Shropshire Anglers' Federation FISHY FOTOS *PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS* FISH OF THE MONTH   Kane Offland with a nice Pike from Oxon   .....and a PB  for Steve Ames too. Do you want to be featured on FishyFotos? Got any memorable catches? Big Barbel, Chub or Pike? A net ful of Roach, specimen Perch? Perhaps a silver tourist? Send us your photo's, the best will be selected and featured here on FishyFotos. Please include as much information as possible, Venue, weight, bait, method etc and of course your name if you wish. Your privacy will be respected if you prefer. Send your photos to; Simon Nudds FishyFotos@talktalk.net Early Summer Carp.......This cracking common was taken by regular Adam Williams. Adam used 8lb mainline to 6lb bottom and free-lined bread to temp this wonderful 'Top Twenty'. You never know what will turn up.... Roger took this sea trout whilst fishing the Belvidere stretch. By the look of his hands, I'd say he had it on bronze maggot ! A cracking  floodwater Barbel taken by Alan Doughty Another fine fish by Alan. Lovely mid size Barbel on Alan's own 'special' meat. Gord with a floodwater 'tiddler'     Matthew Roberts 14 yrs from Welshpool with his first Pike, yes I did unhook it for him and yes he is my nephew and yes they do have far too many teeth. Roger with a real cracker. Another lovely Barbel on the unhooking mat.   Autumn 'Bream Surpise'....... This 5lb 6oz Bream was a welcome surprise for Alan on a recent Barbel fishing trip. His first ever Severn Bream, it snaffled his 'special meat' mid morning on feeder tactics. The potential of the Rea Brook..........This quick snap shows a fine mixed bag of Roach, Dace, Barbel, Chub and a Grayling. Regular all-rounder Adam Williams took all of the fish on float fished maggot, Feb. 09.   Adam also managed a 14lb net of Fine winter Roach to 14oz from the Quarry section.     Allans first Barbel.........     Winter Chub.......   Bronze Beauty.......Barbel in perfect condition.   A snowy Sydney Ave.......     John Rohr, specialist Pike angler with a fine winter PB Chub of 5lb 14oz. This fantastic fish was in immaculate condition and fell to meat. Mark Brown with a fantastic Perch of 3lb 1oz Phil Plant grabs his third from the weir       Phil Plant with an awesome 18lb Salmon, safely returned   Alan with an early season '5' in great condition, taken on rolled meat. 'LUCKY JIM' Alan with 'LUCKY JIM', the Barbel that lived to tell the tale. Alan is pictured with the bottle that he wound 14m of line around before he could land Lucky Jim and remove the death rig. His brief account of what happened is featured to the right.     Another lovely fish on the 'pin.     A wonderful 9-12 on the unhooking mat.   Warren with a new PB Barbel of 10lb 10oz. A massive lump of a fish. Fish of the month. Dale Dulson with a 9lb 4oz solid looking fish. These few shots show the potential of the Rea Brook. All taken by an angler on his first visit. A fantastic specimen. This brownie also from the Brook.   Another 'Death Rig' removed from a fish at the Monkmoor fishery, only this time the fish was not so lucky. In fact it was dead. This type of setup is strictly banned, the same can be said for anyone found using this type of setup. All leads and feeders must be running, or mounted using a safety clip that allows the weight to come free of your mainline should a breakage occour.       Fantastic, late autumn Barbel for Alan Moorhouse, his only bite of the day and well worth waiting for. Fish of the Month. Roger managed to sneak out a Barbel before the end of the 2009-2010 season. One of the very few Barbel caught it pulled the scales round to a hefty 8lb 10oz. Worthy of fish of the month if not the only fish of the month! This nice Sea Trout also put in a welcome appearance and fell for maggot                                 Kieran Bendall with his first Barbel from Sydney Avenue. Fish of the month. Roger with an early season biggie. Jim with the first Salmon this season off the wier pool. Nice fish. The 'terrible twins' with a fish each..   Eric Cotterell made the trip from Surrey and was rewarded with this lump of a fish       Wonderful condition fish taken on stick and pin Autumn glory........... 