OUR BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BARBEL FISHING IS THE PLACE TO START. More accessible than the lower reaches, but it's still holds its challanges. The river is wide and deep expect to be using at least 4oz ...

Two hundred and fifty barbel fish were released into the River Severn near Callow End as anglers and Environment Agency officials worked together, using buckets to transfer the fish to the water.

The River Severn is popular for many types of fishing But Glyn Marshall, from Severn Fisheries Group, described it as an "anti-angling by-law" and a "poachers charter" when it was proposed back in ...