Editing River Wensum (section)

==Angling==
Between 1940 and the 1970s the river had a national reputation as a [[Common roach|roach]] fishery with specimens exceeding {{convert|3|lb|kg|}} being reported.<ref name=Wil/> As the river declined through the effects of [[abstraction]], [[dredging]] and modern farming methods these fish largely died out.<ref name= Nat>[http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Library/Nat-England-Wensum-1.pdf River Wensum restoration strategy, Natural England] Retrieved 21 March 2011</ref> After an earlier introduction of a small amount of [[barbus barbus|barbel]] – a fish not thought to be indigenous to the Wensum – the local river authority stocked the Wensum with over 150 fish in 1971 below Costessey Mill.<ref name=Wil>[[John Wilson (angler)|Wilson, J]] ''Where to Fish in Norfolk and Suffolk'' (1989) {{ISBN|0-7117-0183-0}} p23, 132. Jarrolds Retrieved 22 March 2011</ref> and subsequently stocked more fish at suitable sections of the Upper Wensum.<ref name=Say>[http://norfolkanglers.co.uk/fisheries/sayers-meadow/sayers-restoration.html Norfolk Anglers Conservation Association, Sayers Meadow, NACA] Retrieved 23 March 2011</ref>