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Lovely stretch, hard going today though. Had both fish at dusk. Bit noisy with that air gun going off all the time! Will definitely return...

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Only the second time ever we have fished this stretch decided to fish opposite ends of the beat to try and locate the fish. Eventually found them in the last field in the deeper water. First fish at 3.00pm, caught on boilies and groundbait feeder. Much more successful overall than my first visit. Will be back next year.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

Conditions: overnight frost (temp 3 deg) and the water low and clear together with bright sunshine. Fished the lower section all swims and tried different flavours and sizes of pellets and meats. No bites or interest all, the fish were simply not feeding. Nonetheless, an enjoyable day on the river perhaps broken up by the bird scarier.

Fished the upper end of the beat like C L tried pellets also maggots but the fish were set back by the weather and did I not have a bite all day. Nice place to be doing nothing.

River low and clear with little flow. All fish were taken on legered Elipse pellet from various swims from below the island to the bottom of the beat. The weather was very mild and overcast. Lovely beat thanks WUF.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub

River still very low and clear. Early morning mist failed to clear and remained all day. Started just below island with no bites on a variety of baits. Early afternoon, moved back upstream to swim to right of access path and connected with decent chub first cast. 6 Chub taken in total, best at 5lb 4oz. Only 1 barbel of 5lb caught shortly after dusk. All fish to usual tactics of feeder and pellet/boilies. With the fog, the low light level and the old church as a backdrop, quite a spooky place to be on Halloween!

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

A tough day, river very low and clear, fished towards the bottom end with not a touch. One of those days where you think are they just not feeding yet or am I in the wrong place. Moved eventually and probably too late, but had a 5lb barbel first cast in new swim and had a few other knocks after that. Misty all day. Enjoyable and very relaxing day.

1 Barbel

19 Barbel and 4 Chub on pellets. Fish came steadily throughout the day.

19 Barbel, 4 Chub

Second day of 2 on the Creel and what a difference in weather conditions from the day before, it was dull and damp all day long, typical autumn weather.
I started in the church field and had a barbel after 30 minutes of starting, no more bites were forthcoming so I moved to the bottom of the beat where I had taken one fish the day before. This yielded not a bite so I moved back upstream to a peg I had not fished before but had put in a little bit of bait walking past. I hooked a barbel second cast but it managed to shred the line on a snag and escaped. No other bites came my way so I moved again to another swim but had no bites here either.
A move back to my original swim was made mid-afternoon as I had taken the trouble to keep a bit of bait going in through the day. A further 7 barbel were taken to a best of 7lb 2oz and another lost when the hook pulled out. All fish taken on straight lead with either pellet or boilie hook bait, a glugged bait seem to do the job best of all.
There is now a gas gun bird scarer operating in the field opposite the bottom of the beat... it is very loud if you fish near it and I can’t help feeling most of the fish might have departed that area as well!
A lovely days fishing in a very nice place.

8 Barbel

What an incredible day weather wise for near November. It started off misty and warm before turning sunny and hot, 19 degrees celcius in the shade! It clouded over later and got back to a more normal temperature.
To the fishing. I concentrated my efforts on the bottom field and took a barbel on the second cast but had no more bites until the afternoon when I had a second fish after trying a couple of other swims. Both fish were around the 5lb mark and caught on straight lead and boilie and pellet. A lovely place to spend some time in autumn.

2 Barbel