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My uncle used to have a house with a private swim on the Severn at
Coalbrookdale. You know the island in the river opposite the pub (The
Robin Hood, I think)? There. I spent many happy Summers fishing there as
a kid.

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Steve Walker

Hi Steve,
if it is the Robin Hood pub right by the Free Bridge

That's the redesigned bridge with the spheres-on-poles thing, yes?

it
is downriver by about a mile and a half from Coalbrookdale, not sure if
that bit of river is Jackfield territory or comes under Ironbridge, if
it is above the Free Bridge it may well be within the environs of
Ironbridge.

I think the address was Jackfield, actually.

A little further down through Jackfield rapids which has a very lumpy
and stoney bottom was a free stretch and i used to fish for Barbel
there, with water at the right level there were some nice holes to drop
into for the odd fish to around 4 lb or so, above Ironbridge up to
Buildwas is slow and deep with the outlet from the power station on the
opposite bank, there used to be some nice river carp in those warmer
waters, very different to get a hook into than the lake carp which were
a bit like reeling in a bag of spuds,

I bet! I used to like fishing a wire stemmed avon or stick down the fast
water on the inside for chub and dace, or fishing feeder or meat for
barbel in the fast water on the edge of the island slack. Unfortunately,
my relatives moved to Church Stretton some years ago. They rented the
house by the river out for some time, and eventually sold it. If I'd
known they were selling it, I'd have bought it and commuted to
Wiltshire! What's worse is that I now work from home anyway, although
how much work I'd get done with the Severn at the bottom of my garden is
another question....

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Steve Walker