Feedback & Reports

River at a good height, fished the spinner on beat 3 and the fly on beat 6, nothing seen, good to be back on the river

Level lower and water clearer than yesterday. All chub in the 3lb bracket. Great to get some pike on lures - spectacular action in the clear water, especially the shallow water takes.

5 Chub, 3 Pike

Good day on a river slightly up but fishable. Two chub over 4lb, the rest in the 3lb range. Couple of takes on plugs from pike but nothing hooked.

7 Chub

Float fished and legered baits Saturday and Sunday. The original idea was to fish for grayling on the float but it rained overnight and consequently the river rose and colored up making it very difficult to find grayling. Fished beat 2 Saturday and beat 6 Sunday with only one grayling to show between 3 of us. Ended up fishing cheese paste and meat for the chub, who were more obliging than the grayling. Terry responded quickly to the E mail I sent and was helpful as regards what Beats would be best for grayling, just unfortunate about the rain.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 12 Chub

Fishing after pike with lures. Saw two pike followed my lure, but no takes. 1 by beat 3 and another by beat 5, left hand side bend. 1 trout about 3lb, but lost by the bank at beat 5.
Very nice day. Water clear, sun was out. Nice place for fishing and most of the banks easy accessible. Highly recommended.

2 of us fished beat 3 on Saturday and blanked. Heavy frost did not help. Returned Sunday (1 rod), fished directly below the island on beat 2 (LH bank) in the morning, no luck. Switched to RH bank in the afternoon and fished opposite the red brick building, 3 chub all around 3lb, 15 grayling and 2 oos brown trout. All taken on float fished maggot.
Fished the feeder in 2 separate periods with pellet/corn/caster and no bites.

2 Trout, 15 Grayling, 3 Chub

Fishing for pike. Nil caught. Shame as conditions seemed perfect. Many thanks to Terry Ward for advice beforehand. Beautiful beat.

River now in superb condition, all of the 3 + miles of fishing available. 4 barbel and 1 chub to the cz nymph. Sink and draw sprats caught all 3 jacks to 8lb but no big fish showed any interest. All the sport came from beat 5 then ran out of daylight.

4 Grayling, 1 Chub, 3 Pike

Fished beat 2 at Whitney Court just above the island till midday. Only produced 2 fish - a beautiful brownie about 2.5lb and 5lb chub. We moved down stream because my son kept getting snagged up on weed to just below island which produced the rest of the fish. Not one chub was under 4lb. A very pleasurable day and the river was in good condition. Hope to be on the stretch soon, work permitting.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling, 6 Chub, 20 Other

First time on this beat. It looked great, access to the river is good and the water conditions were perfect. Two rods fished my friend for Barbel and myself for silver fish. All fish that were caught were caught on maggot. A little disappointing that we didn't catch more fish. However, this three mile beat needs exploring and finding out where the best pools are. Met Terry the Bailiff, who was very helpful and suggested areas for our next visit.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling