Feedback & Reports

We had a good day on Beat 2 at Whitney Court. The river keeper, Terry Ward, kindly gave us a pointer as to which areas to fish and we had a couple of chub and four Barbel between us. Lovely fishery, we will definitely come back. Thanks Terry and W&UF.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Lovely few hours as always on this stretch. Loads of wildlife around you and a shedload of curious cows which are no trouble. Started on the very bottom pool in the deepest water and managed three lovely barbel before heading to the next corner taking two more this on the float.
No Chub again which is strange for this stretch as they are usually the first to the bait. I find myself taking more photos of the wildlife on this stretch than actually fishing such is the vast number of birds on this stretch.

Great day as always

5 Barbel

fishing was hard only 4 chublets all day, best about one pound. About half past five I decided to change beat and target pike and finished the day with a magnificent 25 pounder on a popper.

4 Chub, 1 Pike

4 Barbel, 12 Chub

4 Barbel, 60 Chub

20 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very low water levels so difficult fishing conditions. A little bit disappointed with the stretch as no swims cut so access was difficult .

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

7 Chub

My first visit to this stretch. I followed the instruction to contact the owner in the days prior to my booking, but received no reply or call back. I decided to concentrate on fishing the left bank and started on beats 4 and 5. the river was in good condition, but the bank was largely unfishable due to the overgrowth on beat 4 and much of beat 5 until the bends with the shallow banks and gravel beaches which might fish better with more water. One chub came on beat 5 fishing the channel under the opposite bank. I then thought I would take a look upstream at beats 1 and 2 staying with the left bank. The access point to beat 1 was inaccessible owing to road works. The access point at the pump house for beat 2 was unlocked and didn't look like anyone has used it for years. The bank was unfishable due to overgrowth. There was also no obvious place to park. I went back to beat 3 which by contrast was both accessible and very pleasant. I only had one other chub but there was much more activity late in the day. I will concentrate my effort on beat three next time. This beat needs work clearing vegetation to create a few more swims and improve access.

2 Chub

The fishing conditions were ideal after last weeks rain. We all took time to fish both float and feeder tactics with fish to both methods.

This venue is a beautiful place to fish but is a long walk for the less able.

18 Barbel, 22 Chub