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River level dropping but still pushing through really hard and very coloured a lot of debris coming down making fishing difficult,found a slack to fish and fished pellet feeder with meat on the hair 5 barbel up to 9lb 8oz and unfortunately 5 eels tried boilies and pellets but the barbel seemed to like meat.

5 Barbel, 5 Other

We caught 6 Barbel to 7lb 13oz & 21 Chub to 4lb 12oz,
Note -We had to assist other anglers to get their cars back up the Hill due to the wet conditions.

6 Barbel, 21 Chub

All caught before swimmers. Again overcast. River fishing well till disturbance.

8 Chub

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

All caught before canoes started. Overcast. Pellet and boilie.

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

10 Barbel, 4 Chub

1 Barbel and 1 chub

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

With the river low and clear was always going to be a difficult day, blew my only chance of the day with a hook pull at the net and a decent Barbel was lost. Plenty off knocks in the afternoon but no fish. Started on a straight lead and finished trotting a float bonus is its a beautiful place to spend the day.

Two anglers, both intent on trotting for Chub and Barbel. Conditions were superb, with good water levels, nicely overcast, and a little rain the day prior to freshen things up after a hot spell. On arrival, we were very frustrated to find that there were only two wadeable swims suitable for trotting with a centrepin. One Barbel caught (~8.5lb) on the first trot down and another hooked but lost later on. No sign of any small/medium chub and no other bites other than the three fish caught (Chub 4lb, eel) and lost. The water level dropped by ~6 inches whilst we were there making the first swim un-trottable. Overall, very disappointed by the lack of opportunity for our preferred method and not sure the beat is worth the £25 day ticket cost whatever method used. There are numerous other venues to sit behind a ledger rod, in equally pleasant settings, at a fraction of the cost. Not somewhere we'd come back to.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

3 Barbel