Over the years the river at Langford Bridge has provided some good catches of chub, roach, dace, carp and pike.

Unfortunately the river authority has stopped dredging the river or carrying out maintenance works – unless there is an emergency.

So in the Summer we see the river very low and nearly unfishable due to the low flow and river bank growth of trees, reeds and bullrushes.

In the winter the river is more accessible but again the lack of maintenance has seen floods and swims blocked by fallen trees and obstruction from bushes and other vegetation.

The NRA provided us with some small dace and roach a few years back but the support from them is very limited particularly on riverbank maintenance. Two years ago we had our Club contractors carry out work on the 400m from the car park downstream.

However we know we have some excellent small river anglers in the club who despite the above conditions still catch good size chub and roach with the occasional carp. See below photos.

We get good feed back from our Facebook ODAS Members group of those that have caught some excellent fish.

To give us a better idea of the fishing status on the river (how many fish and how many caught) we would ask you all to help us by logging all your visits to fish the Roding even if you don’t catch.

You can either post on the Facebook page or via the website using the Contact Us page.

This will give the Committee guidance on what work needs to be carried out by ourselves to further improve access to swims.

If you have a favourite swim please make it suitable for your fishing needs by – beating back nettles, cutting back branches or removing vegetation. If the swim is productive and access is being hampered and you need help please get in touch with me so I can walk down the river with to assess the work required.

The river is a valuable asset and we would like to improve its popularity by supporting those anglers who like small river fishing or those trying it out for the first time.

Thank you

Mike Jenkins – ODAS Committee

07950 342674

 

               

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