At close range, another hard Severn session

I say close range, there's little point fishing the first meadow on the BAA stretch of Severn near Bridgnorth I went to today. That means a good walk to the second meadow.

When I arrived about 3pm I saw two cars parked up. Walking past the first meadow I saw no anglers, and my suspicions were confirmed when I got to the pegs I wanted to fish and people were on them. A walk a bit further and someone on the third choice of peg. I think these pegs are getting hammered for whatever reason, that makes them a less attractive proposition, but you have to make do.

So on to my fourth or fifth or even sixth choice of pegs due to a few being well overgrown. Once you've walked all the way to the second meadow, you might as well fish there. I chose a peg that weren't too comfortable but would do.

This was the view upstream.

There's a big fallen log in the water just above it, and you can't fish that peg as a result, but a fish would have had to go upstream to snag me up on it from this peg.

This was the downstream view.

A bit of water on the river sounds good, but it also means you have to find the right flow. 

It was pushing through more than I would have liked on the far bank, with a 2oz flat lead struggling to hold even with a big bow.

The inside was very deep right under my feet, and seemed a more likely spot to try.

I started across as that was where the shade forms, but fed the inside with pellets as I waited for the sun to come down.

When it was time to try the inside I had a few knocks before this Bream took an 8mm banded pellet.

It was a nice slab about 5lb, and saved the blank, but despite fishing until sunset, nothing else followed and I made the long walk back to the car.