Feedback & Reports

The river was high for the time of year and fishing at the end of the island the current was quite strong.
The swim is still full of chub and I wasn’t able to get through to the barbel and packed up early as the rain was coming down quite hard

18 Chub

warm mostly overcast day, river coloured, 2 foot up from the weekend and 16 degrees. Lovely barbel conditions but this is the best chub stretch on the list and not many barbel have come out this season as testified by our chat with Colin the bailiff.
The chub swims down the bottom were a little too pacey to fish the float effectively (for me at any rate) so a few on the feeder down there before moving back up, so we ended up catching throughout the length of the beat. GB feeder and boillies or small combination baits best. All chub between 2 and 3, the 3 barbel (one each) were 1, 3 and 5. So a lovely day but not the best beat we could have fished under the conditions - we fished the swims recommended by Colin for the barbel but again only Chub.

3 Barbel, 36 Chub

Harder work than usual on a coloured river that came up three feet the previous day. Barbel were especially hard to find, but they fed well in one spot for a short period in the afternoon. Island swims all inaccessible and/or unfishable due to the extra water.

8 Barbel, 40 Chub

6 Chub

Only 2 rods fished. River was up a foot and flowing strongly. 61 Chub caught mainly on meat but also pellets and corn.

61 Chub

River in great shape
3 fished
G Mac caught 13 chub. RS caught 20 plus chub from about 10 am til 2:30 then had to leave.
KW stayed til about 6 pm and caught 60 plus chub all between 3 and 4 pounds and left tired and happy.
A great beat very well looked after by Colin as always
All pegs cleared and available to fish
Thank You Colin.
Lots of different methods used
Waggler best method with bread. Meat or carp pellets
No barbel caught

95 Chub

A lovely venue but there are so many chub i don t think the barbel had a look in .

2 Barbel, 90 Chub

Although we caught 57 Chub, with a good number over 4lb, we were unable to locate the barbel. Fished at the end of the Island, on the bends preceding it and from groins section, access to which was well maintained. Fish caught mainly on meat but also on a range of pellets from 7am to 3pm when strorms hit.

57 Chub

8 Chub

23 Chub