Feedback & Reports

A very difficult venue. Needed to find the faster flowing water. Very few pegs accessible. Walked all the way to the bottom of the beat, nettles up to your arm pits. Had to make my own peg in the woods. The barbel we're in the middle in the main flow caught 2 lost 1.Then the boat traffic turned up they also went down the middle
This stretch needs some TLC. It could be good

2 Barbel

We were hoping that heavy rain the day before might have raised the river level and got rid of the algae bloom. Sadly the river was very low and still coloured brown. Lots of floating streamer weed which was a nuisance. Nearly all fish caught in the last two hours.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Endless stream of boats one young lad banged his boat with his paddle when he saw us and kept it up for several hundred yards. The fish were deep in the snags and nothing in the normal runs. As the boats died off a massive diesel pump was fired up thumping away to water adjacent crops. Not what I hoped for my guests..... A complete waste of money I’m afraid.

Hard day for 3 anglers

1 Barbel, 20 Chub

4 Barbel

Very busy with canoes and far bank fished heavily,nice area though,hard going 3 barbel caught

3 Barbel

First of two days. We fished up near the parking at the orchard. While swim access was difficult it was possible with a bit of care to find safe areas to fish. It was tough going for the barbel but the chub fed avidly. The barbel all came late in the day with the biggest going 6 1/2 lbs. Biggest chub was about 4 lbs. For me the best part of fishing there was the peace and quiet. No traffic noise. Very few walkers and only a small number of canoes compared to some of the other stretches I’ve fished.

4 Barbel, 24 Chub

Weather overcast and raining for most of the day which made the banks very slippery. River still brown coloured from the algae bloom. Fished the wood crib. All fish caught on meat, couldn’t buy a bite on pellet.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 4 Other

A great day, 6 of the barbel we're between 5-8 lb, the rest were between 2 and 4 lb. It rained all day. Fished between 7 am - 6.00 pm

13 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived early and fished the hut, raining most of the morning, one small chub and an eel on corn, lost several larger fish, two or three salmon were leaping all morning which was great to see, one of which was a substantial fish. Packed up around 11am but returned to the same swim at 6pm, the fish had definitely switched on, 4 very nice chub to 5lb 8oz and a barbel of 6lb on the last cast of the day, several other barbel hooked but lost. All the evening fish taken on meat.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 2 Other