Feedback & Reports

1 Barbel

Barbel fishing confined to the morning and evening due to heavy canoe traffic. But took the opportunity after a good nap in the shade to wander the beat with a lure rod and banked 2 pike for 11lb and 23lb on Eastfield Wingman Lures. Biggest barbel went 9lb 4oz. A decent day given the clear and bright conditions.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Pike

Only fished for a few hours in the evening. Fished with pellets and feeder as the sun went down and had some small chub and two barbel (biggest 8lb 6oz). River was at normal levels and the weather was warm and sunny.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

We fished about 5 pegs throughout probably the lower 2/3rds of the beat, and caught mainly in 2 pegs about 1/3 upstream of the bottom of the beat. The barbel were ca. 5lb-8lb and the chub 4lb-5lb. All caught on small pellets. A lovely stretch of river, and our only problem on the day was the unseasonably warm weather, which was not conducive to my neoprene chest waders! I note some previous comments of anglers finding difficulty of accessing the beat and swims. I didn’t find access to the beat or to swims on the river ( there were quite a number, fairly well demarcated) a problem, speaking as an able bodied individual. I was hoping to get the float road out and try the very bottom of the beat where is shallow up at the ends of the pool, but ran out of time. It looked tantalising, so maybe next time....

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

River low and clear with hot and sunny conditions. Tried four different swims all to no avail, the barbel did not put in an appearance. Two chub in the last hour.

2 Chub

Hot and very Sunny caused the fishing to be slow. One barbel in the morning and then most fish in the last hour. Biggest barbel was exactly 9Ib

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

We fished beat 2 a great venue easy access to all the the river, with deep sections and fast flow gravel runs well worth a vist we are looking forward to a return visit.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived at dawn and as mentioned for yesterday's feedback, pretty sure I saw an otter working the stretch. We gave it a few hours until the canoeists started again and again tried various swims etc. Nothing, barely a rattle on the tip.

Fished from 11 ish to dark on possible the most beautiful stretch of undoubtedly THE most beautiful river in the UK. Good job I was in good surroundings really as the (my) fishing was awful. Battled hard for 3 chunky chub and a bag full of chublets and dace on the float.
Settled in to a nice peg for last knockings and through very poor angling managed to hook three and lose three. One of the three bites was definitely barbelish, the rod bending round and the line screaming off the spool as once again I managed to miss the action whilst distracted, probably sorting maggots into size order or dislodging a particularly troublesome nettle from a personal area. Like a numpty, I’d put a new spool of line on and forgotten to reset the clutch, meaning the fish (it was huge, honest) toyed with me like a happy dog on a lead before spitting out my three year old boilie in contempt at my shoddy angling.
I think I scared the cows with my expletives as some of them let out some poo as I yelled Fxxx! into the country air. After waiting all day behind a static rod for a decent bite, you can imagine the disappointment of missing a monster (probably a double, almost certainly a PB and quite possibly a new British record).
I can still hear the scream of my reel, ending abruptly as the barbel chuckled its way back to the river bed to tell its mates about my comedy fishing.
That scream is gonna haunt me forever.
Tight lines all. And don't forget to check your clutch.

10 Chub, 5 Other

Sport improved when the sunlight left the water. Barbel between 5lbs and 9lb 4oz.
Disappointment at seeing a couple of previously good swims allowed to become overgrown and unfishable.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub