me they'd had to by BAA membership each for their visit as somewhere near Bridgnorth they wanted to fish is on some other book now.
I said "No, it's quiet here. That's why I like it there's loads of pegs".
"Good" they said, "There's 4 of us and we've just been to Arley and couldn't find enough pegs, the banks are too steep and the pegs not well cut out enough".
"They're about as good as you get on the Severn on this stretch" I said as they pointed out a peg that needs a work party, "I'm walking down to the second meadow as there's a few decent pegs on a bend down there".
"Second meadow?" they asked, "How far is that?"
"About 10 or 15 minute walk" I reply.
Looking a bit perturbed by the prospect of walking so far, we wished each other well and I expected to see them fishing. When the bailiff came along, he asked if anyone else was fishing further along. I told him there were 4 anglers looking for pegs and he told me he hadn't seen anyone. I didn't see anyone on my way back either, so I presume they'd gone to check out two 'decent' BAA stretches of the Severn and not found anywhere to their liking.
It got me thinking, maybe they should expect to have to walk further as there's 3 or 4 miles of river on this stretch, maybe they expected too much from the pegs, or maybe it is the BAA that need to do more to cut out more pegs? I felt a bit sorry for them as it was 3pm, they were obviously on a holiday and looking for somewhere to fish.