after 14 hrs (2 days)in perfect conditions,and only 1 offer,the best fisherman
wins again,i havent seen them this yr,and was a bit concerned,good to know they r still about.

Ah but was it an otter or Golum?

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i shared a pool on the whiteadder this spring with a mother otter and her two cubs(kits ?) i forgot the fishing for the half hour they gambled about on the banks and in the river.a magical experience.

jim

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I AGREE JIM THEY ARE GREAT TO WATCH,I REMEMBER WATCHING 1 ,3YRS PREVIOUS STRUGGLING WITH A SALMON ABOUT 8lbs, AND IT EVENTUALLY GOT ITS PRIZE AFTER ABOUT 15 MINS,UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT HAVE MY CAMERA,BUT THE MEMORY WILL STAY WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME.

Hi All.

They are starting to become common on the upper Severn, I was dry fly fishing on a warm summers evening, this summer, it was just starting to go dark, I had taken a few pics of the trout I had caught in the water, I thought it was getting a little dark so switched the camera off , to my right hand side I heard a noise , the only thing I could decribe it as, was heavy breathing then between the tip of my rod and my self, up popped a large dog otter, it turned and stared at me, with a look of whats that on his face, I slowly moved my had up to the camera, soon as the lens came out the otter was gone ******, but what a fantastic sight.

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I was carp fishing in France a few years back and spent the first few days watching what I thought were otters. Three nights in I woke in the middle of the night to find a Coipu in my bivvi munching away on my boilies. I panicked one (OK ... it panicked me!) and it got it's head stuck in the bag handle and went balistic inside the bivi.

Never seen a fresh water otter, though seen sea otters around Kinlochbervie on the west coast and Rosemarkie on the east.

in britain,it's the same beastie
when folk see a big dog otter for the 1st time,they're always shocked as to how big it is.

jim

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I haven't seen any in the upper severn yet but have seen more than one (different ones) in the dyfi.