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Rod1860
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Hi there.

I'm Rod. I fish in the midlands, mainly river severn. I switch between deadbaiting and lure. I fished many other methods throughout the years. I suppose I got into lure fishing etc through flyfishing. Moving along the banks I found really appealing.

My priorities are fish care and then envirenment. I get hacked off with bankside rubbish and mono stuck in trees etc. Still.....I try to clean up where possible.

Cheers

Rod :wink:
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Hi Rod - welcome to the Pit!

Litter and discarded line are two of my pet hates too. I invariably come home with more rubbish than I took with me.

It sometimes feels like swimming against the tide, but every little helps. :thumbs:
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Hi Rod
Welcome to the pit :handshake:
Nice introduction
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Rod1860 wrote: Wed Dec 02 2020 22:28 -
Hi there.

I'm Rod. I fish in the midlands, mainly river severn. I switch between deadbaiting and lure. I fished many other methods throughout the years. I suppose I got into lure fishing etc through flyfishing. Moving along the banks I found really appealing.

My priorities are fish care and then envirenment. I get hacked off with bankside rubbish and mono stuck in trees etc. Still.....I try to clean up where possible.

Cheers

Rod :wink:
Hello Rod :handshake: .

You sound just like me, its depressing sometimes when you turn up to a water and the litter is strewn everywhere, I just have to pick it up.

Will.
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Welcome aboard :handshake:

Well done for collecting litter.
Many on here wish some anglers were more responsible but I suppose there will always be a few who couldn't give a care.

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John Milford wrote: Wed Dec 02 2020 23:35 -
Hi Rod - welcome to the Pit!

Litter and discarded line are two of my pet hates too. I invariably come home with more rubbish than I took with me.

It sometimes feels like swimming against the tide, but every little helps. :thumbs:
I know that feeling only to well John.

Myself and a couple of pals went to fish a water very local to me last week, it is a day ticket water that I rarely bother with, last week reminded me why.
I literally picked up discarded mono (sometimes what must have been 50m or more) all day long as we worked our way around the water, loads of discarded powerbait as well as the usual rubbish of course, bottles, cans, sweet and crips packets.
One guy had even sunk half a dozen small lager bottles into the soft mud in one spot only leaving the bottom of the bottle exposed, W A N K E R.

Sorry for hijacking your intro thread Rod, rant over.

Will.
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Welcome to the Pit Rod. Nice intro mate. :thumbs:
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Post by TeranceT »

Hello Rod

Welcome.
I'm new here also and came across your introduction.

I also have a problem with people that leave litter all over our countryside. Quite often I have a bin bag with me and collect the litter around where I fish and on the walk back.
What is it in these people's heads that they don't mind living in a s**t hole.

Do you get any Chub while lure fishing on the River Severn?
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