Feedback & Reports

River up and managed to find fish close in the slack. Barbel caught in 90 mins from 2pm followed by the Chub but nothing in the magic last hour. All fish to double dumbells and feeder tactics.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Pretty good day on the lovely creel beat, with my Dad landing 1 grayling, 16 chub and around 20 dace all on maggot feeder tactics. I also had 7 chub and 2 barbel myself also on maggot feeder. River was 0.55 metres and rising. The last hour of the day the river rose alot and bites completely stopped.

1 Grayling, 2 Barbel, 23 Chub, 20 Other

Main priority today was to stay safe (& dry). Horrendous weather - howling winds and heavy rain. Even with dog spike & rope was difficult to find anywhere that wasn't treacherous. Settled at top of fishery and managed a couple of barbel and lost one - actually felt I should have done better. Love this beat but not so nice on days like this !

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

A tricky day with the river running low, clear and cold. And the sun out for much of the day. A lovely beat though and the fish did oblige later in the afternoon.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Get all the excuses out of the way first, river was slow, quite clear and it was sunny.

Had a decent chub (4lb+) first thing plus lost a barbel. Several hours after a move I finally caught a barbel mid afternoon followed by 3 chub. Nothing in the last couple of hours.

Still love this beat, but it didn't fish well for me today. Certainly be back again next autumn.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

A good day despite atrocious conditions, the rain not letting up from dawn til dusk. Bank erosion plus wet ground makes for an interesting combination of fishing and dog spike abseiling - despite the presence of said dog spike both of us nearly ended in the drink on several occasions.
Fished the steps plus the one next door, fish falling to various baits through the day. We both tried further downstream for a change but the banks are so high and treacherous it was difficult to find safe places to fish.
All in all, despite ending up wetter than a barbels pocket, a great day and we'll be back when we dry out

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

14 Barbel, 3 Chub

Barbel feeding well on pellets although the wind made presentation difficult.

12 Barbel, 5 Chub, 2 Other