Feedback & Reports

We arrived to a nearly unfishable river. There were only 2 very unsafe pegs right at the lower part but by 6pm, the river had droped and 2 or 3 more pegs opened up but still very muddy and not to safe in places. Despite all that MK had 1 Barbel 7lbs and lost 3 more and I had barbel to just over 8lbs. The walk from carpark to pegs is not for the hearth fainted. The steps down from car park to public path are a nightmare if you carry stuff, you need to be Young and fit or you will not make it. The top part of the fishery (first 250 yards plus) is totally unfishable even on lower water due to the undergrowth and trees. That is probably why it has not been fished in recent years. A lot of passing by walkers, nature lovers etc, as it has a nice footpath along the bank. Definitely not as good as the more popular beats we fish further up river. I would not want to fish it during holidays time, it will be full of passers by for sure. We prefer quieter venues and the access to pegs should be more clear on the description of this beat. Very hard stiff steps with mad incline to land on public foot path, then a long walk to first fishable peg. My advice if you want to fish it, travel as light as you can or be prepared to do few long hard trips to get all the gear. The river here is considerebly larger than further up on the more commercial well known beats.

13 barbel to 9lb on pellets.

Returned after my 1st visit earlier in the week and took 8 Barbel to 8lb 3oz on feeder and pellet. Will back soon!

1st time on the beat. Enjoyable day catching 2 eels, 3 Chub & 7 Barbel to 7 lb 9 oz all on Feeder and pellet.

2 barbel, 1 chub

Difficult conditions with river rising by the hr. 1 barbel 8lbs, 1 chub 2.5lbs. Will be back.

It has not been easy. 19 barbel.

11 Barbel and 1 Chub all on pellet. Bit of a strange day had 7 barbel by 11.30 and then had liners on nearly every cast up until 4.30. Great end to the season, in three trips I have caught 31 Barbel and 12 Chub, and the winter fishing has been fantastic. Thanks to the WUF for a great season.

Nice stretch of river. We caught 3 barbel about 5/6lbs each, 2 on luncheon meat 1 on bread flake. I think the river would fish better with the water at a higher level.

Started well, catching a lovely 6:10 Barbel after 40 minutes or so, then the sun came out and the river seemed to switch off for the rest of the day, although I did catch the largest minnow I've ever seen. Therefore not a particularly productive day but good to be on the riverbank nonetheless.

One question: I'm an antisocial so-and-so and I don't really like fishing directly opposite other anglers. On the blurb sent when I booked the beat it says that a club has access to the opposite bank on the downstream end of this beat only. Yesterday there were three other anglers on the opposite bank at the upstream end of the beat (near power cables), which meant I couldn't really fish the best Barbel swims. Were they there illegally or does the literature need updating?
WUF Note: As far as we understand it, the club has access to the opposite bank on the lower part of the fishery. We will check with the owner to ensure that this is still the case. These could have been non club members with permission from the owner of the opposite bank of course, or they could have been fishing illegally. If you wish to guarentee nobody on the opposite bank, however, our advice is to book a double bank fishery.