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The holy trinity on the river Wye

Twaite shad , Lamprey and Salmon all now running the river wye . But first they have to get past Sammy and his ever increasing family....

The rare Lamprey are now entering the river Wye to spawn. Sammy and his mates are having their fill making a change from the twaite shad...

Save the wye campaigner Angela Jones witnessed this close to Lydney upstream of our lave net fishery during the week. Sewage being...

With world wide interest in our facebook page it has hit the 20;000 followers mark . Not to bad for a bunch of lave netters . The page...

Here is Sammy or one of the sons of Sammy getting stuck into the Twaite Shad in the week . Sammy and the gang range well up into the...

The origins of the lave net are obscure but is most probably the ladenet of John Smyth of Nibley who writing in 1639 says "Howbeit in...

A Chepstow arts group has secured funding for a SEAL TRAIL in Chepstow ,celebrating good old Sammy the seal . They have uttered the magic...

Our facebook page has really taken off with 19,000 " followers " throughout the world. Hard to believe that 25 years ago few would have...

3rd March sees the start of the Salmon angling season on the rivers WYE & USK , these two fisheries will fish right up to 17th October ,...

99.9% of people will not see the harsh reality of what is happening out on the Severn estuary. Our fishermen spend more time than most in...