Feedback & Reports

Nice, quite clear water. Most of bites happened from half an hour before the sunset to an hour after.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

A frost during the night I suspect knocked back any real chance of getting a late season barbel or two. The chub also seemed to be somewhat elusive although we managed to get a small 2 pounder on the bank. Fished feeder and pellet which, on reflection, was probably the wrong approach in the conditions. River had a decent flow but fairly clear. This stretch is not prolific, but in the right conditions will probably provide some good sport. Will try again next season.

1 Chub

3 Chub on bread. Think we would have caught more but the wind and rain got the better of us.

3 Chub

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

20th Nov. River conditions looked good, weather conditions were great but turned out to be a bit more difficult than expected. In the good conditions had 2 Barbel, best 9lb 4 oz, one around 10am, the other on the last chuck. A bit of Chub action in between with 4 Chub, two of which were good 4 lb'rs...
21st Nov. A bit colder and plenty of rain otherwise as per previous day no action at all except for a short period in the late afternoon when 4 Barbel were taken in 4 casts. Best fish at 10 lb 2 oz...
Although not necessarily the most prolific W&U stretch I've fished. this is a really beautiful and peaceful fishery that in my opinion is diverse enough to offer opportunities in most conditions...

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

No fish caught in tough conditions on a flooded river.

Fished from about 11.00am until 18:00pm. Tried for the first two hours to catch on the float but despite a couple of bites nothing to show. Changed to feeder tactics and started to catch slowly throughout the day. All fish in absolute pristine condition. Martin managed a 9lb 6oz Barbel, a Chub 3.5lb and some Dace. I managed two Barbel, best 6.5lb and numerous Dace, two Grayling and a Brownie. Pellets, boilies, bread and maggots.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling, 3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 20 Other

River level dropping and not quite so coloured after the recent rain, but still pushing through. After changing swims and settling down during the afternoon, finally got some action with 5 barbel all of the 6-8lb size, plus 2 decent chub one of which was 5.2lb. All taken on pellet feeder tactics.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

One eel caught and a probable barbel lost fishing the right hand bank opposite the island.

1 Other

1 Barbel 9lb 6oz on meat, river coming down, conditions looked good.

1 Barbel