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8 Barbel 3 Chub on pellet. All fish caught in the morning.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

A tough day despite the river looking perfect for a Barbel or two (up a few feet, plenty of colour, mild weather). Checked out several areas but due to oversleeping and arriving late I only actually fished in two swims. Two perfect conditioned Chub taken on maggots from a big crease in the bottom field saved the blank. Wish I'd moved to that swim earlier, because it seems to be a good high water spot :-)

2 Chub

Difficult day in bright conditions. Both barbel came in the last half hour on paprika flavoured meat and after struggling all day at least I left feeling relatively happy.

2 Barbel

8 Chub on bread in the morning. Changed to pellet at 2 o'clock and took 12 Barbel. Left at 4.30 still getting knocks every cast.

12 Barbel, 8 Chub

Arrived to a clear river with mild conditions, took 3 chub to just under 5lb in successive casts then all went quite for a few hours, moved about with no further action.
Had a nice barbel around the 7 pound mark mid afternoon, packed up about 3pm. A very enjoyable mid winter days fishing in beautiful surroundings.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Mild breezy mostly cloudy day. River rising steadily though little colour. It looked good for a couple of barbel but no sign of them all day. Lost a good chub to a hook pull early in afternoon and suffered the same fate with another later on. And that was it!

Another perfect day, warm/overcast, no wind, decent flow, bit of colour etc. Using the tried and trusted pellet/feeder landed 4 barbel and 1 chub, all of average size, around 7.5-8lb for the barbel, 3lb for the chub.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

A mild still day and the river well up with some colour. Started around noon and had a barbel around 51/2lbs on pellet and feeder an hour later. Then all went quiet so I changed to meat and caught only a smallish chub. Moved to the bottom field but not a touch there for an hour so returned to my first swim. It was nearly dark when my last cast produced a bite and I was into an obviously good fish which went 91/2 lbs on the scales. A slow day but a very satisfactory end to the autumn's fishing.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Conditions could not have been better for mid November, water had a bit of push and colour and not a breath of wind. Temp in the mid teens. I can only assume it caught the fish by surprise as they were not feeding to the extent that I thought they might. Nevertheless I caught two barbel
on pellet/feeder tactics of average size around 7/7.5lb, both late afternoon. As always, a great day out.

2 Barbel

Returning for our second day on this beat we decided to concentrate our efforts in the field at the rear of the church. The weather was overcast but not cold and the river level was about 18" above normal and slowly falling.
We fished a variety of baits including luncheon meat, pellet, corn using standard ledger tactics. And it was a welcome surprise when Paul caught a small barbel and a small chub late in the afternoon, on pellet!

This is a great beat with plenty of accessible swims. But it is quite an up hill walk back to the church car park - So best to travel light if you can!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub