River Mimram
Hi, I know this is wildly off topic (no Barbel in this river!), but does anybody know the Mimram? A friend walks his dog alongside it and reckons there's Trout and Chub just begging to be caught (he's...
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There were some good fish in the Mimram, I used to rent a short stretch from a farmer near it's confluence with the Lea. That was back in the 80s so I can't say what it's like now. Roach to nearly...
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Thanks for the info! I understand that the Mimram had some problems with abstraction/pollution some years ago.. Prior to that it was possibly controlled by various fly angling clubs? Certainly the...
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I used to go to college in Hertford and used to fish the Mimram occasionally. I only used to carry the bare minimum of tackle with me, but I lost a big chub there once and caught several tench on the...
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I used to rent some Trout fishing at Old Welwyn, I saw plenty of coarse fish and as our Limit bag for Trout was 2 fish per day I spent quite a bit of time fishing for them with the fly. I caught...
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Dick Walker often talked about the Mimram and the Beane, and about the fish he caught there prior to the abstraction. Haven't seen them for years but I'm certain Dick had his first 2lb roach and 1lb...
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The swim where he caught those fish is not far from Hertford North station. Go across the road from the station and walk to a sharp bend behind the line of trees. There are some houses on the far bank...
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Hi Pete Have just dug out pictures of the roach and dace that Dick gave me. Picture taken in the dark so can't tell the swim. For those interested,will show 'Thamesters' pictures tonight at our "...
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