Feedback & Reports

River was very low and water temperature also very warm. Plenty of algae and weed in eddies and slow moving areas of the beat. Only fished late afternoon and evening. Not too many canoeists which made a good change. The weather was terrible, arrived in bright sun and within two hours it was thundering and lightning with huge downpour. River came up a couple of inches and loads and debris washed in which coloured water. Really struggled to get a bite and only got two fish, one chub on the float with corn and one barbel on the feeder with pellet.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River very low with fishing over thick weed. A warm and bright afternoon gave way to a cloudy evening and the fishing improved accordingly. The last three hours brought all the barbel with another five or six lost. As usual on this beat most of the barbel were small, but the catch included three probably approaching the four pound mark. All on feeder and pellet.

15 Barbel

River very low, clear and weedy. 10 hours fishing for a few small fish to show between 2 of us. Fortunately not many canoea which made a nice change..Nice day out though none the less.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

River very very low and bright sunshine only fish for 3 hours tried trotting and the feeder

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Caught 25 barbel all on fish meal and pellet feeder with 8 mm pellet on the hook, mostly small fish with the biggest maybe around the 4lb mark, this beat is only really fishable early or late due to canoeing or swimming activities, also 2 reasonable dace caught.
D.C & J.V Rayleigh

25 Barbel, 2 Other

1 chub - 1.5lbs River very low and canoeists were an absolute disgrace. They should not be allowed to ruin our enjoyment.

2 small eels on meat. The canoeists ruined the swims we had built.

Plenty of small barbel to feeder and pellet

58 Barbel, 9 Chub

I fished the bottom pool with feeder and pellet and had 18 barbel with one special fish of 9.6lb, a real brute as most of the fish are in the 1 - 3lb mark , Ian fished off second cribe with the same method we both felt we should have fished the float and would have caught more , canoes were more than ever and have never seen the water that low.

23 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

21 Barbel, 7 Chub