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A sewage discharge at low tide
Save the wye campaigner Angela Jones witnessed this close to Lydney upstream of our lave net fishery during the week. Sewage being...


20,000 facebook followers
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...


Sammy on the Shad
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...


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


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


" PERVERSE " or what......................
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 ,...


Sewage pollution
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...


SSSI...........Severn estuary....LOL
Easy to spout........SSSI but this is the reality of it that 99.9 % of people do not see. At the moment the amount of plastic and Sewage...


18,000 FACEBOOK followers
Not bad for a bunch of " lave netters " . Interest in our fishery (or what's left of it ) from a world wide audience has seen our page...
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