Tales from the Riverbank

Severn & Wye wins gold medal at Olympics

At the beginning of April there was dancing for joy in the streets of Gloucestershire, not because for the first time in Severn and Wye newsletter history we failed to send out our monthly missive, but we were able to announce officially that we had been...

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Spring is here and the fish are jumping

It's March and it really does have the feeling of spring about it. Carpets of snowdrops everywhere, wild garlic is coming up all over the place and first of the season's sea trout are being caught, only a few but a big tide next week means there...

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Game ends and fishing begins

February marks the end of the shooting season and oh joy it's time to get the rods out. In days gone by gentlemen’s leisure time consisted solely for the purpose of hunting, fishing and shooting and when the sun was too high in the middle of...

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