9lb 4oz   Steve Milward with a nice bag of fine winter Chub taken mid December 2010.         Robbie Griffiths with a Salmon. This handsome little chap came from the Belvidere Fishery.   Evan with a big long fish   Nice trio of specimens for Roger......         Kevin Groves. FOTM.   Nice Barbel on the pin Big solid fish for Roger First ever triple FOTM winner for the apprentice. The sorcerer conjours up a couple of nice fish Alan Doughty with a fantastic condition specimen. FOTM Bernie O'Brien and Tony Scott with a couple of nice fish from Monkmoor   Steve Ames. 10-10. FOTM. Kane Offland with an Oxon caught Pike      A lice covered summer Barbel of 6lb.   Autumn Barbel....   Winter Barbel.... Simon Nudds one of our Bailiffs, proves that Barbel can be caught in the middle of winter   Simon with another winter Barbel, 5lb. Taken from a very high River Severn! Barbel, 7lb 8oz Roger Carswell, one of our Bailiffs, with a fine autumn barbel taken in flood conditions   Simon Nudds, Bailiff. 10lb 6oz Barbel on the un-hooking mat.     Roy Jordans monster Barbel.   Tony with another monster Barbel in superb condition. 'Adams Fish'. Another monster Barbel, this time taken by Adam Williams. FOTM.   This lovely condition Roach was part of a good haul of Chub taken on waggler in early January 2009 when the air temp was the wrong side of freezing.   A fine fish indeed....John Williams with a nice Roach of 1lb 15oz, taken on stick float on a tough November day. .....and his second......     .......Another Chub in perfect condition, taken on bread flake on a cold and snowy day.                   ........and frozen, foggy Monkmoor.     Cheers....... Here's to the end of the 2009 season   Mark with an 18lb Pike   Wonderful, bright coloured Autumn Perch   This fine Salmon was taken from the weir pool late July 09.               Alan's account of landing Lucky Jim. The "bite" occurred when I turned around to get a drink of water and heard my rod crash as it was pulled off the rest. I quickly picked up my rod and wound in to find that a length of line had been caught on my hook. I grabbed the line and started to pull and wind it around my water bottle when I felt a kick and realised to my disgust that a barbel was attached to it. I eased the barbel into my landing net and rested it before weighing it in at 7lb 2oz and removing the death rig.     The Vampire with a tiddler.   Derek Witherspoon with a lovely summer Barbel and a PB at 10lb 6oz. Fish of the month. ....and then a week later at an incredible 11lb 14oz Margie with a 5lb Bream taken from Mousecroft                 Also found recently at the Monkmoor fishery     Roger with a nice specimen 5lb 9oz of fine winter Chub ...Also from the weir pool, Ellis with a hefty Pike taken on a Rapala Feb 2010. Ellis again, this time with a fantastic Salmon taken from the weir pool.     2010 season       Novice Keith Cheshire with a lovely 9lb 7oz Barbel taken from Monkmoor. Lovely...               A selection of fine autumn specimens recently banked............. The Vampire......   Gord with a 9 Alan with 2 fantastic fish........ Adam with a welcome Chub taken on a cold and snowy day on waggler. Well done Adam.   2011 season   This little fella brightened up a cold day too.... Roger with his fantastic winter '8. Freezing cold day, water temp 2c, air temp minus 2c. Tommy deserves a mention here for the patience he has shown, rewarded with a small Barbel and a fantastic looking Chub.       < .........which concluded with this plump looking Barbel that pushed the scales to just over the 10lb mark. This fish was taken on the last day of the season and by the look of the sky it was his last cast. Roger has enjoyed a fantastic end to the 2010 season catching over 45 Barbel in the last few days alone. A fantastic achievement even by his own admission. Roger has possibly caught the most number of specimen Barbel this season ever. The tally must be well over 40 specimen Barbel and at least a dozen double figure fish which is just astonishing and an incredible feat. He certainly wins our first ever prestigous 'Angler of the Year'  award. Well done Roger.   Dave Bickle. FOTM Seeing double....... ....a nice 9. The vampire with a big whiskers   Colin Stanley with a 2lb 15oz Perch