River Roding

[Old Nell]

Hi guys
I would also be in on a close season Roding recce .To my shame it's a river I've never fished even though its my most local. I'd love to meet up and learn a bit about it and share my venues a little further afield [but not to far] with the rest of you.

[Andrew Banham]

If it drops 800mm before 11am tomorrow and is dropping i,ll be probably be going. It was 2:08m at 11:30 today at shonks mill but dropping slowly. Hope the EA keep uploading the data otherwise i,ll wait till 04.30 tomorrow which is the usual upload time.

[Andrew Banham]

Welcome Neil. Do you fish the beam or ingrebourne?

[Old Nell]

No Andrew. Must admit they're not my sort of thing. Does stuff actually survive in the Beam?
Regards Mark

[Andrew Banham]

I have never fished the beam but i have fished the ingrebourne at harold wood when the roding has been frozen over. Caught plenty of small chub,dace and gobios. I prefere fishing the roding with its swims to 9 ft and a slim chance of watching something specimen size or nothing.

Roding at shonks mill 2:05m at 16:00. Not dropping quick enough. Level needs to drop a lot in 17 hrs if i want to go out..

[Tench Dreamer]

I drove up the M11 today past the Roding at Debden up to the m25 the fields were completely underwater . This must effect the little river and its very small head of small fish .

[Andrew Banham]

No fishing this weekend. I still have to go over the river as we get canoeists when the river is in flood and they know its not a navigation ( after ilford is) and they are trespassing and think no one will be about. The weather this week looks the same again.

[Andrew Banham]

Went over the bdac stretch this morning and its fishable at the moment it is 0.93 m lots more rain to come this week. Hope to get out sunday

[GazTheAngler]

Hope you get on the Roding Sunday Andrew. So you'd rate the Ingrebourne for a small stream potter then Andrew?

[Andrew Banham]

Gaz i only fish the ingrebourne as a last result and use light float tackle with single maggot as the fish are small. The Roding is at 0.81m and if it gets down to 0.60m i will fish a new swim . I want a fat Roach however as always i will take anything to avoid the cheque book and pen