Feedback & Reports

10 Barbel all on feeder fished pellets. Extra water on but dropping not rising. Lots of fish in the swim and if fished hard would produce as many fish as you wanted, I'm sure. We fished on the right hand bank (facing downstream) about 50 yards down from the bridge. There's a nice run of smooth water against the bank and a crease about 20yards out where it joins the shallower more turbulent flow of mid river. If you hit the crease right on the head you were guaranteed a Barbel in the 3-6lb region. Tremendous fights in the heavy flow.

7 Barbel, 3-6lbs all on pellet. High water but falling.

Arrived to find river pushing through hard approx 4ft up and coloured with no slack water. I fished the only fishable swim on left bank, caught 2 barbel approx 8 lbs. Friend Mike fished accessible swim on right bank, caught 2 chub approx 4 lbs and lost 1 larger at the net. Beat access good, steps in bank make access to swims (when river at normal level) good. Another enjoyable day.

River 3 feet up according to the EA site and absolutely ploughing through and featureless at Foy Bridge where the drizzle soon became heavy rain. Four barbel to 7lb plus a few chublets, a wbt and an eel before rain stopped play. Noted the recent clearance & access work - esp on the left bank - making the swims here very convenient if that's what you're looking for - car to water in 2-3 mins.

Good day. Water pushing through and hard to hold bottom .
11 barbel 5 - 8lbs and 2 Chub 2 - 4lbs .

Another excellent day despite the tricky conditions.

The river was still well up and coloured, and there were very few areas of slack water - which made bite detection quite difficult and meant I pulled through a number of fish.

Pouring with rain when I got there and very windy.

Learnt my lesson from my first time here, and managed to get the other side of the big mid-river snag.

I clearly found a shoal of barbel, and was in to fish immediately - all in the 6-7lb range.

The swim went quiet for a couple of hours, but then switched on again - I finished at 9pm and ended the day with 32 barbel (up to 8.5lb) and 5 big chub (up to 6lb).

I also picked up a load of nice dace and small chub.

All the big fish were caught on 8ml and 12ml elipse pellets
I will be back again very soon.

River up and running hard in a very fast area. Had 1 chubb & 1 small barbel on meat in the morning. In the first swim next to bridge, needed 4oz weight to hold.

River was up, probably 5ft, found it hard fishing on right bank early on, moved across the bridge and fished under (almost) the big tree by the bridge. Long stretch of slack water next to main drag. 5 Chub 2.5 lbs to 4 lbs two barbel 4lbs and 5lbs many bites missed. Meat and sweetcorn. Lovely weather and a short but beautifull stretch to visit. I forgot to mention the eel. Thank you Charles and the Foundation!

6 barbel, all on pellets.

My first time at Foy Bridge and a great day to finish the season. River was very low and gin clear. Tried 3 swims on both banks and took fish from each. There is a major snag about a third of the way across the bottom swim on the near bank, but this was the most productive spot - you need to fish at least half way. Managed 9 chub to 4.5lbs and 3 barbel to 9lb. All on small pellets - not a touch on maggots or meat. Lost biggest barbel, which was a good double, about a foot from the net! Definitely somewhere you need to get to know, but well worth another visit. See you in the new season!