Ive been given the nod off the councill and environment agency to re-pl9ant/overhaul  whatever you call it) to the far bank across the river.

 So I was wondering if I could plant anything that might encourage fish to hang around.

Im allowed to do what I want barring installing huge trees or causing a flood

Any ideas?

Cheers Neil 

"Im allowed to do what I want barring installing huge trees or causing a flood"

Not wishing to shed any doubt in what you say, BUT do you have it in writing?

The problem is,  if you just mean "planting", then I very much doubt that any trees will come into it, without details being supplied to the EA first.

Who owns the "far bank" of the river, do they approve also?

Get the EA to tell you in writing what you can plant, no come backs then.

Barrie Rickards once wrote a book called "A Fishery of Your Own".  In it he recommended that anglers developing an existing water should delay any major work until they had fished it for a year or so.

If you do know it well, I'd put some crack willow branches in the bank - they'll soon root.

But you do need written confirmation from both the EA and the riparian owner (if different).

The councill said the EA own it and the EA reckon the councill own it ?????

 Either way my idea is mainly to beautify the bank but I may as well try to improve the fishing as well eh

 Caught a trout today! was very happy with that