Feedback & Reports

Nice beat, but only a few swims to look at in the top section with myself and one other angler. River looked good, but as soon as sun was on the water it went very quiet for much of the day. The second the sun dipped beyond the trees there were a few knocks on the rod. Then quiet again. Would visit again, but get there earlier! Would suggest the parking details need an update as the area recommended has 'no parking' signs and cones that indicate the waterworks would rather anglers didn't!

1 Barbel

Tough going today. River dropping, but just couldn’t find the fish.

2 Chub

River level had dropped considerably on Saturday and looked better on the Sunday but was rising fast throughout the day and blanked for the first time. A couple of the swims that used to be fishable were no longer and did upset another angler on the day. A little more work on the swims accessibility and safety wouldn't go amiss.

River flooded

Lost so much terminal tackle had to give it a miss Saturday to replenish my feeders bits lost the day before.

Unfortunately I was not able to fish on the booked day. The confirmation email with details was filtered into a random email folder which I didn't find until the following day and so assumed that the space wasn't available - Thanks Google!

Moral of the story - Check all your email folders

Water very coloured and level really high and needed 5oz feeders to hold bottom. I love the wild fishing side of the beat but the paths are very overgrown and between swims and path is dangerous if your loaded up. Still a good day with only 2 barbel at 5 and 8lb 2oz.

2 Barbel

4 Barbel, 50 Chub

9 Barbel

Very tough day. River looked good in the morning then the level came up very quickly. Around 800mm of cold rain water came in so called it a day.
Nothing caught