., Llanidloes, Powys, Wales

Map of River Severn location

The River Severn (Afon Hafren) is the longest British river, at 219 miles long. it rises at an altitude of 610 metres on Plynlimon known as Bryn Cras in North Wales, in the Cambrian Mountains. For about 15 miles it tumbles through the valleys until it reaches Llanidloes where it is joined by the rivers Clywedog and Dulas, the first of many tributaries that feed and swell this great river. The River Severn passes through a number of English counties, with the county towns of Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Gloucester located on its banks. The Severn becomes the Bristol Channel at its estuary, eventually discharging into the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The port of Bristol is located at the mouth of the Severn, where another River Avon flows into it. The River Wye flows into the Severn slightly upstream of the Avon and forms the boundary between England, specifically the Forest of Dean, and Wales. For fishing the Middle Severn (from Atcham to Worcester) serves as an excellent area for catching barbel. Barbel are well established and provide probably the best and most prolific barbel fishing in the country. Upper Severn (Atcham to Shrewsbury) barbel are still in the process of establishing themselves, still creeping up the river to colonise new stretches. At present they are pretty well established as far up as Abermule, but it must be said that only very odd fish are reported from this area. From just above Welshpool, however, they have become the prime target of many anglers who now fish for them expecting to catch one, rather than merely hoping. The Lower Severn (from Worcester to Gloucester) was colonised over the same period as the upper Severn, but this wide, slower, deeper section of the river is home to the Severn’s biggest barbel.....

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