Feedback & Reports

Tackled the hill for the second day and found the river up by a foot. Still fairly slow but had barbel to 9-1 and the best chub was 3lb. Again pellet feeder worked best. Otter still about after spotting yesterday.

5 Barbel, 10 Chub

Unfortunately the extra water from yesterday's rain hadn't arrived so still fairly low. Took on the hill and had barbel to 8-6 in the first field. Pellet feeder worked best. Did have an otter pop its head out the water 6 feet in front of me which was quite a shock.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

Let’s be honest this place is a very tough long walk. Beware if you’re carrying gear ! The water conditions were good. Weather was rain showers and dry grey spells all day. There is a super barbel swim with speedy gravelly water toward the bottom of the beat. Looks super salmon section . We took 1 barbel here around 7lb and lost one and took also a chub. 2 chub of 4lbs + were also taken from toward the top part of the beat just below the woods. Generally it was tough going. Luncheon meat freelined and pellets on feeder were the methods. Kingfishers seen, a white egret, no salmon.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

River at 0.4 on the Ross gauge and clear, skies and temperature perfect.
Two fished the meadow, one of whom tried up the top in the afternoon, and one fished the Lucky Stones. All bar one of the chub came from the Lucky Stones so very peggy yesterday. I'm a lot more mobile than my more mature mates so the woods weren't a problem but in damp/wet it is still very tricky, particularly on the way in, requiring one hand to be free to grab grass at the trickiest bit!
8 good chub with the biggest 4.14 and the rest between 1 - 2lb. Could only catch chub on meat or maggot and no bites when I sat it out for barbel on large pellets or boillies.

23 Chub

Cold foggy morning but had fish straight away in the woods, bites soon dried up so a move downstream into the field section eventually found some fish again. Bites pretty hard to come by. Caught on bread, corn and meat. Had a surprise late on as a good double figure pike leapt clear of the water right in front of me - will bring pike gear next time!

6 Chub, 3 Other

Fished a few swims in the lower field below the wood with a cage feeder and meat or pellet as hookbait. Had a small chub and a 5lb 4oz barbel in the morning mist, but the rest of the day was dead - no knocks despite moving around, until one last small chub. Very difficult to access swims in the furthest field.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Chub below the woods, 2 to bread on the float remainder to meat on the lead, couldn't get the Barbel interested, most of the Chub didn't show till late on.

14 Chub

River low and clear, fish are in the deeper water.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

Moved downstream from the woods and had a bit better success than the previous day. Started with a snapped hook (First time ever) to a powerful barbel that was on for 20-30 seconds at least then picked up 3 chub and a foul hooked minnow. All the chub fell to spicy luncheon meat and were 3 1/4, 4 and 5lb 1oz- a very long lean fish that fell towards the end of the afternoon. Constantly distracted by a multitude of kingfishers opposite, missed a few good bites as a result.
Not as prolific as usual but enough to keep things interesting and always a beautiful spot to while away a day.

3 Chub, 1 Other

river in good nick and weather fairly warm/sunny with a few showers. fish not obliging though - just 2 chub up to 1.25 lb

2 Chub