Feedback & Reports

2 at 9.5lbs and 1 at 9.0 lbs....rest were 8's, 7's couple 6's.....and 5 big chub, 2 eels. The bank was treacherous with the rain, I had crampons on which were needed. In the very edge the depth was 5ft, be careful in all the swims. Also I tackled down and stripped off 6 foot of line a couple of times due to rock damage....before the line broke on a fish. One of the barbel had a hook in it with 5 inches of line still attached, although that might have occurred in a different swim, better to spend a few minutes and check the line every few casts.

13 Barbel, 5 Chub, 2 Other

Bright day, showers, river dropping.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub

Superb day with the river and the barbel on sparkling form. Biggest fish was 10 lb 12oz. Excellent sport!

14 Barbel, 1 Chub

Attended fishery but decided against fishing. Banks very wet and slippery - Heavy rain - forecast same all day

Managed to find swims for 3 to fish - very wet conditions - river chocolate brown colour
3 x Barbel and 2 eels

3 Barbel, 2 Other

River very coloured and heavy rain in the morning, much drier afternoon. Fish came to ledgered pellet and luncheon meat throughout the day. Kingfishers, egrets an herons on the move, and lovely to see. One eel thankfully released itself before landing.

7 Barbel, 7 Chub

We caught 10 Barbel to 8lb 3oz & 24 Chub to 5lb 9oz.

10 Barbel, 24 Chub

Weather overcast and mild, and surprisingly good flow and colour, with a 14 degree water temp. However with bright skies in the afternoon we needed to do our best work in the morning. Barbel from 3 to 9.06 caught mostly on bomb and pellet, chub to 4.08 on gb feeder meat or pellet. Sounds like a brill day for two anglers? Problem was I had all the chub (and the eel) and he had all the barbel! With this being our first day on the beat we picked two pairs of swims in the second half of the beat and fished one area each so we could move to where the fish were coming from. By the time I'd fished two areas and could only catch snags and moved above Steve, he had stopped catching barbel and had one in the afternoon during which time I had 6 chub (moral victory? He had one more after I left so a great day for him and I took a right barbel gubbin' but a decent day nevertheless.

Levered cheese and garlic pellet

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Good to see they have properly layered and compacted the access road down to the river. Odds of getting stuck largely reduced!!
This is a lovely beat improved if you’re able to drive its length.
Fish came throughout the day from 2 swims. Most fish taken on meat and a few on dumbbell or boilie with GB feeder. Barbel to 9lb 1oz and chub to 5lb. Two good barbel lost.
Rope access would be of benefit to some in the wetter months.

8 Barbel, 16 Chub