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2 Barbel, 10 Chub

A Red letter day for me and my boy , little bit of extra water and coloured up nicely . Fished pellet all day and had some great fish . Started at 11am and fished thru to 19:30 , Love Whitney .

10 Barbel

Slow day in good weather with all fish caught before 4.30pm although we stayed till after dark in the same swim which was lively the day before. There were many canoes which is unusual for this beat, and we had noticed that the opposite bank was being prepared for something, which turned out to be canoeists camping, so they were arriving until after dark, dragging their canoes up the bank and very noisily setting up camp. We also witnessed (illegal?) hunting, starting around 6.30pm with about 20 hounds who also went into the water opposite us during their pursuit of the fox, which we saw running along the far bank. The hunt was accompanied by much horn blowing, shouting and yelping of dogs, which continued for at least couple of hours, so unsurprising that we caught nothing into the evening.

Fishing Passport Note : Anglers are advised to contact the Fishery Keeper if any unauthorised activity is suspected.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Excellent days' fishing, really came to life after about 3pm and really active as dusk fell.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Three hours in intense heat on Wednesday (changed the day with Terry's approval). Plenty of fish surfacing but only one chub 4.5Lbs caught on pellet with swim feeder.

1 Chub

Arrived early pm in 31 degrees of heat with river very low. Went to a previously productive swim (last year) but no signs of life except numerous tiny chub and one chub of about 3lb. Thunderstorm and rain started early afternoon and we gave up about 7.30pm with no further activity.

1 Chub

2 small trout caught and released on small midge fly. River like mill pond but humid and caught where limited fly activity was greatest at dusk.

2 Trout

River was quite low but still a good flow on Beat 3. Fished the left hand bank about 200 yds upstream from the car park using 12mm pellet and feeder. A couple of early bites in the deep water towards the opposite bank and eventually netted a small but excellent Chub to about 1lb.

Left pretty soon afterwards as the heat was building and the threat of thunderstorms became more likely. Excellent communication throughout from Terry and looking forward to the next session.

1 Chub

2 Chub

3 coarse fishing. Morning was quiet, stopped for a late lunch to give some time for a lot of the canoes to move thru. About 3pm we moved back out to Beat 4. Between 3-4 we had the 4 Barbel biggest 6 1/2lb smallest 4lb and then a chub 4 1/2 lb. It was a hot day and we spent plenty of time with the fish in the river allowing them to recover before release. The river definitely came alive as we approached sunset, had some more good bites but no more fish in the net. We love Whitney Court, a great stretch with so many options of where to fish . Can’t wait to come back.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub