Feedback & Reports

River was rising with a fair bit of debris coming down but was still confident fishing the pool at the bottom of the beat. Sadly no action but I had a great day anyway! The view is stunning. Thanks W&U.

Fished for a few hours then the rain got the better of us. fished cage feeders and pellets,all the fish were taken on red robin pellet.the river has plenty of water and plenty of pace but is fishable. will definitely return here .

3 Chub

Very finicky bites to start the session but did manage to connect with one and it turned out to be an eel {tackle destroyer}, no bites till later in the afternoon but had 4 nice chub later biggest 6.5lb. All fish on meat and straight lead tactics.

4 Chub, 1 Other

Greeted by a frosty and foggy morning river looked in great condition after the recent floods. Found the chub halfway down the stretch tight to the bank. All fish caught on meat and straight lead tactics.

7 Chub

On advice from Colin we fished below the island as the river was still up. Had great views of fiddlers elbow and birdlife. Also found some slacker water. Best barbel was on little 8mm pellet and lead, 6lb 8oz. Smaller ones on the feeder and boilie. Quite a few pike active. Fished backed off during the day downstream under trees. Final swim before gate became most productive. Nice beat will be back in the summer!

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Almost a wash out. 1 Barbel at the end of the session.

1 Barbel

Having fished the beat in the summer and only had chub, wanted to go back for a barbel. River was challenging, 1.8mtrs on the Ross gauge, only a couple of swims fishable on the inside, all quite boily, found a reasonable glide behind the large fallen tree in the lower field. Ended up with 2 barbel about 6lbs on large pellet and meat. Was an enjoyable day in the sun sat out of the cold wind.

2 Barbel

The river was still high but certainly fishable and the weather more bearable than the previous day. We started fishing the slack water behind trees in the upper field which resulted in a couple of good chub and a few dace. We then took the hike round the wood to fish the lower field to catch further 7 chub. Would love to return and fish the stretch in better conditions.

9 Chub, 3 Other

2 Barbel, 1 Other

After a heavy frost the night before conditions were always going to be tough but under the circumstances we were happy to catch a few decent chub to just short of 6lb plus a couple of bonus grayling. Only criticism, it would have been nice to know the track past the orchard was closed necessitating a punishing walk through the mud.

7 Chub, 2 Other