Feedback & Reports

Lovely views of otter when we arrived. Sadly, the fishing didn't match up to the early excitement. Failed spectacularly to find the barbel despite trying 10 or more swims. Caught some nice chub however with the best 5lbs 6oz.

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

Couple of Chub and 3 Barbel in morning - then further 7 Barbel and 1 Chub in evening. Next day had further 5 Barbel in morning until I had to pack up about 1'ish. Chub were around the 4lb mark and Barbel ranged from around 5lb to just over 9lb.

15 Barbel, 3 Other

Warm, sunny day, river low. Fished 9am to 9pm, caught 3 barbel & 3 chub.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

The above were all caught on pellets with the river rising. very long walk to the river but very worth it. Many thanks.

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

All fish on the feeder, river low and very clear, very long walk now as you can not access the beat from the top end.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

A sporadic days fishing with all the fish coming in a few short bursts. A very nice day out with your mates.
Love the sign in the carpark offing a taxi service down to the river for a fiver per car. Its a bit of a walk but take only what you need and off you trot, its not a race.

WUF note - We are still in negotiations about the current parking situation and hope to get this resolved very soon.

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

Nice beat but a longer walk than indicated in the guide.

20 Barbel, 3 Chub

First time on this length and we were quite impressed. A beautiful setting opposite Weir Gardens where the most appealing pegs were located. The only drawback being the long and seemingly unnessary walk to the riverbank. It was certainly hard work in the sunny conditions. Surely someone is just being awkward making anglers walk all the way round. Fortunately the fishing was much better than on the previous 2 days and fish were picked up steadily for most of the day except for 2 or 3 hours in the afternoon. In all we had 12 barbel and 6 chub to 8lb+ on a variety of pellet baits.

12 Barbel, 6 Chub

A difficult but ultimately rewarding first day of the season. The river was low and clear, but had a reasonable flow at the top end of the beat. Caught chub up to 4.5lb on 2 small elipse pellets glued to the hair with marine halibut groundbait in a medium cage feeder. Caught using my Hardy Marksman specimen feeder rod with 10lb mainline and 9lb hooklink to a size 12. Dad also caught a >3lb eel on a large piece of luncheon meat. Fished 4 swims all in front of the house and managed 6 barbel up to 9lb - all on 2 10ml elipse pellets glued to the hair. 1.75lb test curve Daiwa infinity specialist barbel rod, with 12lb straight through and size 10 hook. Hard work but a good day in the end.

6 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Other

Caught 1 small trout on red maggot feeder. Bloody freezing!

1 Trout