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swarkstone on the trent

it could be trent lock

swarkstone on the trent

Know exactly where you are coming from Joffie


but clue no 1 - it aint the Trent

An old pic of the Dribble?

a bridge to far

Loch Ness ?

An old pic of the Dribble?

It aint that old I dont think - it was in an AM printed in 1981 



But for a bonus point Bill   - do you know the name of the bridge in the picture ?

Is it the River Kwai?

river trent at willington bridge

river trent at willington bridge

but clue no 1 - it aint the Trent

Salmesbury Bridge next to the "Tickled Trout" on the River Ribble at Preston

Salmesbury Bridge next to the "Tickled Trout" on the River Ribble at Preston   

Spot on Dodge

It's Halfpenny Bridge at Salmesbury - with a bonus point for mentioning the Tickled Trout

Thanx TK


Chew on that CHW

Thanx TK      


Chew on that CHW                

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Ever done much on the Ribble Dodge 


Got any tales to tell from the Ribble Bank 

Everybody gets lucky now and again Dodge just like city yesterday

Everybody gets lucky now and again Dodge just like city yesterday 

We are class mate

Got any tales to tell from the Ribble Bank

Fished it loads years back TK

Cormorrants have wiped it out these days, there are some huge barbel and chub left.

Maybe 15 years or more ago the M6 was widened right next to the Tickled Trout Hotel, there is a deep glide towards the far bank (5 - 6 ft deep) with the extra cover of the motorway bridge nearly every chub in the Ribble found its way into thems pegs (max about 8 pegs). It was a shoulder to shoulder jobbie and you had to get there at least 2- 3am in the morning to secure a peg ! sometimes with mates etc you shared a peg and around 15 or 16 anglers would be crammed in them few pegs ! It only lasted about 12 months and the chub disappeared.
The very last peg towards the hotel was best where the deep glide shallowed up to a gravel bed ...... it was a waggler jobbie with a good chuck across the river loose feeding hemp and bronze maggots with 2 or 3 bronze maggots on the hook. I fished the said peg once only because i knew the lad who had been on it all day, i got there 6 ish in the morning and it was full up so i plonked my gear behind him, he said he had to go to work at 2 in the afternoon so i went for a kip in the car...... true to his word he packed up at 1.30 ,he tipped back around 70 lb of chub, i set up ......waded out 10 yards or so with my kit first chuck the float went under and i had a 2lb plus chub ! followed by another ...... and another .... all up to 3lb ish, i ended up with around 25 chub in 3 hrs ...... it was solid !!!!
Fished upstream at Ribchester a few times with my dad, there used to be loads of good roach and dace there in thems days but you had to catch the river right.

It is still a day ticket stretch ain it Dodge. Don't you get your tickets from the hotel?

It is still a day ticket stretch ain it Dodge. Don't you get your tickets from the hotel?

We used to get a ticket from the petrol station next to the hotel bill

Dunno if its still day ticket today tho ? only the speci lads bother with it now

Sounds like happy days Dodge


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