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JMC Tackle, Unit 6, Orleton Road, Ludlow, Shropshire
SY8 1XF
The Teme is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest along its entire length. Its high water quality and its mainly undeveloped banks make the river an excellent habitat for fish. Wildlife is also plentiful, including otters, kingfishers, dippers and other species. The famous angler Andy Orme is a regular fisher on the Teme, and back in the early nineteenth century, Sir Humphrey Davy (pioneer of the miner's lamp) would regularly stay near Ludlow at Leintwardine purely to fish for grayling in the Teme.
The river through Ludlow is at its most picturesque, tumbling over a series of weirs beneath the town on one side, and the steep-sided, tree-covered Whitcliffe on the other, overlooked by the ruined castle and tall church tower. There are free stretches of the river at Bread Walk, Ludford Bridge, Steventon, and between the Dinham and Mill Street weirs.
Walcot Lake, a 17-acre still water pool set in beautiful scenery. The lake contains carp, tench, roach, rudd, bream, pike and perch. Walcot Lake is on the B4385 at Lydbury North, just outside Bishops Castle.
Hyde's Pool, Woofferton: a popular still water spot run by the Red Lion Piscators, on the A49 south of Ludlow. Day tickets are available but there is a waiting list for new members.
Three Horseshoes Inn, Wheathill: a complex of still waters north-east of Ludlow on the B4364. This is a well established site with good bank vegetation.
Hurst Farm Pools: Excellent carp fishing with three well stocked pools, 30 minute drive from Ludlow, near Bridgnorth
Delbury Hall, Diddlebury: an excellent local trout fishery in the Corvedale, on the B4368 east of Craven Arms. (01584 841267).
Tenbury Wells (south east of Ludlow) has free stretches of the Teme within the town.
Letton (on the Wye, between Leominster and Hay on the Brecon road) is a good spot for salmon fishing. Full details on 01544 327294 (daytime), or the bailiff on 01497 831665.
Docklow pool complex: east of Leominster off the A44. Many day ticket pools of all species of course fish, even catfish. Details on 01568 760256.
