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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA-Life Member)
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I was talking to a guy yesterday about the amount of fishing easily available to us Rotherhamites.
He had to agree with me that there are few towns in Britian which such a wide variety of fishing both coarse and game in a radius of 35 miles or so.
We have a large number of rivers, including the mighty Trent. There are something like 15 commercial fisheries close by if you like that sort of thing. There are a number of estate lakes set in exquisite countryside. Wentworth valley for example. We have probably the best canal fishing in the country - with huge perch, whopping great roach and chub. And then there is the trout fishing with Thrybergh the cherry on the top.
What we don't have too much of is big carp and tench, but that is no handicap.
I was talking recently to an angler from Liverpool. He told me he had to travel upwards of 60 miles to find a decent river. He couldn't believe the wealth of fishing available to the anglers of this area.
It's reached the stage where I don't know where to go fishing next.
Down to my carp syndidate lake? After some superb crucians I have discovered? The Trent? or back onto Thrybergh reservoir to hammer those big trout again. I still have 22 days to use up on my season ticket, and it's only 4 miles away!
What a dilemma!
What would you do?
He had to agree with me that there are few towns in Britian which such a wide variety of fishing both coarse and game in a radius of 35 miles or so.
We have a large number of rivers, including the mighty Trent. There are something like 15 commercial fisheries close by if you like that sort of thing. There are a number of estate lakes set in exquisite countryside. Wentworth valley for example. We have probably the best canal fishing in the country - with huge perch, whopping great roach and chub. And then there is the trout fishing with Thrybergh the cherry on the top.
What we don't have too much of is big carp and tench, but that is no handicap.
I was talking recently to an angler from Liverpool. He told me he had to travel upwards of 60 miles to find a decent river. He couldn't believe the wealth of fishing available to the anglers of this area.
It's reached the stage where I don't know where to go fishing next.
Down to my carp syndidate lake? After some superb crucians I have discovered? The Trent? or back onto Thrybergh reservoir to hammer those big trout again. I still have 22 days to use up on my season ticket, and it's only 4 miles away!
What a dilemma!
What would you do?
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