Went out on the river Irwell yesterday, which was once known as the most polluted river in the north west. River was flooded and very muddy! fish a pool and had 2 fish within 10 mins!! Fantastic chub, 1st around 3 1/2lb the second around 5lb. Both fish returned and one very happy angler! Will be back there again when river drops...
Will upload pics when i find my phone cable.

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Where on the Irwell did you fish Terry?

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To be honest Woz, im ot too sure what the place is called, my dad used to coarse fish it abit ago.... near to the town centre i think?

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nice one , i fish the irwell.If u fish it make sure you dont go alone and park your car somewhere safe.Thats if ya fish the irwell is salford.

Haha, i know what you mean....wouldnt fish that on my own, water looks very unsafe... not too sure what its like in low water but does look very hard and tricky to wade.

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There's an article in December's Trout and Salmon about the Irwell. There are some nice Trout in the river apparently. Never fished it myself though.

Ernie

Stab vest or wading vest - the choice is yours!

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haha Where abouts do you fish it? Heard a few reports of a friend that Grayling had been caught in the Irwell??Any-one else heard this or had 1?

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I've only ever fished it for pike at the weirs in salford.

and when i seid dont go alone , it wasnt because of fast water or wading in.Theirs a good chance of being robbed , stoned/bricked off a gang of kids, thrown in , the list goes on.Then theirs the parking of ya car....

If i wasnt from salford and wanted to fish the irwell i'd miss out the bit between clifton and manchester town center.

think im going to have a look at where i fish in the future... dont want to take the risk really

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