Feedback & Reports

Hard fishing again, or we got it wrong. A lot of debris coming through from the rain the day before. Great stretch of river though and will visit again. We did manage 2 chub and a barbel around 7lb. Felt as though the fishing was picking up as we had to head home.
Wish we could be fishing this week with coloured and rising water level. All fish fell to feeder tactics.
Great day all in all. Can't wait to get booked up again.
Anyone looking for accommodation, we would highly recommend the Cottage of Content at Carey.
Note for WUF. Noticed no dogs allowed on this stretch yet the stretch is along a public footpath and dog walkers were present all day.
Would just have liked to have brought my dog along.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Lovely days fishing sitting in the rain most of the day
All fish on pellet. Fished in the woods, slippery walk back.

5 Barbel, 6 Chub

Leger with sweet corn on bends.

19 Barbel, 28 Chub

First visit to Fownhope and not the last! Overcast and normal water levels. We looked to fish the final field past the woods to begin with but found no accessible swims! So we had to settle in just after the woods, a slow start no fish but signs of feeding, then got into the swim we called The Stones in the woods opposite a line of stones on the other bank, fished in the main flow for the barbel around 4 pounds and the 2 chub both around 3 pounds, also losing a few good barbel all on meat and pellets. To finish we fished the first field by the fishing hut found it hard to get fish feeding and only managed 2 slimey eels !! And last knockings we got chub feeding on the surface. Lots of salmon leaping all day.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 2 Other

Tough day,very hot,bright sunny day, a few bites and a couple of chub during the day, remainder of fish taken after 7pm. Best Barbel = 9lb. a "Baby" Barbel from the top field.

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

8 Chub

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great days fishing, 2 barbel on pellet. Will return.

2 Barbel

Slow day but one lovely Barbel - measuring 27 inches - caught on halibut pellet

1 Barbel

A very warm sunny day; river up a touch with a bit of colour. We all fished the top field from lunchtime onwards, and bites came in 3 defined feeding periods, with the best naturally around sunset. All fish were 5 or 6lbs except one 7. All on pellet feeder.
Beware of dog walkers and their urge to repeatedly throw sticks into the river for their dogs to fetch. Some are apologetic, some are not ('you've got all day to fish here' and 'you can fish anywhere') etc. Best to be as obvious to passers-by as you can - not easy in the overgrown banks.
On a hot day you can refill your water bottles in the sports pavilion toilets.

18 Barbel, 1 Chub