Feedback & Reports

Arrived to find level pretty much as previous day but loads more debris coming down from storm damage upstream. A couple of barbel around 5lb and a couple lost to hook pulls in the weed was promising and I then had 2 good fish in consecutive casts of 9.15 and 10.03. My 2 mates were booked on Wyebank and were washed off so I packed up at midday. Another excellent albeit short session on this great stretch.

4 Barbel

Fished in meadow , barbel to 8/9lb , chub to 4/5lb plus 1 large eel all caught on pellet and feeder tactics.

11 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

DID NOT START FISHING TILL ABOUT 11.30am, BOTH FISHED IN MEADOW, RIVER WAS UP ABOUT 2 FEET STILL BUT HAD NICE STEADY FLOW I CAUGHT STEADY ALL DAY WITH CATCHING 11 BARBEL(BEST 9-12-0) AND 1 CHUB (5-6-0) AND STEVE CATCHING 5 (BEST 9-8-0) AND A GOOD DACE, ALL FISH CAUGHT ON PELLET/FEEDER,SUPERB DAY HAD BY BOTH OF US,THE ONLY SOUR POINT WAS THEIR WAS 7 PEOPLE ON THE BEAT, HAS 2 OF THEM COULD NOT FISH WYEBANK( THEY SAID RIVER WAS TOO HIGH).

16 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Great to be back at Courtfield with a bit of water on, so was hoping for action from Legg Meadow. Slow morning session with Ray taking a barbel first chuck and then nothing until pushing midday when I had a little scrapper that would have struggled to make 2lb. Great to see a few small fish though as it omens well for the future. Rested swims through afternoon and went back at 4pm. I had 3 more barbel in next 3 hours including a 9.13 and Ned managed a chub. Level was still holding up when we left and we were down to return tomorrow for some more.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

River still high and just dropping. Busy on the stretch with 5 anglers. Difficult in finding a swim that is fishable due to the high water.
Plenty of salmon running through.
Caught steadily during the day on pellet and feeder approach.

13 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great day out. Some good barbel caught on pellet and feeder. River up about 1m and rising during the day. Great to see the smaller barbel coming through.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

STARTED FISHING AT ABOUT 10amIN BOTTOM POOL AND CAUGHT STRAIGHT AWAY BUT WITHIN 1 HOUR THE WATER ROSE 2 FEET AND HAD TO ABANDON POOL, AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR IT BECOME UNFISHABLE SO WE PACKED UP .

6 Barbel

We booked for six but only four were able to make the trip. River seemed very low - we don't fish this stretch often enough to know what 'normal' level is - but we were saved by cloudy weather and showers which resulted in the occasional bite throughout the day.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Horrendous weather it poured down all day and really windy. Fished several swims finding the odd fish. I am a little fed up of complaining about the end tackle of other anglers. Had a big barbel that had 3 foot of 25lb coated hooklink and a size 4 hook stuck in its throat, now all safely and carefully removed. If you want to fish like that go to a lake and catch some carp....
Very snaggy in places with lots of weed.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub