Feedback & Reports

Very cold when I first arrived -3 degrees everything was covered in frost so knew it would be slow,tried meat in all the usual spots but nothing returned to the car for a coffee and a warm. Started fishing again about 9.30am chub first cast worked the beat again and found the fish in a more cooperative mood.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

6 Barbel 2 Chub on pellet.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

River bang on falling and colour dropping out. Barbel first cast and fish coming constantly through the day. Rolling meat with a centre pin. Fantastic day. Thanks WUF

4 Barbel, 11 Chub

Rising river and a blank.

A glorious day by the river, but only the one barbel to show for our efforts. Lots of salmon on the move!

1 Barbel

Very little flow on a low and clear river. The weather was overcast and very mild. All fish were taken from the bottom of the beat with legered pellet.

5 Barbel

River quite low but not as low as it has been and there was a little bit of colour to it. Both anglers predominantly used feeder and pellet tactics. Angler 1 caught three barbel of 4lb 1oz, 8lb and 6lb 3oz all from about half way along the beat in the mid-afternoon. The other angler lost a good barbel and caught a 4lb chub from the top end of the beat and then had 6 small chub and 2 dace trotting maggots. Plenty of bird life including long-tailed tits and kingfishers and several salmon jumping. Not the fastest-paced fishing action but with three barbel that fought like the devil possessed I'm certainly not complaining. Lovely day, thank you.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub, 2 Other

After 3 good days we failed to catch a fish today. Temperature: cold overnight and there were lots of Salmon moving. We stayed at the Falcon House which is highly recommended.

Fairly hard going but did manage a few. All on pellet and feeder or straight lead. Float fishing was tried but didn't get any success. Lovely scenery especially as the leaves are turning. If your in the area on a Thursday try the Hollybush at Fownhope. Thursday night is pie night !

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

River had about a foot of extra water on when I arrived but started to fall after about 2 hours and the chub started feeding. 6 cracking chub all caught on meat down the edge using a centre pin touch ledgering. Also a bonus barbel late on. A great day, felt more like summer in the afternoon when the sun came out.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub