What to do with a river bank?

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neil staton

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Ive been given the nod off the councill and environment agency to re-pl9ant/overhaul whatever you call it) to thefar 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
 
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Sean Meeghan

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Get some willows in. They grow quickly and you'll soon have plenty of nice overhanging fish cover!
 
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Fred Bonney

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"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,<u> BUT</u> 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?
 
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Barrie Rickards once wrote a book called "A Fishery of Your Own". In it he recommended that anglers developing an existing water shoulddelay any major workuntil 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).
 
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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 /forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif

Caught a trout today! was very happy with that /forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif
 
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