Feedback & Reports

The river was cold and had come up considerably over night. The beat is definitely not for a bunch of unfit 50 year olds with hangovers!, due to the rain overnight the slope by the cottage was very slippery which gave us a couple of comedy moments!
Despite the weather and the misleading barbel of about 6lb mid morning the chub were very active and each of us took a break with the one light quiver-tip rod we had between us with cheese paste to save the blank. All in all a great day in wonderful surroundings with good friends...roll on next season.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

The river was low and clear and had a snaggy bottom as several feeders were lost. The bottom end of the beat is a long walk up and over the woods, the swims looked good but advise travelling light to these pegs so we settled in the first field. Disappointing to find a lot of dog muck around as this seems a popular place for the locals to walk their dogs. Only one chub around 3lb caught on meat in the late afternoon.

1 Chub

Fished from 11.30am to 6.15pm. Water temp 5.5c, air temp 15c, bright sunny day, wind SW, just a tinge of colour in the water. All fish taken on a hair-rig bunch of red maggots with halibut feeder from The Barr & Froth Hole.
Only got to fish the field adjacent to the playing field. Will have to explore the field beyond the woods next time. What a start to the weekend, onto Sugwas Court tomorrow.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Float fished and ledgered with meat pellets and paste from 8.00 a.m. till late on the river. Coloured and rising throughout the day and no fish caught.

Dead baiting for pike, 1 take no fish landed.

8lb pike caught in margins on float, fished smelt no other runs fished dawn till dusk. Pete caught 2 chub in the morning and 2 as dark fell. River quite clear. Very enjoyable day. Will be back thanks WUF.

4 Chub, 1 Pike

Very dificul day, river looked perfect but no fish. Not helped by the fact that there were 5 other anglers on the opposite bank (also not catching). Tried to access the lower beat, but in the wet, crampons and sherpas would be needed....

Good days fishing, river clear and low. All barbel came from same spot. Enjoyed.

7 Barbel, 4 Chub

Mag, feeder, small hook, river low, cloudy spells. JB silvers on the mag feeder. I blanked. Anglers on other bank (5). Nice walk up and down the hill with full kit.

River low, sunny spells, brisk wind/cloudy pm. Feeder, mag. Blank for me. JB Silvers. Nice walk up and down the hill with full kit. Five other anglers on other bank (2 salmon) back up the top end to fit in between gaps.