Feedback & Reports

River quite low, weather very hot but it had bad thunderstorms the night before, caught lots of chublet's from the start, fished every field but ended up behind church and landed on the barbel biggest 8lb smallest 2lb, caught on meat and corn. Good stretch would have fished better if slightly cooler. Thanks WUF

14 Barbel, 20 Chub, 3 Other

River was pushing through more than normal, overcast and cold. Still managed to temped a few Barbel best 5lbs on pellet. Fishing lower section near Backney beat. One of the Barbel about 4 lbs had a sore/infection on its anus.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

Second visit to this stretch, river was relatively clear but not too low so we were cautiously optimistic. A small Barbel second cast on pellet helped but that was all the action we had until after midday and a change to meat produced a few small Chub with a better fish about 3lb. From 3pm until 45 minutes from the end again no action before the best fish of the day an 8lb 14oz Barbel which went some way to help what had been a somewhat disappointing days fishing up to then!

That said this stretch is set in some really beautiful countryside so it is a pleasure to be there, however purely from a fishing point of view we will be giving a different stretch a go next year.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

Largest chub was just over 3lb and the largest barbel was 7lb 9oz. Very positive bites and in quick succession towards nightfall with little activity over lunch

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

Had a tough session for one of our party and a brilliant session for the other.
One of us went straight to a known swim and got set up for an afternoon on the pin. A brilliant session unfolded with 11 barbel and 1 eel all on the Wallis cast and centrepin. The only sound being the wildlife and the pin screeching!
The other angler struggled in comparison trying new areas with only a chub to show for an afternoons fishing. Eventually settling into a swim a barbel was soon hooked but unfortunately lost in a snag mid river. Eventually the fish came back with 3 in quick succession in the last 30mins. It was less quiet up that end due to a combine harvester in the field kicking out a lot of dust and noise!!!

14 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

First visit to this beat and we had a really good day.
The barbel seemed to start feeding from mid afternoon onwards. Most fish falling to swimfeeder and pellet but also a few on meat. Best Barbel of the day weighed 8lbs 7oz with most being around the 6lbs mark. Other fish were eels caught on meat. Hope to return here on next trip.

13 Barbel, 10 Chub, 2 Other

Difficult day on a low,clear river. Couple of days too early probably after rain on saturday. Never fails to impress though. Thankyou WUF.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

Enjoyable day on this lovely stretch. Managed 4 Barbel to the roving tactics wading and by a simple touch ledgering method with meat

4 Barbel

Difficult day today managing 4 chub and the one Barbel
These all fell to the rolling ledger and meat tactic as static baits didn't work at all. Lovely stretch

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

Super sunny and hot, tried a few pools but probs had to be there late or early to get the full benefit of this lovely beat, great access, thanks WUF

2 Chub