Feedback & Reports

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Amazingly no-one was booked on this fabulous beat so at short notice all three of us managed to get our middle-aged bodies up over the hill and on to the whirly bit where the fish live.

We then spent a pleasant day doing what most blokes our age do – fighting the chub.

There must be something in the water here that keeps these chub present as I’ve never witnessed anything like the amount of a single species in one stretch. They’re like tadpoles in a pond.

I reckon between us we must have caught 75 of the blighters throughout the day in various shapes and sizes, all caught on various baits - not bad going bearing in mind our day also included a 4 hour gap midday for lunch and a red wine snooze.

We also managed some nice barbel (including a few one pound toddlers) to round off a perfect day. Despite the trek across the top, this beat never fails to deliver.

Especially if you like chub.

6 Barbel, 75 Chub

2 Barbel

Only 2 of the 3 fished today due to one of us getting a last minute invitation for a track day at Silverstone.

Fished the Lucky Stones from morning to early evening with a break in the middle for a nap.

River is hard going at the moment and despite leaving the price tag on his Korum feeder and using a bent paper clip as a hook, one of us managed a beautiful bronze Barbel and a few chub.

The other fella caught chub on rolling meat and the third member of this elite fishing crew drove a Jaguar D Type and a Bugati Veron. Very nice.

1 Barbel, 15 Chub

FIRST OF ALL IF YOU ARE AGED OR A LITTLE DODGY ON YOUR LEGS ME THE FIRST AND MY PAL THE SECOND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRY AND FISH THE WOODED AREA. SPENT A HOUR WALKING UP APTLY NAMED HEART BREAK HILL ONLY TO FIND THE PATH IN THE WOODS TOO DODGY TO WALK DOUBLY SO IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WET. SO AN HOUR WALKING BACK . DONT KNOW WHY THE DIRECTION SEND YOU THROUGH THE HOUSE GARDEN ,UP SOME STAIRS THEN VERY STEEP HILL WHEN THERE IS A PERFECTLY GOOD FOOT PATH OPPOSITE THE SEWAGE GATE BY PASSING ALL OF THOSE OBSTACLES? WE SETTLED IN THE FIRST EASY SWIM BY THE HUT CAUGHT 5 SMALL CHUB ALL DAY SAID WE WOULD PACK AT 6 ON THE DOT ROD PULLED ROUND AND A 9LB BARBEL SAVED THE DAY .

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

2 Chub

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

7 Barbel, 38 Chub

All barbel caught from the wooded area on feeder fishing tactics.

6 Barbel, 60 Chub

Chub caught in the morning very slow though the day all barbel caught in last 2 hours of light lucky stones being the spot.

4 Barbel, 17 Chub