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Almost spring like weather today, ideal for our first visit to this beat.
After negotiating the deep water filled ruts on the track and several stiles we reached a cracking stretch of river.
Started towards the top of the stretch opposite the Weir Garden and worked down to the end of the fast water. Trotted flake and fed mashed bread. Chub were obliging, and we both caught some nice fish to just over four pounds. Most swims seemed to hold a fish or two with the deep marginal runs the most productive and easiest to fish in quite a brisk downstream wind.
Looks a good bet for a barbel or two and a return trip in search of Barbus will be on the agenda very soon.

7/8 chub to 4lbs+, and half a dozen WBT. 1 rod fished fast water, the other fished deeper and slower water. Trotting bronze maggot and bread. Lovely sport.

3 chub and 1 barbel on meat and cheese paste.

Very nice day, lovely beat, river came up over night. Had a few chub to 3lb. Should be a very goog stretch for summer barbel. WUF very helpful, many thanks.

1 pike around 9lbs on sardine. Not a touch for the rest of the day.

After a fair walk down to the fishery we arrived at a long picturesque stretch of river with plenty of choice of accessible pegs. Often the deep water is on the near bank which avoids the need for long casts. It was a cold day, the overnight frost hanging on well into the morning and although I caught chub right from the start, the pike were on the rampage and I lost three hooklengths to the voracious predators chasing the fish and bait.
We both moved, George well downstream to a great looking glide ending under a big tree where he landed 5 good sized chub. I moved back to the weir pool and caught another 5 chub on bread flake.
A pleasant day's fishing in lovely surroundings which will be a must for barbel in the summer.

A dozen chub to around 4lbs on legered flake. Cracking beat, can't wait for the summer.